Le souvenir en héritage

Granted, as this was a "Wonderful World of Disney" film, my expectations were not high before even viewing this. But in the past at least most films by Disney at least made some logical sense. No such luck with this turkey and it left me with many unanswered questions, flying children, electrified wooden picket fences and underwear chomping goats aside. Clueless woman discovers after the death of hubby that he blew their lifesavings on an island?!? And she didn't know? First of all, that alone is a stretch but to find out that he had lied to her about his entire background and upbringing as well was unbelievable. Linda Hamilton plays the wife, Mrs. Donavan like she is sleep-walking instead of the boiling anger most women would feel to discover their entire marriage was a lie. She goes to Bailey's Mistake, Maine to see what she has inherited and exactly how fast she can dump it. She meets her late husbands family, featuring more quirks and oddballs than the daily dose on the Springer show. Predictably they want her to hang onto the property so they can continue to live there but Liz wants to sell it to the local devil/rich guy/landowner (Kyle Secor playing Lowell Lennox, he seems to be phoning in his performance from a great distance) so he can put in a golf course. The rest of the film follows a oh so preposterous, predictable course, the locals persuade her to sell to them and they tell Mr. Lennox (the Devil) to take a hike and go eat more Oreos. And we STILL don't know what the deal is with the goat. Since this production was filled with excellent actors such as Joan Plowright, Kyle Secor and Linda Hamilton I expected better but never underestimate the power of mediocrity.

Bailey's mistake started out as a quirky little movie, but went downhill fast. I've never seen so much angst in my life. Joan Plowright was very good as the matriarch of a magical band of misfits. Linda Hamilton spent 90% of the time in tears and her kids were just plain bratty. OK, OK, mine are too, but this was extreme. Granted it is somewhat like a normal depiction of real life, but please, I don't want to watch tears for over an hour on a good day. That's why soaps are only an hour long. There were some moments that were good, even funny. Like my summary states: you have to keep watching even though you know you shouldn't. You just keep hoping against hope that this gets better. Good points: Scenery is breathtaking, an Irish brogue is delightful to hear. Kept waiting for something like River Dance to break out. Unfortunately it didn't.

I missed the first 15mins.. but a widow with two kids goes to the father's home town of Bailey's Mistake and the more questions she asks, the more confused she gets (and the more frustrated WE get!) The kids come across a goat that will NOT leave them alone... flying children, healing powers.. an adult neighbor with a tail. A few things are revealed... but not enough by the ending. I think it's a movie about finding your roots and finding a home to call your own with friends. No matter how oddball. It is a very nice movie.. But not one I would have chosen to pay to see if it was in theater. A good idea, but not up to Disney's usual standards of making sense.

Well I watched this movie today on TV. And thought i wanted this is a movie i can watch over again with no problem couldn't get the name of movie. So got on here to look for Linda Hamilton. For movies she has done. The comment that was made for it. I thought was totally wrong. Everyday there is something or someone that makes no sense. So for there views that everything in movie needed a reason. No i disagree. It was done the way it should of been. And obviously the person who had wrote the comment on it,thought of guidelines of movies of today. But movies from past always had those characteristics. So it was nicely done. And one i will want to see over again.

A really cute movie, has plot twists.,strange people,humor. Linda Hamilton does a good job playing a widow lost as to what to.do next and watches as her children struggle along with her. Then they arrive on the island.and meet an assortment of strange people. Soon they begin to put the pieces together as to why their father/husband has such a strong bond to the island and the people who live there. A good movie to watch with kids, will never win big awards for the movie or the actors , but is really worth your time to watch it . The movie is hard to find sure sure !!! I saw it on regular cable TV and now cant find it.