Product Details

• Actors: Reba McEntire, Tim Matheson, Bess Armstrong, Heather Stephens, Scott Foley
• Directors: Michael Switzer
• Writers: Joyce Heft Brotman
• Producers: Alan Siegel, Bill Pace, Jack Nasser, Joseph Nasser, Joyce Heft Brotman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bonneville Ent.
• VHS Release Date: July 23, 2003
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1577423232
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,871 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars REBA ROCKS..., April 6, 2003

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I recently saw this movie on Lifetime, the cable television network for women. It is a very romantic, though highly improbable, film. Through illness, a young mother and wife (Reba McEntire) is in a coma for twenty years of her life. Her husband (Tim Matheson) remains devoted to her, bringing her home from the hospital, when the hospital said that there was nothing more that could be done for her. Her husband said that he married her for better or for worse and ensconced her in their home, providing her with constant care and attention.

Meanwhile, the years pass by. Their beloved young daughter grows up, but Reba is always at the center of it all, as they talk to her, sing to her, and pattern her movements. Every care and consideration is given her, as she lays sleeping, seemingly insentient to her surroundings. Her best friend has looked after her daughter and husband, as if they were her own. When the best friend's husband dies, the husband and the best friend comfort each other. Then, the amazing happens. Reba wakes up from her twenty year coma and fights to regain her life, her husband, her daughter, and her best friend.

This is the story about their struggle as a couple and as a family to regain what has been dormant, but not lost. Reba McEntire gives a beautiful performance as the wife and mother struggling to reclaim her life and finding herself in a world she no longer recognizes and in a body that has aged twenty years since she last saw it. Ms. McEntire has an immensely likable persona and magnetic personality that shines through in this role.

Tim Matheson gives a sensitive and moving performance, as the devoted husband who finds himself initially conflicted as he struggles between the love he has for his wife and the love he feels for her best friend. He ultimately makes the only choice that he could make, as he finds himself falling in love all over again with his wife. Believe me, all the women watching this film will half fall in love with him. All women should be so lucky to have a husband as caring and sensitive as this one seems to be.

This is definitely a chick flick. The title song "Forever Love" is also beautifully sung by Ms. McEntire.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forever Love with Reba, December 31, 1999

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Gary (Winston Salem, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's amazing how one woman could be such a great singer and an actress! This movie will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the time you have with your loved ones and friends. I remember watching it and thinking there is no way that I could ever cope with a sickness that took away 20 years of my life...but Reba portrayed a lady that did it and got her life back on track! If you haven't seen the movie, you should beg for it to be released. This movie if for the Reba fans and those who love tear jerker movies! This movie may not be 3 hours long like Titantic, but the emotions and compassion will make you too fall in love with "Forever Love." Great job Reba!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars POIGNANT AND ROMANTIC FILM..., June 1, 2006

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Love (DVD)

I saw this movie on Lifetime, the cable television network for women. It is a very romantic, though highly improbable, film. Through illness, a young mother and wife (Reba McEntire) is in a coma for twenty years of her life. Her husband (Tim Matheson) remains devoted to her, bringing her home from the hospital, when the hospital said that there was nothing more that could be done for her. Her husband said that he married her for better or for worse and ensconced her in their home, providing her with constant care and attention.

Meanwhile, the years pass by. Their beloved young daughter grows up, but Reba is always at the center of it all, as they talk to her, sing to her, and pattern her movements. Every care and consideration is given her, as she lays sleeping, seemingly insentient to her surroundings. Her best friend has looked after her daughter and husband, as if they were her own. When the best friend's husband dies, the husband and the best friend comfort each other. Then, the amazing happens. Reba wakes up from her twenty year coma and fights to regain her life, her husband, her daughter, and her best friend.

This is the story about their struggle as a couple and as a family to regain what has been dormant, but not lost. Reba McEntire gives a beautiful performance as the wife and mother struggling to reclaim her life and finding herself in a world she no longer recognizes and in a body that has aged twenty years since she last saw it. Ms. McEntire has an immensely likable persona and magnetic personality that shines through in this role.

Tim Matheson gives a sensitive and moving performance, as the devoted husband who finds himself initially conflicted as he struggles between the love he has for his wife and the love he feels for her best friend. He ultimately makes the only choice that he could make, as he finds himself falling in love all over again with his wife. Believe me, all the women watching this film will half fall in love with him. All women should be so lucky to have a husband as caring and sensitive as this one seems to be.

This is definitely a chick flick. The title song "Forever Love" is also beautifully sung by Ms. McEntire.