Heart of the Country
Heart of the Country
| 19 August 2013 (USA)
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With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried emotions of sudden death of Faith’s mother years ago, and learn to be a family again. Like the Prodigal story, Heart of the Country is a tale of a father’s unconditional love. He simply wants a relationship with his children, and once that relationship is restored, he begins to create healing for his broken daughter. Her marriage has to be rebuilt, her belief in herself, and her peace with her mother’s death all come together through the quiet, selfless guidance of her loving father. The novel, written by Rene Gutteridge from the original screenplay by filmmaker John Ward, takes us from the glamour of Manhattan to the open beauty of the fields of rural Columbus County, North Carolina as the timeless tale of the Prodigal Son is reborn!

Reviews
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
kllrfrst It's hard to believe there are people who actually enjoyed this. On top of the pointless scenes they threw in and the terrible order, She ended up with the wrong guy. What was the point in even showing the doctor (especially the scene towards the end where he had the gift for her with the engraving about the music) if they had no plans on taking that anywhere? She was obviously developing a connection with him, it was clear from that moment at the church that something was changing for her. And then, of course, her smiling while messaging him. If the plan was to put her back with her lying husband all along, then why did they include those scenes? To get on our nerves? It was actually more heartbreaking than romantic. Seeing him standing there, waiting for his turn to go up to her and give her the engraved gift. THAT was romantic. But then her husband has to come up before he gets the chance. And then you don't see him again the rest of the movie. It should be listed as a tragedy, not a romance.
Captain_holmes Not sure what was the thought process in making this film, not one character made any logical choices. I though the acting wasn't horrible, the story was laughable. It was insufferable and seemed like an hour long music video, with dialog wrapped inside a terrible idea. No thanks please just no.
jessicajaglowski I would call this Jana Kramer's 2nd best film since "Approaching Midnight". Jana in this one stars as Faith, in a story based on the prodigal son returning home (however this is the prodigal daughter). Approaching Midnight takes better advantage of her acting chops and it was theatrical while this picture was a direct to video piece. I heard that this was a vehicle to promote Jana's music but I was hoping for more of her tracks to be played throughout the movie in subtle ways. I would watch this movie again on DVD however because of Jerry McRaney a great actor with a solid part that was given to him. The locations are pretty solid for this movie too. I enjoyed seeing the south on camera. I think more films should be filming in the south and Heart of the Country takes advantage of some great locations.
coste-stephen Lots of not so subtle Christian values, pleasant film. This is a independent film marketed to be a family film with it's message of Christian values hitting the watcher with a sledge hammer of Christian values. Some people of other religions or agnostics might find the movie hard to handle. Well produced, well acted but a little to sugary sweet in its story line. I wouldn't pay to watch it in a movie theatre but worth a watch if you have nothing better to do, only rates a TV movie of the week.Surprising prejudice against the North, the south lost the civil war; get over it, its called the USA. They should not be calling the car a Yankee car. This is a not so subtle slap against Americans from Michigan.