The movie got off to a good start, I was reminded of "Oliver Twist" when I saw the boys picking pockets in New York. The movie moves quickly as the boys run from the police, and at the same time we see a woman who, upon seeing the police, hides a baby in a wagon. When the boys steal the wagon with the baby the story quickly moves to the advertised plot.

The boys quickly decide the police came to close to catching them and use their stolen money to buy train tickets to Kansas, taking the baby with them. Upon arriving in Kansas they quickly decide to give up their pick-pocketing ways since everybody there has a gun strapped to their waist. Fifteen minutes into the movie about six years have passed, the boys (now grown) are working in Texas and saving up money to start their own ranch. Twenty-five minutes into the movie they are living on their own ranch in Montana and the baby girl is now grown and this is where the movie slows from the fast paced adventure to a slower drama. The plot becomes more about the "brothers" being overprotective of their "sister" as well as conflicts with the changing culture as it relates to the cattle industry and law enforcement along with Mary Rose's struggle to free herself enough from her brothers control to have a romance. Eventually Mary Rose is told the truth about how she became a member of this unusual family and she travels back to New York to find her birth family. It is an enjoyable and family friendly movie, just not exactly the heartwarming style I expected from Hallmark.

I have read several reviews from people who had first read the book I believe all were very disappointed by the movie. I have not read the book and therefore cannot make that comparison, but as a stand alone movie it is not exceptional but it is okay for family entertainment. The acting was good by both the younger actors and by the older actors who played the main characters. I liked the way the movie played with the idea of  the interracial family, the oldest boy and leader of the "family" is black while the other boys and the girl are white. This is brought up from time to time in the movie but the movie never makes a big deal of it.
The movie got off to a good start, I was reminded of "Oliver Twist" when I saw the boys picking pockets in New York. The movie moves quickly as the boys run from the police, and at the same time we see a woman who, upon seeing the police, hides a baby in a wagon. When the boys steal the wagon with the baby the story quickly moves to the advertised plot. The boys quickly decide the police came to close to catching them and use their stolen money to buy train tickets to Kansas, taking the baby with them. Upon arriving in Kansas they quickly decide to give up their pick-pocketing ways since everybody there has a gun strapped to their waist. Fifteen minutes into the movie about six years have passed, the boys (now grown) are working in Texas and saving up money to start their own ranch. Twenty-five minutes into the movie they are living on their own ranch in Montana and the baby girl is now grown and this is where the movie slows from the fast paced adventure to a slower drama. The plot becomes more about the "brothers" being overprotective of their "sister" as well as conflicts with the changing culture as it relates to the cattle industry and law enforcement along with Mary Rose's struggle to free herself enough from her brothers control to have a romance. Eventually Mary Rose is told the truth about how she became a member of this unusual family and she travels back to New York to find her birth family. It is an enjoyable and family friendly movie, just not exactly the heartwarming style I expected from Hallmark. I have read several reviews from people who had first read the book I believe all were very disappointed by the movie. I have not read the book and therefore cannot make that comparison, but as a stand alone movie it is not exceptional but it is okay for family entertainment. The acting was good by both the younger actors and by the older actors who played the main characters. I liked the way the movie played with the idea of  the interracial family, the oldest boy and leader of the "family" is black while the other boys and the girl are white. This is brought up from time to time in the movie but the movie never makes a big deal of it.