Now married to Christopher Walken, Glenn Close is loving every moment of motherhood to the growing Lexi Randall and Christopher Bell, but things are not so good down on the farm. A drought leads to many issues, and eventually fires. Realizing he's got a lot of work to get the farm back up and running, Walken send the rest of the family to visit Close's brother and aunts in Maine, so you get moving back and forth between the east coast and the middle of America. This of course creates issues in the marriage, but there's new life on the way, and that's always a cure.
Stage legends Lois Smith, Teresa Hughes and Elizabeth Wilson are all outstanding as the three sisters who live together, all of them having great moments, with my personal favorite (Smith) making the observation about Close that will change her life. This has its moments of the dour situation of life on the plains, but there's terrific mixes of humor and romance that indicates that no matter what obstacles that Close and Walken face, they'll always make it back together.
Once again, the ensemble is terrific, but Close as Sarah seems to be made up to be prettier. Bell, as cute as a button, has the funniest observation about Aunt Lou (Smith) when he writes to his father about her habit of skinny dipping, adding "But she's not skinny." James Rebhorn returns as Close's brother, with Margaret Sophie Stein back as wise neighbor Maggie. As atmospheric as the original, but perhaps missing the surprises of "Sarah Plain and Tall".
Stage legends Lois Smith, Teresa Hughes and Elizabeth Wilson are all outstanding as the three sisters who live together, all of them having great moments, with my personal favorite (Smith) making the observation about Close that will change her life. This has its moments of the dour situation of life on the plains, but there's terrific mixes of humor and romance that indicates that no matter what obstacles that Close and Walken face, they'll always make it back together.
Once again, the ensemble is terrific, but Close as Sarah seems to be made up to be prettier. Bell, as cute as a button, has the funniest observation about Aunt Lou (Smith) when he writes to his father about her habit of skinny dipping, adding "But she's not skinny." James Rebhorn returns as Close's brother, with Margaret Sophie Stein back as wise neighbor Maggie. As atmospheric as the original, but perhaps missing the surprises of "Sarah Plain and Tall".