Wednesday, November 18, 2015

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving 2008


An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving     This film is based on a short story by Louisa May Alcott.  Mary Bassett lives out in the country on a farm in New Hampshire just after the Civil War.  She has three children, Mathilda, Prudence and Solomon.  They are poor but they manage to get by.  Mary treats the sick and Mathilda also has a small job.  Their husband/father has died in the war and this Thanksgiving may be a sparse one.  Mathilda has secretly written to her wealthy grandmother and she is hoping for help with their situation.  Mary will not be happy if she finds out about the letter.
   This is not what I expected, I thought it was a modern day movie?  I thought it was interesting and good.  The characters are well developed and you really care about the family.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

90 min, Drama directed by Graeme Campbell with Jacqueline Bisset, Helene Joy, Tatiana Maslany, Kristopher Turner, Ted Atherton, Paula Boudreau, Vivien Enidcott Douglas, Gage Munroe, Sam Malkin, Catherine Fitch.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 51% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.6* out of 5* with 124 reviews.
Special Note:  An interesting detail about this movie is that Tatiana Maslany plays all the female character clones on Orphan Black.  Tatiana and Kristopher Turner previously worked together on Instant Star, a TV series.  This movie was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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