Saving Sarah Cain
by Michael Landon Jr.
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Actor: Abigail Mason, Elliott Gould, Jennifer O'Dell, Lisa Pepper, Yolanda WoodDirector: Michael Landon Jr.
Brand: Fox
Producer: Michael Landon Jr.
Producer: Brian Bird
Writer: Brian Bird
Producer: Eric Weiler
Producer: Robert Gros
Writer: Beverly Lewis
Writer: Cindy Kelley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Saving Sarah Cain
DVD Review: Sarah Cain's Redemption
Summary: 3 Stars
Two stars for the film, one star (extra) for the stunning cinematography, especially the flashback scene of Sarah and older sister, Ivy, as children, frolicking at the seashore. As another reviewer commented, that scene was "beautiful, ethereal, evocative, and expertly photographed and edited", and if not the rest of the film, this sequence is worth watching again and again. It is too bad the rest of the movie wasn't more subtle in its emotion (as in the case when Sarah, along with boyfriend, Bryan, and the children have returned to Sarah's stark and modern condominium in Portland, Oregon, after the children find out Sarah has been publishing stories about them in her column (it's too bad we didn't get to read any of them). It's not that the kids cry (I mean, they just lost their mother, and before they had time to fully absorb that, they were whisked away to the West Coast--the loony left--and forward about a hundred and fifty years), it's that they overdid it. That scene was not effective because I didn't cry (and I usually bawl my eyes out), but this had little effect on me.
The script could have been punched up a little bit (more interesting, like including some of Sarah's columns and more of the Amish beliefs and way of life, and a lot more humor instead of just lightheartedness).
My heart sank into my stomach when I saw that man at the bus station approach little Josiah who had run away. Sadly, because of the bleeding heart liberal society we live in, I automatically think pedophile, but, I think it turned out he was just a crazy man (because of the nonsense the man was spouting, I would guess a Vietnam War veteran). Thank God!
I think all the children did a wonderful job, stealing the candlelight from Lisa Pepper, though she was by far the best-looking. Tom Tate, the guy who played Bryan, was excellent.
The only really cheesy line was when Caleb, upon first entering Sarah's upscale condo, utters, "We're not in Pennsylvania anymore."
This film could have definitely benefited from laughs (instead of just smiles) and from a better soundtrack and score--both of which are very forgettable.
The major plus of this mildly touching film was that it followed the great rule of writing: show, don't tell. Most Christian films lack subtlety in their proselytizing, thus alienating some viewers and diminishing its entertainment value. "Saving" did not. That automatically makes it much better than the asinine "Left Behind" features, not to mention the annoying Kirk Cameron.
Another good recommendation is "Joshua", even though it's not really Biblical (Joshua is Jesus who comes to this small town like an angel to help build a church, when it says in the Bible that when He comes back, it will be with loud acclaim, or something along those verses, and He tells the Pope to keep up with the good work, which many Protestants would raise Cain, or hellfire, over).
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