Twelve Mile Road

Unrealistic. Because who would put up with a daughter like this, besides and extraordinarily weak father? Who would let their immature, naive 18 yr old daughter get married? Even if she is pregnant? Who would expose the daughter of a gf to his daughter if she was in this shape, and then stick up for her no matter what, and get mad at his GF for telling him the truth about her? And then there is the feeding of the Anti freeze to the poor cow. To me, this is the movie about a really weak father and his damaged daughter. I would have straightened her up, not made excuses for her misbehavior, or expect others to put up with it.

Stephen Landis (Tom Selleck) lived on a farm in Idaho, but his wife Angela (Wendy Crewson) wanted to live in the city and become a lawyer. So she and their daughter Dulcie (Maggie Grace) left Stephen alone.

As the movie opens, Dulcie is 16, wearing too much makeup, and getting a tattoo. She is such a troublemaker her mother believes a summer on her father's farm would do her good. Meanwhile, Stephen's girlfriend Leah (Anna Gunn) wants to move in with him, along with her teenage daughter Roxanne (Tegan Moss). As you might expect, Dulcie causes problems, but she is not the only one. Surprisingly, she and Roxanne become friends, but Roxanne's troubles are not Dulcie's fault.

Maggie Grace gives a wonderful performance, as Dulcie goes from delightfully nasty to just nasty to merely delightful. Dulcie is not really that bad once the movie progresses, though she hates the farm and becomes quite depressed. Going back to the city at the end of the summer is not the answer, however.

One thing that makes this movie distinctive is its emphasis on Christianity. Stephen's neighbors are among the few real Christians shown on TV, and the term 'born again' is actually used by one character. There are serious moral dilemmas, and the solutions are not perfect.

This movie had its ups and downs, and it appeared at one point that all was lost, but things started looking up again.

Enjoyed this picture which dealt with a farmer, Stephen Landis, (Tom Selleck) who lives with his wife and his wife's daughter.

It seems that Stephen was married to another woman and they also had a daughter and his ex-wife was having problems with her teenage daughter and decides to send her to her father for a few months during the Summer.

The teenage girl is from the city and on the wild side of life and going on a farm will simply blow her mind completely away, which it does.

There are all kinds of problems that face this family during the Summer and of course, one of the girls becomes pregnant along with cows as well.

Nice drama and Tom Selleck gave an outstanding performance in this film which was photographed in The State of Idaho. Good viewing.

Now THIS is what I call a GOOD MOVIE!! My Melissa and I watched it and absolutely loved it! It was about a man who lived in the country. He had a daughter who was a mess. The daughter's MOM made her move up to her DAD'S farm. Yes, the MOM and DAD are divorced. So, this BEAST of a girl moves up there and feeds one of TOM SELLECKS'S cows ANT FREEZE. That was amazingly cruel. Tom Selleck's character even misses a wedding because he wanted to help a COW become UNSTUCK. That was interesting. I love cows as well, but I mean, come on. There was an unusual cameo by Patch Adams. It's so hard to see that though.

So many good things about this movie. I don't regret watching this TEAR JERKER. In other words, my dame cried.

THIS WAS THE GREATEST MOVIE I HAD SEEN IN A LONG TIME, I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A COPY OF IT BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON MY MOVIE HAS DISAPPEARED..I HOPE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME FIND ANOTHER COPY,WHICH I WILL PUT UNDER LOCK AND KEY IF I CAN GET ANOTHER COPY! PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME,BURN ME A COPY OF YOURS, I WILL GLADLY PAY FOR A COPY