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Love's Enduring Promise

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I saw this film recently on the Hallmark Channel, and TIVO'd it to watch again and again (at least, until it hits DVD, and I buy it from Amazon): I am definitely going to buy the DVD when it comes out! Based on a novel by best-selling Christian fiction write Janette Oke, "Love's Enduring Promise," is a heart-warming continuation of the story of Marty and Clark Davis...

By now, Clark's daughter Missy is all grown up and teaching at the local schoolhouse: she meets two very different men through circumstance, a young surveyor named Grant Thomas and a mysterious stranger named Nate; when a family accident forces her to accept the help of this mysterious stranger...

For those of you worried about content, this is a clean film! There is no language that I can recall; there is an arguement between father and son, some blood when a man accidentally hurts himself, and little else.

This is a wonderful, family-friendly story that promotes good values of love, honor, courage, faith, forgiveness, and much more! Highly recommended as a break from the typical Hollywood fare...

Though "Love's Enduring Promise" doesn't measure up to its predecessor, "Love Comes Softy," it is nevertheless lovely to follow up on Clark Davis and his family, who share their joys and sorrows, and their faith, strength, and commitment with one another. Missie is now a young lady, with serious choices to make. She is a schoolteacher, and is being pursued by a wealthy surveyor, but when Clark suffers an accident and can no longer work the farm, a young man comes to their aid, and the viewer knows long before Missie does, that he is a better match for her.

The dialog and scene progression don't flow as well in this 2nd film, but I wouldn't mind seeing a 3rd and even 4th installment, as it is refreshing to see this type of family entertainment, where people speak without cursing, and keep their clothes on. It would make an excellent TV series, as it is full of wonderful characters, and themes of hope and redemption. Directed by Michael Landon Jr. for Hallmark, it is a little like his father's wildly successful "Little House on the Prairie." Based on a novel by Janette Oke, the 19th century plot is filmed in beautiful California locations, like Sable Ranch in Canyon County, with cinematography by Maximo Munzi.

The cast: January Jones is good as Missie, with Mackenzie Astin as Grant, her rich suitor, and Logan Bartholomew, who is an exceptionally handsome and capable actor. as Nate. Katherine Haigl repeats her role as Marty, and as Clark, Dale Midkiff once again is superb. Cliff De Young plays Zeke, an embittered man with many scars that need healing. Total running time is 87 minutes.

Like its predecessor, Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise is a successfully produced romance that is clean, with morals and Christian values. Michael Landon, Jr. needs to be applauded once again for his work. He has accomplished making quality films such as this, that are inspiring and uplifting, and that can be watched by every member of the family without embarrassment!

I first watched Love Comes Softly on Hallmark. I was enraptured by the cleanness and the costumes. Then I watched the second one, Love's Enduring Promise. Then I read the book Love Comes Softly. It was a lot different, but I liked the movie and the book both for their own "things". I would highly reccomend these movies to ANYONE. They are both clean, funny, sweet, cute, and great family movies. The acting in Love's Enduring Promise was good. Not as bad as soon movies I've seen! The cast was good, the costumes were not period-correct in Love Comes Softly, but oh well. It's squeaky clean, what more could you want?!

I watched this movie on the Hallmark channel the other day and i loved it! It was good as and even better then the first movie - Love Comes Softly. Its about Missy, the young girl from the first movie who is now grown up and is the community school teacher. In this movie about love and forgiveness, Missy's father has a bad accident during the planting season. Because of this, Missy must stop her teaching for the season and help with the farming and plowing so her family will not go hungry. Then Will, a young man from the past comes back to ask his father forgiveness for something done along time ago. While gathering enough courage to go and talk to his father he finds missy and her family in need of help. When it comes time for him to leave, Missy must face her feelings and decide between Willy and a young, rich surveyor who has already asked her to marry him. This is another good, clean movie for the whole family to watch. This sweet story will make you laugh and cry!

This is one of the best movies I've seen in a while. And it's a movie you can watch with the entire familyn without worrying about something being offensive to someone. I loved it because it talks about adversity which is what everyone faces at some point in their lives (if they live long enough). I really liked the way they incorporated prayer and Biblical advice in the movie. It's a movie I wouldn't mind buying and having around to see for years to come.

I've never read the books, but I love the movies!! My family is pretty fussy about the movies we buy and watch and after we bought the movies they instantly became favorites. Love Comes Softly and Loves Enduring Promise were both excellent. They are very enjoyable to watch. Even my father and brother enjoy them!! Very clean cut movies you can watch with the whole family and share with friends.

There are very few Christian based novels that I actually like to read but all of Oke's are at the top of the list. I was so excited when I found out recently that some of them had been made into movies and I can't wait until I can add these to my collection. I just wish that there were more movies this clean out there that actually told a good story as well. They are becoming fewer and fewer every day. I do agree that Landon shouldn't have removed the word Jesus entirely from the story but that is the world we live in. People work too hard to keep from offending anyone else. However, someone brought up the point that good Christian women never wore pants in that era and I would like to correct you. MOST women did not, but you certainly could find women wearing pants on the Prairie. At times, that was the only way they could do their work. They would only hold to convention when going into town or to Sunday service. Someone also mentioned that although they hadn't actually read the book, they still expected this movie to revolve around Marty & Clark. You really should read the books, or at least what they are about before forming expectations. Although her books keep the same characters throughout the series, everyone has their own story and their roles change in each book.

A wonderful sequel to Love Comes Softly, by beloved Christian writer Janette Oke.This is Love's Enduring Promise. I did not see the Hallmark Special on TV, but did have the original books in this series by this author. I wasn't sure if I would like this one as much as Love Come's Softly, but I did equally as well. Great actors including the original ones in the first story. Very poignant and hard decisions have to be made, but made they are. A great family movie promoting real and true values.

If you LOVED "Love Comes Softly", you won't be disappointed in this sequel...The daughter has grown up...it is her love story..but her parents have fairly good roles in this one also...how can it miss with Dale Midkiff in it!!!??