There are so many things wrong with this movie it's hard to know where to begin.
It's 5 years into the great depression, on a mountain in RURAL West Virginia. Yet the yard is immaculately groomed, the house looks like something Martha Stewart collaborated on with the staff at Better Homes and Gardens, the clothing on every character looks like it just came off the rack at Nordstroms, and the cars fresh off the showroom. Pumpkins set on a full porch made of paving stones. It's almost like the director copied a painting by Terry Redlin.
It's late fall in the MOUNTAINS, yet trees are in full foliage. Granted at the start of the movie most of the leaves are in full color, but a few days later, at the Harvest Festival, when Elizabeth gets lost in the woods most of the trees are somehow green. The, whatever it was making a sick sounding growl, supposedly a mountain lion, that gets scared away when an approximately 10 year old boy shows up to save Elizabeth
Meanwhile, at the Harvest Festival, there's a wooden rollercoaster, which with the tools at the time, would likely take a week to set up, never mind actually moving it to the location of the festival.
Then there's the modern phrases like "alternative beverages" and "he's got their backs"
The acting was bad, the writing even worse than the acting. There is almost nothing to like, nor accurate, about A Waltions Thanksgiving.
I gave it a 2 star rating because of the scenery and, for the most part, it does maintain the theme of the real Walton series of family and community.
It's 5 years into the great depression, on a mountain in RURAL West Virginia. Yet the yard is immaculately groomed, the house looks like something Martha Stewart collaborated on with the staff at Better Homes and Gardens, the clothing on every character looks like it just came off the rack at Nordstroms, and the cars fresh off the showroom. Pumpkins set on a full porch made of paving stones. It's almost like the director copied a painting by Terry Redlin.
It's late fall in the MOUNTAINS, yet trees are in full foliage. Granted at the start of the movie most of the leaves are in full color, but a few days later, at the Harvest Festival, when Elizabeth gets lost in the woods most of the trees are somehow green. The, whatever it was making a sick sounding growl, supposedly a mountain lion, that gets scared away when an approximately 10 year old boy shows up to save Elizabeth
Meanwhile, at the Harvest Festival, there's a wooden rollercoaster, which with the tools at the time, would likely take a week to set up, never mind actually moving it to the location of the festival.
Then there's the modern phrases like "alternative beverages" and "he's got their backs"
The acting was bad, the writing even worse than the acting. There is almost nothing to like, nor accurate, about A Waltions Thanksgiving.
I gave it a 2 star rating because of the scenery and, for the most part, it does maintain the theme of the real Walton series of family and community.