Truth Be Told - on Fox Family Movie Night

MOVIE REVIEW

Truth Be Told

Network: Fox

*This is Walmart and Procter & Gamble's fifth "Family Movie Night" co-production.
The other films were: Secrets of the Mountain, The Jensen Project, A Walk in my Shoes, and Change of Plans. Click on Titles of Movies for my movie reviews of each.

Original Air Date: April 16, 2011

CAST:

Candace Cameron-Bure ... Annie Morgan
David James Elliott ... Mark Crane
Ronnie Cox ... Alexander Bishop
Belita Moreno ... Sophia bishop
Antonia DeNardo ... Lucy Bishop
Chris Brochu ... Kenny Crane
Deanna Douglas ... Eliza Bishop
Emma Gould ... Zoe Crane
Michael Sheets ... Jake Bishop
Kurt Warner ... (Cameo)
Danny Gokey ...

PLOT:

The plot focuses on marriage counselor, Annie Morgan, played by Cameron Bure, who believes honesty and love are the keys to successful long-term relationships.

Ironically, Annie has never been married and doesn't always follow her own advice.

When an opportunity arises to discuss hosting a talk show with media mogul Alexander Bishop, played by Ronnie Cox, Annie jumps at the chance.

Through a misunderstanding, she receives an invitation for she and her spouse to join Bishop at his New Mexico ranch. Fearful that being single will wreck her big chance, Annie conspires with Mark Crane, played by Elliott, an old college friend who is a retired professional football player and recent widower, to pose as a married couple with their teenage kids for the weekend.

A weekend filled with a series of comical misunderstandings leaves Annie emotionally involved with Mark and his two teenagers and battling with her own conscience.

Movie Review:

This is a fairly lighthearted family movie. It's kind of predictable along the way, but I don't always mind that... especially when I'm longing for certain things to happen and they do. It's a sweet romantic comedy that takes place for the most part of the story on a horse ranch where there are trails, horseback riding, 4 wheeling, etc...

Annie Morgan and Mark Crane were friends in College. She was his Math Tutor, while he was the Football player. Their paths led them in various directions until they meet again. It's all simple and yet complicated, when they decide they must spend the weekend pretending to be married to one another.

Along the way, they are both uncomfortable with the lie they are living and continually want to reveal the truth, however, along the way, they are also falling for one another - and this realization is very difficult for Mark's daughter, who misses her Mother, terribly.

Eventually, the Truth is Told... and Annie and Mark go their seperate directions. Will love eventually bring them back together? Or, will the Truth set them free...?

I think you'll enjoy this Happy Ending!

See or Skip:

See, Sweet Family Movie!
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Images from:
Fox Flash
Family Movie Night on Facebook - Official Cast Photos

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Weekend Movie News ~ January 8th & 9th!

Now there are 3 New Movie Premieres!
2 on Saturday & 1 on Sunday~


Saturday

Change of Plans
Fox
8 PM

*Change of Plans stars Brooke White, and is supposed to be a family movie! If your family ever liked American Idol, then you'll probably enjoy this!

Brooke White (the blonde pictured on the right) was one of the top ten finalists from American Idol, Season 7.

Click Here for More Movie images & details!


Click Here for Music details on Brooke White!

Saturday 

Perfectly Prudence

Hallmark Channel

9 PM

Re-airs at 11 PM & 1 AM

Encore Presentation:

Sunday

Hallmark Channel

9 PM



DVD



*Perfectly Prudence stars Jane Seymour and Joe Lando (famously known for their roles on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela Quinn and Sully) in a sequel to Jane Seymour's Hallmark Original Movie, Dear Prudence. (Click Here for my Movie Review.) 

If you have not seen Dear Prudence, then be sure to catch it next Saturday, January 15th on the Hallmark Channel at 1 PM before an encore airing of Perfectly Prudence at 3 PM.

(I'm not certain if this one is suitable for family viewing - please check ratings before watching with children.)

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Sunday



DVD



Downton Abbey

PBS

9 PM

(please check your local station for time!)

*Downton Abbey is a 4 part Movie series, beginning January 9th, 2011 and continuing for the next three Sundays after that... January 16th, 23rd, and 30th.

Just looking at the pictures of this movie- reminds me of Upstairs Downstairs, Jane Austen Movies, Gosford Park, and Cranford. I even see some of the same characters I'm familiar with - from these other movies. For Masterpiece Theatre fans... this looks to be like a wonderful, intriging addition!

(I'm not certain if this one is suitable for family viewing - please check ratings before watching with children.)

Click Here for More Movie images & details!

Two New Movie Premieres this Weekend ~ Change of Plans & Perfectly Prudence!

Change of Plans

Premieres on FOX

January 8, 2011

8 PM - 10 PM

Click Here for more details!

Stars Phylicia Rashad, from The Cosby Show

and Brooke White, from American Idol. 

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Perfectly Prudence

Premieres on the Hallmark Channel

January 8, 2011

9 PM

Replays- 11 PM and 1 AM

Click Here for more details!

Stars Jane Seymour and Joe Lando 

from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.

Change of Plans - Family Movie Night on FOX

MOVIE REVIEW

Change of Plans
(sponsored by Walmart)

Network: FOX

Original Air Date: January 8, 2010


CAST:

Brooke White ... Sally Danville
Phylicia Rashad ... Dorothy
Jayme Lynn Evans ... Jordan
Bobby Soto ... Javier
Jakobe' Dempsey ... Kaleb
Joe Flanigan ... Jason Danville
Aurora Kruk ... Christine
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee ... Toby

PLOT:

Up to this point, Sally Danville's life has played out just as she hoped it would. A beautiful and free-spirited musician, she and her fighter-pilot husband, Jason, live life on the go, free of domestic responsibilities. But with a single phone call from Child & Family Services case worker, Dorothy (Phylicia Rashad, The Cosby Show), she learns that things don't always go according to plan. Sally (Brooke White, American Idol) is met with the news that her best friend from college has died in a tragic accident on a Peace Corps mission and has named Sally the legal guardian of her four kids - 3 of them adopted from third-world countries. Now Sally and Jason (Joe Flanigan, Stargate Atlantis) must quickly learn to parent this instant family and help the kids deal with the culture clash of life in America. The story is both humorous and heartwarming, revealing how fulfilling life can be when you look beyond your own plans and invest in the lives of others.

Movie Review:

In my opinion, Change of Plans has been the best, of these Walmart Sponsored Family Movie Nights.

I was wondering if Brooke White, who was an American Idol finalist, would be good at acting, and she was truly great. She and the guy, who potrayed her husband, Joe Flanigan, were terrific together!

The story is about a successful couple, Sally and Jason, who find themselves caring for four children after their parents are killed. The children have been living in the Sudan, 3 are adopted, and are from different racial backgrounds and cultures... and, yet, they are very much a family.

It is really a precious and beautiful story of how this couple and these children open up there home and hearts to one another and become a family. Sally and Jason think they will take care of the children only temporarily until a new home can be found for these kids and they can return to their busy hectic lives and careers, but each day they grow closer and closer to the children. The storyline reminded me of: Rent-a-Kid or Raising Helen.

My only caution would be for younger kids, who might be upset by this storyline of these children losing their parents. So, please be aware of this before viewing.

Other than that, it is a very moving, inspiring movie... it may be a little cheesy for some, and predictable, at times, but even still, it is very heart-warming!


See or Skip:

See, a sweet movie.


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