Jacob Have I Loved

I really enjoyed the movie! I read "Jacob Have I Loved" in high school and still find myself relating to Louise. This movie did a job well done portraying Caroline as a selfish, beautiful lady, while Louise is the better of the two when it comes to what is important in a person, they're character and heart. Some people who have read the book might not like what they've done with the movie, but you have to remember that this is only an TV movie, 53 minutes long. The producers have taken the important elements of the book (the birth of the twins, Louise's friendship with Call, Caroloine leaving the island, Louise's relationship with the Captain)and turned into an enjoyable movie I would show in my classroom if we were reading the book! The only problem I had was at the end of the movie they did not say of whatever happened to Louise, but I guess to find out you need to read the book!

I had to watch this in school. And to sum it up...

Talentless actors, talentless script, and a talentless director.

This movie is such a waste of your time. Don't even watch the movie. Don't bother. You will be so disappointed. My teacher said it was supposed to be good. How wrong she was. She even slept through it a little. The movie's actors were just bad. The best actor in there was the old man and that's not saying much. It's has horrible plot with awful characters. So unrealistic and I can honestly said it had no point. The script was unemotional and confusing. There was points in the movie when I furrowed my brows and said, "What?". Also there were just too many loose ties and plot holes. It was just absolutely horrendous.

A family friend (Ms. Miles) took us to her home on the Eastern Shore to watch the filming at her family's home. A few rooms were off-limits to us as these were interior shots. I remember the Captain being drunk a lot and everyone always searching for him and Bridget Fonda was always cold. It was pretty chilly without having cold water sprayed onto her for the storm and Bay shots. I never saw the movie in its entirety until tonight. I have to say I was a bit disappointed, but after reading some reviews I realize 55 min isn't enough time to make the characters more likeable. Maybe I will read the book!! RIP Ms. Elizabeth Miles, a true friend when I was young and a dedicated, amazing woman!!

This movie is a perfect example of an excellent book getting ruined by a movie. Jacob Have I Loved is quite possibly the worst film that I have ever seen. There is no storyline, plots disappear, and the editing is awful. To top it all off, the music is straight from a synthesizer and sounds unbelievably terrible. Bridget Fonda's acting is decent, but everyone else's acting is totally amateur. I would suggest this movie to someone who is studying to be a producer as a study on how not to produce a movie as it is chock full of bad cut-scenes, bad transitions and acting that should have been re-shot! Read the book and don't waste your time with this film.

This was just plain terrible. I read this book for school, i made As on all of the tests, and to see it like this! My teacher forced me and 20 other people to watch it, and it was worse than Leonard Part 6, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and Hudson Hawk put together. The thing that made this film so terrible was enough reasons to want to kill yourself over. First of all, it was made on Hallmark. Second, the acting was terrible. Third, it was like completely different from the book. Literally, it was so bad I asked myself to be excused. Basically, I would rather watch Basic Instinct 2 than watch this. Take my advice, don't watch this film. No one would want to watch this. It was horrible. HORRIBLE!