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Holy Mylanta. THE ONLY reason I finished watching this movie, is because it drives me nuts, not to finish things. WORST movie I've ever seen!! Plot is all over the place. The younger daughter has no responsibility or consequences for what she does....somebody else would of gone to jail! She's not a kid, she's an adult. Everyone tippy toes around her like she's 13🙄 Acting is horrible. I'd rather be stuck in rush hour traffic, in a snow storm, with screaming kids in the backseat, with no windshield...than have to ever watch this again! Horrible movie.

The bottom line is a big 0 !

I must state the first 35 minutes of this story (I'm not going to label it a 'movie') is rather interesting and kept my attention. BUT after that all the money spent on this disaster was a pitiful waste. It could have been put to better use buying food for an animal shelter.

The character Reese Donahue (who's Miss Wildthing in the beginning) becomes little miss goody thing and the syrup in this flick just keeps getting thicker and thicker. It's a hairpin twist from 'I don't care' to 'All I want to do is be good'. The only reason I stuck with this story was to find out what was to become of Milo. And it's a long wait for that and you still don't really know.

Awful!

It was an interesting twist on the prodigal son from the Bible, but somewhere along the way, I just kept thinking that the older sister reminded me so much of Elsa from Frozen.....and now I can't unsee it. The lead character is obviously Anna, her roommate is Olaf.....you get the picture. I kept watching wondering when she was going to burst into song, but sadly, it never happened.

All joking aside, the move is ok. It takes a very long time of getting to a conclusion. The lead character definitely did not deserve how her father treated her, but it shows how God's grace is given even when we don't deserve it.

The acting was very good, the story had merits, but there are just some things bothering me about it. I really wanted to love this movie, especially being that it has Christian values, but I just couldn't. The improbabilities of some of the story line (I don't give spoilers, so I will leave that up to you to see) bothered me and I just couldn't reconcile that. I wanted to love the romantic end bits but it felt forced. All that said, if you are looking for a fair movie that is family friendly, give it a try.

It's a very cute movie with a surprisingly charming cast, telling a very apt interpretation of the Prodigal Son story. Somewhere near the middle it begins to drag - the whole European caper needs a little more suspense and action and detail - for many viewers might not get what's really happening. Also there's one key question (not going to say it here) that isn't answered sufficiently at the end. But all in it's a pleasant story with a lot of realistic family matters that makes it seem like the kind of movie we need more of these days.