Product Details

• Actors: Rick Schroder, David Andrews, Veronica Cartwright, Stephen Dorff, Boyd Gaines
• Directors: John Korty
• Writers: Bill Stratton, Robert Inman
• Producers: Anne Hopkins
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• DVD Release Date: December 7, 2004
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006A9INY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Son's Promise" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SON'S PROMISE - DVD Movie

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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two thumbs up!, May 6, 2007

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Susan Manchester "Voracious Reader" (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Son's Promise (DVD)

WONDERFUL movie starring Ricky Shroeder about an older brother trying desperately to hold his siblings together as a family, despite an alcoholic father who tries to defeat him at every turn, and greedy people who try to take advantage of his good fortune when things start to turn around. Ricky portrays an older teen with just the right mix of confidence, confusion, exhaustion and frustration. He definitely makes you believe in the character.

37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a keeper, June 17, 2007

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This review is from: A Son's Promise (DVD)

This type of story is a difficult one to pull off, but this movie does it. Not a dull moment. Things keep changing all the time. The emotional tension remains tight all the way through, yet the movie never becomes oppressive. There are a number of relieving moments of achievement, of aid from other people, of being befriended by strangers. The characters, especially the father, are all realistic. No stereotypes here. The father is a real horror. Unfortunately, such people are not only real but not uncommon.

Rick Shroeder does an excellent job with the acting and with the Georgia accent. Not a trace of his natural southern California accent comes through in any of the scenes.

Good movie for the whole family. Worth watching again.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Son's Promise, August 25, 2008

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Linda Huntington "Lives for music" (Northcenrtral Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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I have always thought Ricky Shroeder was a great star and this movie just adds to his greatness in my mind. As an older brother he was determined to keep his promise to his dying mother to keep his siblings together. Feeling he had failed at times did not stop him from pushing forward to accomplish his goal. The odds against him were great but he made you believe in the boy and his fight. I would recommend this highly and I have watched it over and over again. He also did a great job of acting with Brad Pitts in Across the Tracks another great movie about brothers.