At Home in Mitford

TV Movie
2017
TV-G
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.1K

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Andie MacDowell and Cameron Mathison in At Home in Mitford (2017)

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A divorced writer goes to a picture-perfect small town to get over her writer's block and ends up falling in love with the town of Mitford, its inhabitants, and its most eligible bachelor, t... Read allA divorced writer goes to a picture-perfect small town to get over her writer's block and ends up falling in love with the town of Mitford, its inhabitants, and its most eligible bachelor, the handsome Episcopal priest who lives next door.A divorced writer goes to a picture-perfect small town to get over her writer's block and ends up falling in love with the town of Mitford, its inhabitants, and its most eligible bachelor, the handsome Episcopal priest who lives next door.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.1K

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8debfullofjoy

Wrong Title

The movie itself was good, better than a lot of the Hallmark movies because of the actors and the storyline. There was one big problem though! Why did they call it At Home in Mitford? They could have titled it anything else and called the characters different names and it would have just been a good Hallmark movie. It was nothing like the Jan Karon books, which I loved, and which everyone else pointed out. I can't believe anyone signed off on that representing her work.

1jantfl61-1

Artistic Dishonesty-At Home In Mitford

The screenplay writer took a wonderful book, used two characters, Father Tim and Cynthia, eliminated the other characters. The book's plot was rewritten as a romantic TV movie. It would have been much easier to stick to the original Jan Karon story line. The lead characters were too young to play the characters. Hope that others will complain to Hallmark Channel

5juliana-22712

Maybe forget you read the books?

If you can suspend your attachment to the books you can enjoy this sweet romance. I'd like to tell Hallmark that I love their movies but would they please stop ruining my favorite books! Maybe they could ask someone who loves the story to review and give input? We have the Focus on the Family Radio Theater version of the first Mitford book and my children are familiar with the story too. My 12 yr old son's comment after watching five minutes was "it's like they asked someone who hated the books to write the script!"

1okbeth

Weak as pond water

How could Hallmark miss the mark of this wonderful, redemptive story so badly???!!! Why are you trying to be like every other shallow love story? The story is so much more. The book(s) is about an aging circa 60 year, balding, pudgy Episcopal priest and a 50-something wife finding each other and healing and redemption multiplied. The book's story stands on it's own and doesn't need tampering in the slightest. You left out some of the most beloved characters. No wonder Jan Karon was so hesitant to release the rights. I'm certain her worst fears were realized. PLEASE don't make a sequel.

3dgraceofgod

Wish I hadn't wasted the time

If I could speak to Hallmark, I would ask that they change the name of this movie. Otherwise, they should put a disclaimer on the opening credits - do not watch this movie if you are a fan of the Jan Karon books. I can't begin to understand why they had to change the ages and characterizations of the main characters, the setting, the backstory for Dooley, Olivia Davenport, Marge Owen's, Happy Endings Bookstore, etc. etc. etc. I just cannot understand why you'd buy the rights to a book and then rip it apart for the screen. This deserved a better treatment.

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Trivia
Aired as the fourth of five original films in The Hallmark Channel's 2017 "Summer Nights" lineup.

Goofs
Early in the movie, a character comments "not a Starbucks within 300 miles". It's 6 years after the movie, but there's nowhere in the US that isn't within 200 miles of a Starbucks. And certainly anywhere in the Eastern US (like North Carolina), there's no location so remote from Starbucks.