Customer Rating: Summary: Good flick-warms the heart even if a bit sappy Comment: I enjoyed Pt 2 far better than part one. The chemisty between Hasset and Bottoms was very obvious and worked really well in making you feel like you were watching them actually fall in love with one another. I am updating my video collection and can't find a DVD version of this movie for the life of me. Makes me very frustrated that so many "shoot them up" type movies with gratuitous violence are immediatey put in DVD format while a gentle love story with a solid message regarding disabled people mainstreaming into our society cannot be made available in the modern DVD format. The movie sends a great message to people (especially disabled phobs) and should be made into DVD format so kids, teens and young adults with DVD players can view and learn a few valuable lessons in tolerance, how love comes in many forms and most of all, how people with a disability can lead productive lives, meet a "signficant other" and be independent of overly protective parents, friends and learn to live a life of their own with whoever they chose to and hold down a job, as well. Customer Rating: Summary: greatest ''happy ending'' movie ever Comment: i've never understood why the first movie is considered a lot better. there is no chemistry between hassett and bridges.the exact oppossite is true of hassett and bottoms in part 2.the music touches you,especially in the last scene when they are getting married.it gets me every time.i don't dare watch this movie with my wife because i always end up in tears. i especially like t.bottoms acting. i like the small town countryside look of the movie. this movie takes me to a peaceful place and in a melancholy mood. i've had both movies on vhs for years. i can't wait for dvd. one more thing fellas. don't watch this movie with the missus unless you don't mind crying in front of her. Customer Rating: Summary: Movie better than book Comment: The movie is so much better than the book because they have drastically changed the personality of John Boothe. If they had written the movie character's personality the same as the book character's personality, not many people would want to see the movie. I read both of the books and they were very interesting to read. Once I read the book that this movie is taken from, I couldn't really enjoy the movie. Jill Kinmont is great in both the book and the movie. However, in the book John Boothe is written as a person with many character flaws--including bigotry. The movie doesn't reveal his true character at all. After reading the book and finding out what a jerk Mr. Boothe really is I didn't really like this movie at all. Both Marrilyn Hasset and Timothy Bottoms are wonderful in this movie, despite the story being written so different than the book. (Although I understand why they wouldn't want Mr. Bottoms to protray his character as Mr. Boothe really is.)
The movie might be worth seeing for the acting and to learn more about Jill Kinmont. However, I didn't enjoy it at all because the John Boothe that is written about it such a jerk I HATED for a person as brave and strong as Jill Kinmont to marry a person with such bad character flaws. Customer Rating: Summary: A little less than the original, but its good Comment: The continuation of the struggle of Kinmont is occassionally met with setbacks, and her insensitivity to other people as well as to her own. The dialogues tends to be off the mark, but the most heart warming scene is the extreme sensitivity of her new boyfriend who loves her unconditionally and who wants to help her inspite of her disability. The fault is not the actors who portayed the life of Kinmont with dignity, and those who surround her with their influence. Its hard to say how much I like the movie on the first part, but I love the part of love and how it is spoken from the heart. Rating for coarse language is not included in this review. Customer Rating: Summary: Horrible Sequel Comment: I hated this, if you liked the first this is a complete waste of your time. It seems to have nofactual basis and the film makers ruined it.
