The life of Missie's family in the West has been settled down. Missie continues her passion of teaching and takes care of their young daughter Kathy while Willie and their sons Jeff and Matthew work to expand their family ranch. But the close bond of the family is threatened after Kathy is suddenly dead and then Willie accepts to become the town sheriff.t.
24 August 1953, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
9 February 1984, Galion, Ohio, USA
3 June 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
9 August 1996, Montclair, California, USA
2 June 1999
24 August 1932, London, England, UK
26 May 1959, Wisconsin, USA
21 June 1961, Bakersfield, California, USA
2 October 1979, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3 April 1956, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
9 June 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 August 1965, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1 July 1959, Chance, Maryland, USA
29 January 1986, Indiana, USA
28 September 1992, Houston, Texas, USA
October 05, 2006
The pacing is a bit slow, and the references to faith at first seem a little heavy-handed, but the movie comes together as you warm up to the characters.
December 18, 2010
Slow, sappy, Christian-themed TV adaptation.
April 04, 2007
Although wholesome and simple in its storytelling, the central characters are on such a pedestal of virtue that it's impossible to relate to them in any way.
October 14, 2006
The stop-and-start pacing indicates careful planning for the easy insertion of commercials. And few of the actors look entirely at home in the period setting.
October 12, 2006
The movie, based on the novel by Janette Oke, shows how time and belief can help deal with tragedies. These solutions, however, when applied to the LaHayes' particular tragedy, make for a stagnantly morose plot.
October 05, 2006
The acting borders on melodrama and the movie obviously was edited for TV.
October 11, 2006
Love's Abiding Joy isn't even a film. It's a Hallmark TV movie -- literally -- one that will be shown for free on TV in December.
