Title: A father's unconditional love
Review: Love Comes Softly is a simply told story of love on many levels. It is sweetly romantic but offers real moral depth. It is mostly content to show rather than tell -- a strength in movies. The director understands a metaphor. The telling that does occur, works in context. The central exposition is well-placed and is as well and simply stated an explanation of why bad things happen to good people as I've heard. I found the lead actors engaging and attractive. Katherine Heigl as Marty and Dale Midkiff as Clark are convincing in their tragedies and joys. The Western frontier setting strips away the distractions of modern life but reveals the core of humanity that is no different today than one hundred or even two thousand years ago. While the outcome is predictable, it is because human nature is consistent. If you want to experience emotion vicariously, and risk some tears and some laughter, Love Comes Softly is a good choice.
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