Monday, January 4, 2016

Mail Order Bride 2008


     This film takes place in Boston and Wyoming of the 1800’s.  Jen had been exchanging letters with Beau and she planned to be his bride but she died.  Diana McQueen is her friend and she needs to get out of Boston.  Tom Rourke thinks she took $10,000 from him and she’s had enough of him.  He believes he owns Diana and she can never leave him.  Diana takes the stage out west and Beau believes she is Jen.  She is a con artist and she steals the wallets from the men at their engagement party.  She plans to take whatever she can from Beau and get out of town.
     This film had potential and could’ve been a lot better.  The acting is not very good, the pace is slow and it’s very predictable.  The only good part is the Boston area of this time period and the landscape of Wyoming.  There are scene changes at the breaks for the commercials too.  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)

88 min, TV Movie, Western directed by Anne Wheeler with Daphne Zuniga, Greg Evigan, Cameron Bancroft, Vincent Gale, G. Patrick Currie, Tom Heaton, William MacDonald, Michael Teigen, Ted Whittall, Katharine Isabelle.

Note:  Imdb 5.7 out of 10, 28% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.7* out of 5* with 61 reviews.
Special Note:  I was surprised to learn that this film ranked as the Hallmark Channel’s most-watched November non-holiday original movie.  Also the 2nd highest rated cable movie of the day and 4th highest rated movie of the week.

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