Customer Reviews

Love Finds a Home

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

An excellent period film with a wholesome story throughout. Good FAMILY viewing, with action, suspense, drama, and some romance. A sequel to story #7, "Love Takes Wing", it is right on to bring a satisfying conclusion to the series based on the books of Janette Oke.

This 88 minutes brings Dr. Belinda Owens (Sarah Jones), now grown and married to Lee into several situations relating to a doctor's patients and their health concerns. At the same time, a friend from medical school, Dr. Annie Nelson, (two female doctors is unusual for the time period), arrives pregnant and stays with Belinda and Lee till the baby is due. Belinda has her own emotional issues to deal with as a result.

Lee is well played by Jordan Bridges, although looking a bit young to have the adopted daughter, Lillian (Courtney Halverson). Lil finds her own issues of becoming an adult and finding love. Also arriving on the scene is Annie's mother-in-law, midwife, and an outspoken lady, Mary (not other than Patty Duke, now 60-something but yet has what it takes to add to any movie.) Too many doctors for one child birth? OK, it's a Janette Oke story, so we all know it will end deliciously heartwarming and acceptable. But not till we have some heroics, suspense, and fist-o-cuffs. It can't all be sweet out west.

There is the expected religious aspect to the families that is a thread throughout the book series as well as the movie series. Faith is a motivating factor for many of the main characters in this story, but not preachy.
Honestly, a film cannot replace all that is written into a book, just part. On the other hand, a movie CAN provide aspects to a story that can only be imagined in book pages.

DVD has English and Spanish Subtitles & captioning for the hearing impaired, or for those like us who like to catch all the names correctly. No other extras included.

Now, LOVE COMES SOFTLY, is complete as a book series AND a DVD series. Both are recommended. Both are worthy of 5 stars and a purchase for viewing or reading. Best solution: do both. Yes, I own them all, and glad of it. So is my wife.

This movie fit right in with the Love Comes Softly series. I couldn't wait to add it to my collection. It's a very emotional realistic movie about the pioneer days and what women went through to give birth. I loved it!

I loved this movie, just like the ones that came before it. I believe that it reminds us that their is a place called home.

On a scale of one to ten with ten being the best, this was a wonderful
movie. The acting was great. The actors/actresses did a superb job.
The plot was tasteful and in line with the previous 7 parts of this
series. Oh how I wish we had more movies like this. Production,
direction, filming were excellent. I'm only sad that I can't look
forward to any more movies from this series. Thank you Hallmark,
and EVERYONE who participated IN and helped make this series
wonderful. Sallie Paige Bryan

I love the Love Comes Softly range I have every single one and all I can say is absolutly BRILLIANT!!. When I recieved Love Finds A Home I was so thrilled but when I watched it I was saying to myself that this cannot be the end of the series because there is a lot more to come in the next one. What I think Lilly will become more involved with Joshua and Belinda and Lee to have the baby.

Does anyone know if they are going to have a movie after this one?? I loved this movie and every other one in this series!!! I would hate to see this be the last movie!

I have eight DVD's of stories by Janette Oke and each one is excellent. Every one should have these in their collection because they are clean and exciting.

Particularly if you've read the books. The films (with the exception of the first two) are nothing like Janette's book series of the same name. Though the films claim to be based on the books, there is little, if anything, that made it through to the end of the series. Belinda's first name made it, and that is about it.
As I have stated with my reviews of the previous films, they are nice option for family movie night, but they are not a good representation of Oke's series. The books are so much better, and preserve the fully Christian message that the author intended.

Love finds a home is the eight movie made from the Janette Oke's Love comes softly series. It's a great story. The characters show the difficulties pioneer's encountered not only having babies, but also with the problem not being able to have any. Having faith in God and believing that the Lord is only a prayer away gives this movie substance.
The actors are well chosen for their roles and the location is perfect. It is a good family movie, of which there should be more available.
Thank you .

I found this program to be enjoyable also (I have all the others already). Interestingly, like many "sequel" series, I found the very first, the original "Love Comes Softly" as the most touching and enjoyable. It was a little disappointing to find some of the characters played by a different actor as it progressed, but I'm sure they did try hard to get the original actors in each sequel.