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Rose Hill

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

I bought this movie expecting to see Garwood's book brought to life. I think the only thing the screenwriter read was the back of the book! There was no romance and it was disappointing to watch, expecting (in vain) to see the funny and interesting parts of the book. If you have read the book and loved it, dont watch this movie. If you havent read the book, expect to see an average family drama.

So sad, so bad! Readers Beware! I was vastly disapointed in this. I was hoping for that "Garwood magic" and ended up wanting to drop the video off my deck. They totally revamped a wonderful story to garbage. Yes, there was a MaryRose and 4 brothers that went west to Rose Hill and that's where they stop. There is a woman they bring along to cook that never exhisted, there was an indian woman ( I think these 2 were to take Crazy Corey's place). They add a cattle rustler for a love intrest. Cole dies. and there is this Irishman that also didn't exhist.Where Is Maryrose's husband? And MaryRose never goes off to school which is the big part of the story. Where is Mama Rose?? we never get a letter. She is a big part of the story. And Adam marries the Indian woman...Huh? Where'd the story go.. Please don't do a sequel. Take my advice catch it on the Hallmark channel instead of wasting money on this. They missed the stagecoach folks!

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.

It was an extremely disappointing video. The only similarity to the book was that there were four brothers, one sister, a father and it's a western. The writers made Mary Rose a selfish, spoiled person. There was very little similarity in the characters. There was nothing of the letters between the children and Mama Rose. The letters were important in the character building of the children. Many characters were left out and others were mashed together to make a totally different character, i.e. Annie and Blue Belle became one. Two so different and strong characters were brought together and made into a weakling. Mary Rose always knew where she came from and who her brothers were. She protected her brothers. They all did, especially protecting Adam. In this video she finds out as a young lady. I don't remember Cole being killed in the book.

My whole reason for purchasing the video, was because I truly enjoyed the book, I've read it three times. I enjoyed the interaction between the brothers and Mary, the letters that were written to Mama Rose, the command Adam had with everyone with just a movement of his body or face expression. How Mary took everyone in and protected them. The love for her family and the ranch!

This video makes her run away-she does return but obviously in the book she is persuaded to meet her father. This video makes her look like a gold digger. Harrison dislikes her and is married to someone else.

I know that it is difficult for books to be converted over to video and that there will be things left out of the movie, but to change the story so much was not enjoyable at all.

Had I not read the book-it would have been an oaky monvie 3 Stars. AFTER WAITNG FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG -THIS WAS A DISASTER. IT WAS A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT.

I am a HUGE Julie garwood fan and I was very disapointed with this movie. I saw it on the Hallmark Channel not too long ago and I was happy to only catch half of the movie. Who is Fergus? And what happened to Harrison? Oh, yeah, he became her brother in the movie. I lost interest in the movie when Cole was killed. It would have made a great follow-up if Cole's story Come the Spring had been made into a movie. I know that movie adaptations don't always follow the book, but give me a break. They did a complete 360 with this movie. Julie Garwood fans rest assured that the Clayborne family continues with Noah Clayborne in her newer books.

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.

Before Jennifer Garner struck it big with, and developed her own fervent fanbase, as Sydney Bristow on ALIAS on ABC. And before she wowed audiences as Elektra in the original DAREDEVIL (surely she was the only redeeming feature of that movie) she was eking out a living as an actress in a variety of tv movies and b-pictures. One such movie was Hallmark's production of "Rose Hill" (based on Julie Garwood's best-selling "For the Roses") in which Garner plays Mary Rose. Mary Rose is a woman raised by a group of homeless boys. The boys decide to leave the slums and drab life as pickpockets on the streets of New York City to become cowhands on the plains of Texas (though one does enjoy a brief career as a Texas Ranger). Finally they become landholders of the Rose Hill Ranch on the rich grasslands of Montana where they raise cattle and try to make something of themselves - that is until tragedy strikes.
I have not read the book on which this movie is based, so I cannot comment on how good a job it does translating the text for the screen (judging by other reviewers comments not a very good one). But what this movie may lack in faithfulness to its source material it no doubt makes up for in down-home charm.
I'm not a big fan of westerns (I can probably count the number I like on two hands) so I was not holding out much hope for what this movie might offer (my shameless interest was the presence of Garner). But I found myself becoming both charmed and involved by the human family drama that is the underlying theme behind this movie.
As TV movies go this is passable entertainment, but those expecting Garner to kick around baddies as she does in ALIAS and DAREDEVIL will no doubt be disappointed.

I read some reviews online who said that they changed the movie from the book and that they did not like it because of it. I did not really pay much attention to that because I was expecting changes. This happens to everything that comes from a book onto the screen. However I have to say that it was really not well done. It did not deserve any relation with the book 'For the roses' at all because they changed even the most basic story line in the book. SPOILER ***** Mary Rose and Harrison are now brother and sister ***** I can live with many things, including stretching the proloque further then the book, adding a couple of characters and omitting some, because not everything that works in a book could work in a movie, but the story is between Mary Rose and Harrison, their funny interatction on the ranch and then in England, it is the core. They did not even though that, invented a complete new love interst. Another main thing in the book, the loyalty of her adopeted family to each other, is not really portrayed at all.
To sum it up, it is not worth to buy it. Even if you do not consider the book at all, the movie seems to be missing something. It is not worth it.

As a huge Julie Garwood fan, I was very excited about seeing the book on film. The book and the movie don't have that much in common, except 4 brothers and a sister. There were extra characters that were not in the book. And yes, Mary Rose was not the sweetheart in the movie that she was in the book. Spoiled, selfish and a brat! There is a new storyline introduced that has nothing to do with the book. A sore disappointment for sure! Beware Garwood fans, you will be disappointed! The only reason this has 1 star is because I couldn't give it 0 stars!

I read the books years ago and just saw the movie tonight. I was surprised by the movie. It had been a while since I've read the books so I couldn't remember if the movie accurately portrayed them. It did not. If you're looking for an accurate account of the books this is not the movie for you, but if you'd like to be entertained by a heart-warming movie then watch "Rose Hill". The movie is good all on it's own but compared to the books it is lacking.