This movie was a complete and total embarrassment. I couldn't believe how
cheap and awful it was. I mean, just ridiculous. Why would PAX bother to make a movie that's so horrific and embarrassing when they could probably get the
same ratings airing their reruns of Touched by an Angel and Diagnosis Murder
instead? If anyone sees this, the film's representation of a "parade" (this small town's annual celebration/parade are endangered by an approaching tornado)
is truly pathetic. It's one of those movie parades where all you seem to see is the trail end of it -- in one shot they show one lone clown walking along as if that constitutes a parade. And they have about 10 extras watching the parade as if that's the entire town.
Joan Van Ark tries hard, but she clearly received very poor direction. Her comic take on her drawling character just doesn't fit with the rest of the movie, which takes itself fairly seriously. This movie to me is the nadir of what the
once-awesome TV-movie has degenerated into. Look what the genre that gave
us The Burning Bed and Brian's Song has ultimately become... a cheap way for
a cheap network like PAX to fill airtime. Depressing.
cheap and awful it was. I mean, just ridiculous. Why would PAX bother to make a movie that's so horrific and embarrassing when they could probably get the
same ratings airing their reruns of Touched by an Angel and Diagnosis Murder
instead? If anyone sees this, the film's representation of a "parade" (this small town's annual celebration/parade are endangered by an approaching tornado)
is truly pathetic. It's one of those movie parades where all you seem to see is the trail end of it -- in one shot they show one lone clown walking along as if that constitutes a parade. And they have about 10 extras watching the parade as if that's the entire town.
Joan Van Ark tries hard, but she clearly received very poor direction. Her comic take on her drawling character just doesn't fit with the rest of the movie, which takes itself fairly seriously. This movie to me is the nadir of what the
once-awesome TV-movie has degenerated into. Look what the genre that gave
us The Burning Bed and Brian's Song has ultimately become... a cheap way for
a cheap network like PAX to fill airtime. Depressing.