"Returning to USA after WWII, Noah goes wandering and angling. He comes to a small town and valley to catch a huge bass. He meets a cute widow and other good people there."
Yep, that's it. Not a synopsis, that's it, in its entirety. If the story had been more compelling than "a stranger comes along and meets some nice people", it could have been a John Barth novel and even memorable. The writers, however, just aren't up to the task. Oh they grasp for straws along the way: Noah Locke as Ahab and even a rather satisfying rehashing of Big Joe and Phantom 309, delivered by Stephen Tobolowski which was nice surprise (Tobolowski is one of those actors that you see once in a while and you slap your head and say, "where have I seen him before"). Just not enough original material to carry the moral, which proved to be a herculean undertaking.
I( would like to say that, all in all, I enjoyed the movie, but I struggled mightily to deal with Klein's North Carolinian accent, which really was just insulting. Still, it's a Hallmark, because it's a wholesome tale with a moral and even a little Christianity thrown in. So, it certainly has its audience.
Yep, that's it. Not a synopsis, that's it, in its entirety. If the story had been more compelling than "a stranger comes along and meets some nice people", it could have been a John Barth novel and even memorable. The writers, however, just aren't up to the task. Oh they grasp for straws along the way: Noah Locke as Ahab and even a rather satisfying rehashing of Big Joe and Phantom 309, delivered by Stephen Tobolowski which was nice surprise (Tobolowski is one of those actors that you see once in a while and you slap your head and say, "where have I seen him before"). Just not enough original material to carry the moral, which proved to be a herculean undertaking.
I( would like to say that, all in all, I enjoyed the movie, but I struggled mightily to deal with Klein's North Carolinian accent, which really was just insulting. Still, it's a Hallmark, because it's a wholesome tale with a moral and even a little Christianity thrown in. So, it certainly has its audience.