The stop-and-start pacing indicates careful planning for the easy insertion of commercials. And few of the actors look entirely at home in the period setting.
Love's Long Journey
2005 · 1h 28m · PG
Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie, Western
Directed by
Michael Landon Jr.
Overview
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband Willie are headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.
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The acting borders on melodrama and the movie obviously was edited for TV.
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