This film is based on
a young adult book by Heidi McLaughlin. Josie is at the church waiting for her wedding to begin. She’s marrying Liam Page and he’s her
high school sweetheart. Just
before it’s time to go down the aisle, she learns that Liam is not coming? She doesn’t know why he’s made this
decision to run away? Seven years
pass and Liam has become a country music super-star. He’s left everything behind including his Southern roots in
a small community. Josie doesn’t
know that Liam still has the same flip phone that has a message she sent after he left and he listens
to it every day.
I think is like a
country-western Hallmark or Lifetime movie with a LOT of music. There isn’t anything new here at all
except Josie’s daughter has lines that seem like she is in college? Supposedly, that's cute?? Maybe everyone was wrung out by the
humidity during production and they had nothing left to give this movie? It’s also possible that secretly Nicholas Sparks
was the author? 2* (I didn’t like this movie)
108
min, Drama directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf with Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe, Abby
Ryder Fortson, Travis Tritt, Peter Cambor, Gillian Vigman, Judith Hoag, Tyler
Riggs, John Benjamin Hickey, Morgan Alexandria, Lauren Gros.
Note: Imdb 6.6 out of 10, 21% critic 86%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 1 ½*, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 254
reviews, Metacritic 36 out of 100 with 18 critics 5.5 out of 10 with 17
reviews.
Special
Note: Filmed in Georgia during a
110-115 degree heat wave and with a 24-day shooting schedule. Sometimes production was forced to stop
because of lightning storms. The
schedule was short, there was a modest budget and there were ambitious
set pieces. Alex Roe prepped for 5
months before shooting to perfect singing, playing guitar and performing. Director Wolf took Alex to a CMA fest in
Nashville just before he began his rehearsals. She contacted Travis Tritt’s team over a 3 month period to get him
to play the character Walt and sing a song.
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