Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

metalback Such a stunningly beautiful film, lovely score, Jessica Lange and David Strathairn are wonderful as Carl and Alexandra. Any fan of Willa Cather's novels will be pleased at how well they have kept to the story of O Pioneers,I loved every minute of it. I wish everyone who sought to adapt a novel for screen {big or small] would do it with the same care and attention to detail that this production shows I thought the film was well cast, the actors look as they are described in the book.I think this film would appeal to a wide range of tastes and interests, beautiful scenery, beautiful people, wonderful love stories. This is one movie that I watch often.

my_superstar73 I watched the film right after I finished Willa Cather's novel. The book is very beautifully written and I highly recommend reading it. But the movie is a failure in my opinion. Although Lange and Aldrich are brilliant in their acting, but the rest of the characters not only are chosen improperly, but also are pretty disappointing in their acting. The portrayal of Marie and Frank are not accurate enough and do not explain things such as why Alexandra wanted to help Frank get out of jail. The scene of the murder was very generically done, especially after one reads that same scene in Cather's description. In other words I would like to highly encourage the reading of the novel itself, but beware of the disappointing film. Do not waste your time on it.

susanjmaki I was looking at some other reviews of this and felt pressed to say, it rally was pretty good. Criticisms that it was predictable are a bit unfounded when you remember that this was based on Willa Cather's novel.She wrote it first. I enjoyed the production. It talked about how people make decisions that have consequences beyond their expectations. The affair between Marie and Emil is more about Marie's decision to marry who and when she did. These things could happen today. Still, the slice of life in for American settlers is what has always drawn me to Willa Cather's works. I think Hallmark's depiction is quite solid. Jessica Lange was a good choice for the lead. Her story could have been that of so many others. Nowadays we forget that this country was settled by people faced with different choices and harder lives than we face today.

cooknena Awesome story of how a woman takes over the ranch aft her father dies. Looking at it from a genealogical viewpoint of a genealogist's....I am so glad they made this excellent film. Stories such as this came from our ancestors for sure as such ocurrences actually did happen very often. Women were left to run many outfits when the men died or went wandering....they had the gusto, fortitude and fight to do it, thats why we are here today, because of these courageous ancestors. Nebraska is a gorgeous state and the scenery is truly depictive of it as I lived there. The culmination of the two childhood friends marrying, even though she was 4yrs his senior...happened all too often back in those days. Its a very emotional, heart beating film and well done. Jessica Lange is such a wonderful actress and did an excellent job in this film as did David Strathairn.