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The Spring [VHS]

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this movie is great i love watching this movie and i am ready to watch it over again. i have seen this movie before and i love the way it was delivered

First off, I am a big George Eads fan, which is the primary reason I got this film. That being said, I think it was an interesting and rather intriguing concept but slowed and lagged after 45 minutes. The first half is very good especially how the town is introduced to us and how the director shows the intrigue build when we see the notebook with the dates of when people died. But after that is seems to lose itself and the climax was rather flat considering the build up leading to it. I expected something on the same level as the Lottery. I also thought that the son had a stronger moral and ethical streak in him than the father, whom I thought was being kind of selfish. I didn't think it was a great film but it wasn't bad enough that I wouldn't recommend it. Just don't expect much.

Admittedly, I only bought this movie because I am a huge fan of CSI's George Eads. When the DVD arrived, I expected to enjoy it moderately. I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Perhaps I'm biased because it was filmed in my home town of Fort Langley, BC (which at the time of purchase, I didn't realize) . . .

The acting is pretty good all around, I think. Some parts are cheesy and the story isn't exactly realistic, but it was a good movie to watch. All in all, I'm glad that I spent the $13 on it. I'll watch it again.

This made for t.v. feature stars Kyle McLachlan (Twin Peaks, The Hidden) as a single father traveling across country with his son (Joseph Cross). A chance encounter with a strange couple with car trouble leads them to the quaint little town of Springville. Not such a bad place---everyone is young, and the reason is the titular spring, which acts as a sort of fountain of youth, with strings attached.

So as not to give away the plot's "secrets," suffice to say that Kyle finds out being young is not always being wise. Poor Kyle seems totally bored with his role and it's up to Alison Eastwood as the town doctor and George Eads as the local mechanic to bring some sort of life into this thinly structured plot. It's pleasantly gore free, and deaths are staged without blood and guts. It ends up being a less emphatic version of Shirley Jackson's classic short story, "The Lottery." But overall, not a bad movie, just nothing special.

OMG! Do I ever love this movie! Yes, I know that it has none of the qualities of "greatness." It's not Gone With The Wind or any classic film. But, when you want a movie to just take you away for a little fun fantasy and romance, The Spring fills the bill. If there was a fountain of youth, who would control it? How could they control it -- and what evil would it unleash in that power struggle?

Take my advice and get this one if you love the feel of Lifetime movies with a supernatural twist.

"The Spring" is not bad if one's expectations aren't too high. I watched this on a rainy afternoon on the Lifetime Movie Network and found it interesting. I liked the premise of the movie, which centers around a bucolic little town called Springville. A widower Dennis Conway (Kyle Maclachlan) and his son Brian are on their way to the mountains for a camping trip when they stop to help two stranded motorists. Once the motorists leave, Brian finds a bag they left behind and father & son decide to stop by the address provided on the bag to return it. The address is in Springville, and both Dennis and Brian decide to spend the night after finding no one home at the provided address, and find it strange that the local police are keeping an eye on the house.

The next morning, Dennis is having breakfast in a local diner whilst Brian plays outside and gets in a accident, requiring hospitalization. The pair are introduced to the town doctor, Sophie (Alison Eastwood), and Dennis is immediately attracted to her. At the same time, Dennis is puzzled that the police seem bent on getting him and Brian to leave the town. By now, viewers already know that the town harbors a spring that has healing powers and staves off aging. The question is: Will the budding romance between Dennis and Sophie go anywhere, and if so, what will Dennis and Brian decide to do after discovering the town's secret? There is more to the town than just being eternally young, for there is a price to be paid.

This story reminded me of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery", and I plan to watch the TV adaptation of the story. "The Spring" is quite engaging, it did keep my interest, but the plot was rather predictable, though I felt the actors did a decent job in their respective roles, especially those in the lead roles. I would rent it though.

The first time I saw this movie was on Lifetime TV and I almost changed the channel, but something about the description of the movie caught my eye. Its hard to describe the movie without giving away the full plot, but I love how its set out. Its well worth getting, and it will probably be back on TV pretty soon. Check out lifetimetv.com to see when.

There's no need to buy this one for under a dollar. Check garage sales in your area. Just as many made-for-tv movies, NBC took a nice premise into a 93 minute slow paced, ok plot, I'm ready to take a nap movie, B flick. Even tho I have watched it from beginning to end, the beginning part of the movie is laughable (need to congrat the director and the cutting team from not knowing right from left (and Kyle MacLachlin for not knowing how to pretend to swurve passably!).

It's the scene at the beginning when a guy steps out on the road and tries to flag down the van our main character and his son are in. Kyle yanks the steering wheel to the left (for that year and model van, the giant twists of the steering wheel would have made the top-heavy van go into a roll-over!). In the cut seen of the camera facing the van, the van immediately swurves over to the right (hmm... driver sits on the left side, turns the wheel counter-clockwise [left], and the van goes to the right.......)..... LOL Made it laughable at such an elementary mistake so early into the movie (not even two minutes into!).

If you find it at a sale price of a dollar, go ahead and pick it up. But I wouldn't waste any more than that on this movie.

I won;t give away the story, but do yourselves a favour and grab this title. Get it on DVD, not on VHS. This DVD is a worthy addition to your collection, with fantastic sound and picture, nice features and packaging. Very tidy release, we need more like it!

This is about as low budget as you can get.It has made in Canada written all over it.Just in case anyone has the misfortune to sit through this drivel I'd best not reveal the plot they'll be mapping out in a cemetary after they see this debacle.The acting is atrocious except for Alison Eastwood who incredibly manages to remain intelligent throughout this debacle.Kyle Mclachalan is dreadful-in fact he's so bad I often thought watching this movie that he was going to walk into the camera.He has an emotional range of 1 to -1.There are thousands of great movies to be had on Amazon.com-this is not one of them.