Once again I defer to previous reviewer, Snoop. I would only add to their proper critique of this film as lacking excitement and interest my objection to its sickly sweet, Waltons meets Whole Earth Catalogue tone. I mean, I suppose you'd rather see your rural folk singin hymns and recitin bad poetry over gravesites or sellin herbs at cute country stores to carrying long guns at state and national capitols but it doesn't make the singin, recitin and herb sellin any less lugubrious. And lead actor Julie Gholson's combination of spunk and spirituality was so annoyingly cloying it made me wish I owned a dulcimer so I could toss it through the TV!
There are, however, a few good things. The other three kid actors performances range from decent (the youngest) to good (the boy and Jan Smithers), plus it's always nice to see ol Harry Dean playing a good but not excessively good guy, and the location shooting in Appalachian N. Carolina (as opposed to, say, Agoura standing in for N. Carolina) reminded me of how lovely that part of the world is.
Grade: C
PS...Earl Scruggs' music was both flat and without Flatt.
There are, however, a few good things. The other three kid actors performances range from decent (the youngest) to good (the boy and Jan Smithers), plus it's always nice to see ol Harry Dean playing a good but not excessively good guy, and the location shooting in Appalachian N. Carolina (as opposed to, say, Agoura standing in for N. Carolina) reminded me of how lovely that part of the world is.
Grade: C
PS...Earl Scruggs' music was both flat and without Flatt.