After the Fall - Hallmark Movie Channel Made-for-TV Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

After the Fall

Network: Hallmark Movie Channel

Original Air Date: October 9, 2010

*Please Note: This will premiere on the Hallmark Movie Channel - not the Hallmark Channel. I am sure they will eventually play it on the Hallmark Channel, as well.

CAST:

Andrea Bowen ... Jenna Danville
Greg Evigan ... Phillip Danville
Alicia Ziegler ... Heather Banks
Gail O’Grady ... Dr. Miles
Fiona Dourif ... Annie
Rick Malambri ... Will Dutton

PLOT:

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A Hallmark Movie Channel Original Movie about a serious accident that leaves a champion horseback rider paralyzed. The movie tells the story of the young rider’s indomitable spirit as she fights to walk again, and the response she gets from her family and friends as she makes her incredible journey.

Twenty-two year old,Jenna Danville (Andrea Bowen), is a competitive and disciplined jumper who with her horse, Bentley, is preparing to compete in the Virgina Grand Prix jump-off when a terrible fall results in her being paralyzed from the waist down.

Her father, Phillip Danville (Greg Evigan), has always supported her in every way and is there for her after her fall as she enters into an intense physical therapy program as part of a research study, with no guarantee of success.

Also there by her side, at least at first, is her best friend, Heather Banks (Alicia Ziegler). But when Jenna doesn’t recover quickly, Heather has trouble relating to her friend and disappears. Wheelchair bound, Jenna's life completely changes as she starts the program, her old friends and boyfriend distance themselves. Lonely and frustrated, Jenna comes close to giving up.

Then, she meets Annie (Fiona Dourif), a rough around the edges “goth” punk rock patient in her therapy class, who is also paralyzed with a bad attitude. The two girls become friends as Jenna begins to crack Annie's tough exterior. Jenna also meets her new next-door neighbor, ex-rodeo cowboy and veterinarian, Will Dutton (Rick Malambri), who encourages her to get back on her horse, and helps her saddle up. Just as Jenna is beginning to feel her feet, and fall in love with Will, she learns Annie is in more trouble than anyone could have guessed. Suddenly, Jenna must risk her own life to save her friend, and teach herself healing takes one step at a time.

Movie Review:

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Mail Order Bride

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Mail Order Bride:

Hallmark Channel Movie starring Daphne Zuniga (Melrose Place), Greg Evigan (My Two Dads), and Cameron Bancroft (Little House on the Prairie Mini-Series).


CAST:

Daphne Zuniga ... Diana McQueen
Greg Evigan .... Tom Rourke
Cameron Bancroft ... Beau Canfield
Vincent Gale ... Ghost
Patrick Currie ... Father Kelly
Tom Heaton ... Willy

PLOT:

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Diana McQueen (Daphne Zuniga) has been working, against her will, for Boston conman Tom Rourke (Greg Evigan) since she was 12 years old, running scams, stealing and lying.

Diana's friend Jen, ill with tuberculosis, has been corresponding with Beau Canfield (Cameron Bancroft), a Wyoming Rancher she's never met, but plans to marry. When Jen dies, Diana seizes the opportunity to start her life over by stealing Rourke's money. Pretending to be Jen, she moves out west to marry Beau.

As Beau battles against the local Cattleman's Association, Diana falls back on her old ways, and jumps at the chance to get enough cash to run away again. Just when Beau figures out who Diana really is, Rourke discovers where she is hiding, and the ensuing showdown turns the whole town upside-down and changes the future for all of them.

Movie Review:

Welcome to... The Wild West!

Though I liked all of the main characters in this movie as actors... I must admit I was extremely disappointed in this script. I had such high hopes for it because I love Pioneer Style Movies like the Love Comes Softly Series, but this did not share the same trueness to the era.

Much of the dialogue did not seem true to the pioneer time of this story. Diana McQueen's low cut dresses did not seem appropriate, either. I was also taken aback by the suggestive talk between Diana and Beau. They were a bit too friendly and were later in bed together - though he was not well, they seemed to be inappropriately (as they were not married) sharing affection there.

Also, there is language and gun violence, much like other western movies.

Unlike most Hallmark Movies, this is Not a Family Film.

See or Skip:

If you are expecting Little House on the Prairie, then you should skip this one.

It is filled with cursing, gambling, gun-fighting, and sexual innuedos. 

However, it is a Hallmark Channel Movie, so it is definitely Not Rated "R", but perhaps - PG-13.

It's more of a Steamy Romance Western... Not at all - Love Comes Softly.

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