Adam Loeffler, Corbin Bernsen, Dale Midkiff

Writer/director Michael Landon Jr. continues in his famous father's footsteps by creating moral family entertainment set in the early days of the American prairie. Stubborn Marty Claridge (Katherine H...( read more  read more... )eigl, Grey's Anatomy) travels west with her new husband--but after they find a beautiful patch of land, her husband dies in an accident before they've even started building. A man named Clark (Dale Midkiff, Air Bud: World Pup) makes a proposal: If Marty will enter into a platonic marriage with him, he'll pay for her passage back east in the spring. What Clark needs is a mother, however temporary, for his willful tomboy daughter Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2). Missie fights Marty's presence fiercely while Clark, though supportive, speaks few words, and Marty suspects she's made a terrible mistake--but time reveals otherwise. Love Comes Softly, based on the popular Christian novel by Janette Oke, is a romance, but Landon carefully avoids any bodice-ripping histrionics. Problems get solved perhaps a little too easily, but the movie is cleanly written, pleasantly understated, and respectful to its characters. For many viewers, Love Comes Softly will be a welcome change from overheated secular love stories. --Bret Fetzer

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Unrated, 88 min.

Directed by: Michael Landon Jr.

Release Date: April 13, 2003

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DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004

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  • October 5, 2008
    I really enjoyed it! I loved Clark and I really liked the storyline of her taking care of the daughter.
  • August 18, 2007
    She has talent despite her assets
  • May 15, 2007
    Pretty cute. <3
  • April 29, 2007
    Absolutely love this movie the First of many...lol. Perfect Family entertainment. Inspirational.
  • December 25, 2006
    That Michael Landon's son directs this should not be surprising. It definitely has the feel of Little House on the Prarie. Not a bad movie, it's predictable, and the acting is decent all around.
  • August 24, 2009
    I like this one the best out of all of them.
  • July 18, 2009
    Beatifull. Sometimes loves just come softly.
  • July 16, 2009
    the start of a classic western movie series!!!!!!!!
  • July 15, 2009
    everyone of theese movies in this series will warm your heart and touch you some way .if you like westerns its a must see
  • July 5, 2009
    Good Series watch it all the time

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  • vannak2009
    March 20, 2007
    it was great, it wasn't close to the book but hey some things change when its turned into a movie.
  • glittergrl49
    August 20, 2006
    I read the book and didn't think the movie followed it very closely. It wasn't so great, but it was still good.

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