“A touching story of deceit, trust, and love“
-
Francine Brokaw, LA Family
Based on the Novel by the New York Times
Best-Selling Author
The
Heartwarming, Romantic and Inspirational Drama
From
Director Michael Landon Jr.
Starring
Katie Leclerc and Sherry Stringfield
Available
on DVD June 11th
CULVER CITY, CALIF.
(April 10, 2013) – Katie Leclerc (TV’s “Switched at Birth”) and three-time Emmy Award® nominee Sherry Stringfield
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, TV’s “ER,” 1995-1997) star in the
uplifting drama BEVERLY LEWIS’ THE
CONFESSION, debuting on DVD June 11th from Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment and AFFIRM Films/Provident Films.
Directed by Michael Landon Jr. (Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning, Love Comes Softly), the inspiring film is a sequel to the Hallmark Channel’s hit movie, Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning, and is based on the second novel of “The Heritage of Lancaster County” trilogy from New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis. Katie Lapp (Leclerc), a young Amish woman, goes on a journey in search of her identity -- only to find herself embroiled in a mystery that must be solved before she can be reunited with the “Englisher” mother, who gave her up for adoption 20 years earlier. The film also stars Bill Oberst Jr. (The Secret Life of Bees), Cameron Deane Stewart (Pitch Perfect, High School Crush) and Julia Whelan (TV’s “Once and Again”).
Synopsis:
Raised by an Amish family, Katie Lapp (Katie Leclerc, TV's "Switched
at Birth") always felt the call of another life. Now, her quest to find
her birth-mother, Laura Mayfield-Bennett (Sherry Stringfield, TV's
"ER"), has drawn her into world of the "Englishers." Along
the way, two very different men try to help her overcome a devious scheme to
steal her rightful inheritance. Business-minded but kind-hearted Justin Wirth
(Michael Rupnow) reaches out to discover Katie's hidden secrets, while her
childhood companion Daniel Fisher (Cameron Deane Stewart) sacrifices his own
happiness for her future. Katie's heart is divided between two worlds as love
reveals the truth in the moving saga based on the hit novel from New York Times
bestselling author Beverly Lewis.
Based on the novel by
Beverly Lewis and directed by Michael Landon Jr., the film has a screenplay by Brian Bird
and Michael Landon Jr. The film was produced by David R. Kappes and executive
produced by Brian Bird, Maura Dunbar and Michael Landon Jr.
BEVERLY LEWIS’ THE CONFESSION has
a running time of approximately 88 minutes and is not rated. The film aired on the Hallmark Channel on May 11, 2013.
The 411 by Maria:
My first reaction was; Michael Landon's son directed? I want to see it. I was a huge fan of Michael Landon and figured Little House on The Prairie is a show I grew up loving, let's see what Pa's boy has learned!
The Confession has nothing to do with the 1800s as the Laura Ingalls Wilder series but it has as much heart as any Little House on The Prairie show that I grew up crying over.
Socialite Laura, is dying. She has a progressive form of cancer. On her quest to get her life in order she had set out to find a daughter she gave up to be raised by an Amish family in Lancaster. Now hearing that her cancer has progressed she is preparing for the end. Katie hears her birth mother was looking for her and heads to NY to find her only to be informed that Laura has already passed, thanks to Laura's selfish husband who has a plan of his own. His problems have gotten him in some hot water and he needs all of Laura's money. Thanks to a well meaning NY friend with a terrible fake accent (there were many poorly acted fake accents), Katie is reassured that if a socialite had passed it would be all over the news and someone is lying. Sooo...Katie sets out to meet her momma.
Things take an interesting turn when Katie arrives and finds out that Laura's daughter has already arrived.
Back in Lancaster, Katie's family is dealing with the return of an old friend while the modern world tries to infiltrate their very beliefs as and Amish family.
The movie moves quickly and while there are a few plot oddities that are unexplainable but would give the whole movie away if I were to list them. I didn't hate it.
The things that may turn viewers off:
- Katie leaves her Amish family for the lavish life style seemingly quick.
- Laura figures the deceit going on under her roof and explains it away with a letter Katie sent out to her Amish family. You really need to piece it together and remember what Katie had written to her parents.
- The ending was God awful. As of now there is no green light for a sequel and the ending demands one.
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Disclaimer: I received a complimentary product for my honest opinion.
Although the plot sounds really interesting I hate bad endings that leave the audience hanging, waiting for more, or just feeling sad or incomplete. I'm not sure if I will be seeing this film.
ReplyDeleteNow, this sounds like a movie I could watch. There are some really strange movies out there or have so much violence I spend half of the movie with my eyes shut. Waste of time.
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