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Summary: Two different perspectives.
Review: There are two ways to see this film. One, as a Julie Garwood fan, and two, as a made for T.V movie lover. As a Garwood fan, the movie is a disappointment in the sense that the characters and the situation were changed too much. As a movie on it's own, it's a very nice film to watch. My friend had never heard of the book and she absolutuely loved the movie. Keeping both perspectives in mind, it gets 3 stars.
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Summary: awful awful awful
Review: There was no SPUNK! "For the Roses" is one of my favorite books, and boy was I excited to find in my local video store. What a waste of 90 minutes. There was none of the charm, none of the humor (except for a couple of chuckles), and zero romance!! There was no frustration that came with the Elliot family, no drop dead gorgeous man to sweep Mary Rose off her feet, and couldn't they have found a better Mary Rose? Mary Rose with a short little guy like Fergus?? COME ON! And where was Adam's elegance, and Cole's heart, and Travis's sweetness, and Doug's maturity? As a movie, even without the book, it was terrible. It left alot out and wasn't much better than a summary of the book (an inaccurate summary at that).I have never been more aggravated with a movie.
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Summary: awful awful awful
Review: There was no SPUNK! "For the Roses" is one of my favorite books, and boy was I excited to find in my local video store. What a waste of 90 minutes. There was none of the charm, none of the humor (except for a couple of chuckles), and zero romance!! There was no frustration that came with the Elliot family, no drop dead gorgeous man to sweep Mary Rose off her feet, and couldn't they have found a better Mary Rose? Mary Rose with a short little guy like Fergus?? COME ON! And where was Adam's elegance, and Cole's heart, and Travis's sweetness, and Doug's maturity? As a movie, even without the book, it was terrible. It left alot out and wasn't much better than a summary of the book (an inaccurate summary at that). I have never been more aggravated with a movie.
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Summary: I haven't read the book yet, but...
Review: This is a beautiful film! It was such a sweet movie! Several street boys end up with a baby! It's a baby girl nontheless! What are they going to do with a babygirl?! The can't give her back, they don't know who's she is! No one really wants to buy her, and most of the boys are convinced that it's not proper to sell babies! So they raise her on their own and what a character she comes out to be! I loved this movie! It's very sad at times, but it's a very good movie! I haven't read the book so I don't know what all of the other people are talking about but the film is great!
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: This is a great, great movie! The actors did an excellent job and it was a good story about family and love.
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Summary: Rose Hill
Review: This movie used Julie Garwood's name, but I find it impossible that the screenwriter even read more than the first chapter of the original book. I am deeply disappointed in this movie, and I wonder how the author allowed her book to be changed so much. The original book centered around family, loyalty and love story that ended happily ever after. With two brothers dead and Mary Rose alone- this film left me depressed.
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Summary: " Rosehill"
Review: To some degree, the movie wasn't all that bad. It was just made at the wrong time, with the wrong script, and with the wrong movie crew. If it had been made after Julie Garwood had written all the books, maybe they would have also included the brothers' and Daniel Ryan's romances as well. The movie had nice music and a good start. Remember, books always never leave things out.
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Summary: Good for Garner fans
Review: Yes, I agree that the movie does not live up to the book. But, honestly, what movie adaption ever does live up to the book??? Plus, it's a Hallmark movie: I love Julie Garwood books; but I don't think Hallmark could/would make a movie with the kind of scenes from a Julie Garwood novel. There are huge differences between the storylines of the book/movie; but they are two different styles of storytelling and have to follow certain criteria (theme, story arc, etc.) I would recommend this movie for any Jennifer Garner fans out there. Its a descent movie to get your Garner fix (and you won't have to suffer through "Dude Where's My Car"!).
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