Product Details

• Actors: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard, Melinda Dillon, Logan Lerman
• Directors: Alfonso Arau
• Writers: John Grisham, Patrick Sheane Duncan
• Producers: Brent Shields, Cameron Johann, Gordon Wolf, Richard Welsh
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hallmark
• VHS Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000C5079
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,089 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars -An American Story--, September 18, 2004

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Judith Miller (Bluemont, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Painted House (DVD)

Having listened to this book on tape, my husband and I were delighted to see that Hallmark Hall of Fame had turned this wonderful story into a film. We were not disappointed.

This story takes place in Arkansas and is set in September of 1952. The Chandler family owns a farm. They grow cotton and hire both, Mexican migrant workers and Hill people, to pick their crop. The two groups clash when they meet on the Chandler farm. The story is told by 10 year old Luke Chandler. Logan Lerman gave a memorable performance as Luke. The entire cast was good, and we also enjoyed Scott Glenn in the role of Luke's grandfather.

John Grisham's books are always captivating, but this is my favorite. I wish that he would write more stories like this one. It gave us a look at America in a different era when baseball was an American past time and families worked together for a common goal. It also showed the relationship between the farmers and migrant workers who shared the responsibility of harvesting the cotton.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, September 16, 2004

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R. Polk (Plant City FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Painted House (DVD)

most reviewers think they need to write an essay comparrison between the book and movie. I am simply going to review the movie. It was great and very heartwarming. A good family classic to have. Good values and a great glimpse into southern life. Too bad movies today don't have the same wholesome storyline that A Painted House does.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good for a book adaptation, August 31, 2005

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Isabella Perner (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Painted House (DVD)

I was curious about this film because I had recently read - and enjoyed - the book by John Grisham. And well, yes, the book IS better, but who would expecte anything else? The movie version still is very good indeed, the acting was good. Scott Glenn played the grandfather very convincingly and Logan Lerman gave a promising performance as young Luke Chandler. These two worked well together and they are the main characters. Although some slight story adaptations were made, the film still stays true to the book (John Grisham himself was involved in the project). There should have been a little more focus on the character of Cowboy, since his part in the story got bigger towards the end and only little background about the developing conflict between him and Hank Spruill (a very good performance by Pablo Schreiber as the angry young man) was really given - whereas in the book the conflict builds gradually. The final - and fatal - fight between the two also differs from the book version, but the way it starts here was probably necessary to make it work (see my comment about the lack of development). Apart from a few minor upsets, this is a fine and entertaining film.