Love's Unending Legacy | 
| Director: Mark Griffiths
Actors: Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Victor Browne, Samantha Smith (iii), Holliston Coleman
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 2679
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2248219D
UPC: 024543482192
EAN: 0024543482192
ASIN: B000W089VA
Theatrical Release Date: April 7, 2007
Release Date: December 4, 2007
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/12/2008 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: Ur
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Cynics beware! From the first sweeping chords of the soundtrack, it's clear that Love's Unending Legacy will continue Janette Oke's heartfelt tales of love, pluck, and Christian faith in the days of pioneers. Missy LaHaye (Erin Cottrell, repeating the role from Love's Long Journey and Love's Abiding Joy) comes back to her father and stepmother after the death of her husband, only to find herself adopting a teenage girl named Elinda and sparring verbally with the town's handsome young sheriff. Missy can't understand Elinda's rebellious ways until she discovers why the girl has been smuggling food to a boy at a nearby farm. Fans of the Love series (which began with Love Comes Softly) will be untroubled by the movie's modern notions of childhood (to say nothing of some very modern necklines) and the supernatural cleanliness of this frontier town; period realism matters less than a sincere portrayal of Christian values. (Some viewers, however, may feel that the movie's earnestness curdles into mawkishness.) Also featuring staunch Dale Midkiff, who's played Missy's staunch father Clark Davis in all five of the Love movies to date. --Bret Fetzer
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 A bit of a disappointment October 25, 2007
dsdibbly (Newport, RI)
40 out of 43 found this review helpful
I have watched all of the movies since the very first one, Love Comes Softly, and fell in love with the series so much so that I bought the books to read and couldn't wait for this movie. I was very disappointed with this particular installment. This was so far away from the book that I didn't recognize it when I watched it. Other than the observations already noted (Belinda as Missie's daughter not sister, etc.), it also seems to have lost her brothers and their adopted son, Jeff. If there was only about 4 years difference between this movie and the last one, then her brothers would not have been old enough to be out on their own, yet there was no mention that they even exist. However, I am glad that they are able to keep Dale Midkiff as Clark, but think they could find a better substitute for Katherine Heigl as Marty. To kill off Willie just to give Missy a new love interest was a travesty. I gave it two stars and hope if they make the last books, they follow the books as best they can (outside of resurrecting Willie via a dream sequence).
 Where did they get this awful script? September 21, 2007
Anna M. Vandenhazel (West Valley City, UT USA)
23 out of 34 found this review helpful
The BOOK "Love's Unending Legacy" is about Clark and Marty Davis returning home from the west where they visited daughter Missie in the previous book (said visit having been badly botched in the corresponding movie for that book), and Marty then discovers she's pregnant with baby Melinda. I read the plot on the Hallmark Channel website, and it's TOTALLY messed up: Missy's husband Willie has died (he was still very much alive at the end of the original 8-book series, as were the 4 children who are non-existent in the movies), and she moves back home to her father's house with her one son and takes in an orphan girl named Belinda. They've ruined this story so badly, I can't imagine what they might do with the last 3 books (which are ABOUT Missy's BABY SISTER Belinda, not ADOPTED DAUGHTER Belinda)! And why do they persist in leaving Marty out of the later movies? 3 different people have played Missie so far, surely they could have found a replacement for Katherine Heigl if she's not available to play Marty! One star is too good a rating for this monstrosity.
 Enough is Enough! December 8, 2007
KittyKins
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
I don't like to write negative reviews, but as someone who has read the Love Comes Softly series, I feel I have to comment on this most recent movie & the movie series in general. I do appreciate Michael Landon Jr.'s production of wholesome family entertainment and I think these Love Come Softly movies have a good message. However, I think it's really unfortunate that with each movie he gets further and further away from the words that Janette Oke wrote. Kill off Willie?!
:( Janette Oke is a very good author and was the top Canadian author for sales in the late 1980's. She even outsold Margaret Atwood! I loved the Love Come Softly books. What's really sad is that the writer has borrowed the characters and titles, but has used great poetic license with the stories...so much now that they have ceased to belong to Janette Oke.
A big disappointment December 5, 2007
C. Widman (CT)
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
This series started with such promise. I enjoyed the first two movies (granted they more closely followed the books). Janette Oke wrote such wonderful stories, I really have a hard time understanding why they would make SO many changes. The actress who plays Missie in this movie does not act emotion very well at all. Moments that were supposed to be serious were laughably ridiculous because of her demeanor and the faces she would make. She made the same stern, straight-lined mouth expression for everything, whether she was supposed to be angry, happy or sad. And I cannot believe that they killed off Willie. He was the one redeeming character that I was still watching for. The actor who plays Clark is the only one that has remained the same for the whole series. (He too makes me laugh because he sometimes morphs into talking like Elvis- as he starred in a TV movie playing Elvis...)
I understand that this is still good family entertainment. I appreciate the fact that Hallmark is making family and faithful entertainment (hence the two stars rather than one). I just think that they could be doing a better job. Ms. Oke wrote great stories- they didn't need to be changed. Yes, edited for time constraints but that's all that was really necessary. This story wasn't even a Love Comes Softly book- some of the characters were the same but there the similarities end. I'm still sad that Katherine Heigl was unable to reprise her role as Marty but I don't blame her for not wanting to be associated with the mediocre movie. The acting was pretty horrible- I only watched the whole thing to see how they wrapped things up. The majority of the time, though, I couldn't help laughing about how the story, the facial expressions, the acting - was all supposed to be fairly serious but because the quality and caliber of talent was so low it was laughably ridiculous. A big disappointment- I would watch this on TV before spending any money on it. If the same actress is still playing Missy I don't plan on bothering with the rest of the series. A series of movies that could have been so much better- that's the main reason for my disappointment. With such a great premise, you wouldn't think it could go so wrong...
 Love's Unending Legacy September 25, 2007
Maw Barker (Kentucky)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
No movie from book to film are ever the same. However I myself and my family have enjoyed the Love Comes Softly series. I don't have to worry about language or nudity. These are great family films and would buy again.
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