Amish Grace - Lifetime Movie Network Movie starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley

MOVIE REVIEW

Amish Grace

PLEASE NOTE: This Movie, Amish Grace, is based on a TRUE and TRAGIC story. I have not personally viewed this Movie. I am hopeful that the story might have a good message of Faith and Forgiveness. See More Details, below. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE FOR FAMILY VIEWING WITH CHILDREN!

Network: Lifetime Movie Network

Original Air Date: March 28, 2010

CAST:

Kimberly Williams-Paisley ... Ida Graber
Tammy Blanchard ... Amy Roberts
Fay Masterson ... Jill Green
Matt Letscher ... Gideon Graber
Bob Rumnock ... Reporter
Eugene Byrd ... Danny
Eric Nenninger ... State Trooper
Madison Davenport ... Mary Beth Graber
Darcy Rose Byrnes ... Rebecca Knepp
Gary Graham ... Henry Taskey
Amy Sloan ... Rachel Knepp
Karley Scott Collins ... Katie Graber
Jim Metzler ... County Sheriff
Madison Mason ... Levi Brennaman
Emilee Wallace ... Teacher Ruth
John Churchill ... Charlie Roberts
Taylor Ann Thompson ... Hannah
Bruce Nozick ... Leonard
Kate Fuglei ... Shelly
Willow Geer ... Judith
Christopher Curry ... Minister
Dale Wade Davis ... Isaac Knepp
Chloe Madison ... Sarah Knepp
Sammy Jack ... Knepp Boy #1
Jessica Dickey ... Melinda
Joel Schmidt ... Melinda's Husband
Trevor Thompson ... Jacob
Gabriel Welch ... Knepp Boy #2
David Mazouz ... Andy Roberts
Elijah Tadros ... Ryan Roberts
David Curtis ... Amish Elder

PLOT:

from Lifetime:

The Lifetime Movie Network Original Movie "Amish Grace" is based on a true story about the aftermath that followed the 2006 schoolhouse shooting in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

The peaceful Amish community of Nickel Mines is forever changed when a gunman senselessly takes the lives of five girls in a schoolhouse shooting before taking his own life.

What transpires afterward takes the community by storm, as the media descend on the town and criticize its Amish leaders for their notion of unconditional forgiveness of the shooter and their outreach of support to his widow, Amy Roberts (Tammy Blanchard). Devastated by her daughter’s death, Ida Graber (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) finds herself struggling with her community’s belief in the transcending power of forgiveness. Deeply conflicted and unable to forgive the gunman and his family, Ida is tempted to leave the only life she’s ever known before re-embracing her faith.


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PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT Little House on the Prairie. This story is based on a TRUE and TRAGIC story. I have not personally viewed this Movie. I am hopeful that the story might have a good message of Faith and Forgiveness, however, I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE FOR FAMILY VIEWING WITH CHILDREN!


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Saving Sarah Cain

MOVIE REVIEW

Saving Sarah Cain:
A tear-jerking movie from Michael Landon, Jr., son of Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie). Story based on book The Redemption of Sarah Cain, by Christian author, Beverly Lewis.


CAST:

Lisa Pepper ... Sarah Cain
Abigail Mason ... Lyddie
Soren Fulton ... Caleb
Danielle Chuchran ... Anna Mae
Elliott Gould ... Bill
Tess Harper ... Miriam
Tanner Maguire ... Josiah
Bailee Madison ... Hannah
Tom Tate ... Bryan
Jennifer O'Dell ... Madison Miller
Phil Abrams ... Eberly
David Clennon ... Homeless Man
Tod Huntington ... Officer 1
Caitlin E.J. Meyer ... Courtney





PLOT:

From Redemption Films -

When Sarah Cain, a self-involved big-city newspaper columnist, travels to Pennsylvania for the funeral of her Amish sister, she soon discovers that she is the legal guardian of her five Amish nieces and nephews. Rather than choose to move to Lancaster County to finish raising them there herself, or let them be separated by the foster care system, Sarah decides to take them with her back to Portland where she believes she can make a new life for them. However, she soon realizes that the modern world has forced them to compromise who they are, and that she has moved them there for all the wrong reasons - a motive which is soon exposed - because secrets can really never be kept secret. In order to find her own redemption, she knows she must make a choice to give them back their lives in Amish Country. And whether she remains part of their lives will have a lot to do with how much she has grown to love them.


Movie Review:

The best thing about this film is the main actress, Lisa Pepper, she's expressive and interesting. Her acting throughout was wonderful. The children were also quite good little actors and actresses.

I liked the Sarah Cain character... she was real and vulnerable. She loves her family, her boyfriend, and her job, but has difficulty juggling all three and figuring out what to do with her life, especially now, since her sister passed away and left her with her nephews and nieces to care for..

It's quite interesting to see how the children dressed in their Amish clothing, compare to the other kids in their Jeans and Sweaters at school. I did find that the oldest daughter, Lyddie, 16 years old, cried in almost scene she was in. That was a bit annoying. In spite of that, it's a heartwarming story of family, love, and forgiveness.

SPOILER - Overall, the movie was intriguing and interesting, but I was not fond of the ending, because Sarah returned with the children to their Amish Community.


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See, and discuss with your family, but may not be suitable for young children, due to the death of a parent and the sadness that ensues throughout the movie due to it.