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TV MovieRomanceDrama

Love's Christmas Journey

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While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Mrs. Thompson, a local shop keeper, and handsome admirer Deputy Strode. Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie also meets Erik, a young man abandoned by his outlaw father whom Aaron has taken in as one of his own. When Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming, Ellie agrees to watch his children, but the season’s festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing.

Release Date : 2011-11-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Larry Levinson Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Natalie Hall

Character Name : Ellie Davis

Original Name : Natalie Hall

Gender : Female

JoBeth Williams

Character Name : Beatrice

Original Name : JoBeth Williams

Gender : Female

Greg Vaughan

Character Name : Aaron Davis

Original Name : Greg Vaughan

Gender : Male

Dylan Bruce

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Dylan Bruce

Gender : Male

Ernest Borgnine

Character Name : Nicholas

Original Name : Ernest Borgnine

Gender : Male

Teddy Vincent

Character Name : Mrs. Price

Original Name : Teddy Vincent

Gender : Female

Annika Noelle

Character Name : Suzanna

Original Name : Annika Noelle

Gender : Female

Bobby Campo

Character Name : Erik Johnson

Original Name : Bobby Campo

Gender : Male

Charles Shaughnessy

Character Name : Alex Weaver

Original Name : Charles Shaughnessy

Gender : Male

Sean Astin

Character Name : Mayor Wayne

Original Name : Sean Astin

Gender : Male

Ryan Wynott

Character Name : Christopher

Original Name : Ryan Wynott

Gender : Male

Jada Facer

Character Name : Annabelle

Original Name : Jada Facer

Gender : Female

Amanda Foreman

Character Name : Adrienne

Original Name : Amanda Foreman

Gender : Female

Dannika Liddell

Character Name : Jessica

Original Name : Dannika Liddell

Gender : Male

Brian Thompson

Character Name : Cass

Original Name : Brian Thompson

Gender : Male

Richard Tyson

Character Name : Charley

Original Name : Richard Tyson

Gender : Male

Tom Virtue

Character Name : Mr. Bersen

Original Name : Tom Virtue

Gender : Male

Chad Michael Collins

Character Name : Owen King

Original Name : Chad Michael Collins

Gender : Male

Stephen Bridgewater

Character Name : Mr. Cunningham

Original Name : Stephen Bridgewater

Gender : Male

Kanin Howell

Character Name : Cowboy #1

Original Name : Kanin Howell

Gender : Male

Ryan Smith

Character Name : Cowboy #2

Original Name : Ryan Smith

Gender : Male

Barry Livingston

Character Name : George Ness

Original Name : Barry Livingston

Gender : Male

James Keane

Character Name : Mr. Peters

Original Name : James Keane

Gender : Male

Dennis Fitzgerald

Character Name : Henchman #1

Original Name : Dennis Fitzgerald

Gender : Male

Allan Jordan

Character Name : Henchman #2

Original Name : Allan Jordan

Gender : Male

James Wlcek

Character Name : Landowner

Original Name : James Wlcek

Gender : Male

David Sullivan

Character Name : Homesteader

Original Name : David Sullivan

Gender : Male

Peter Katona

Character Name : Mr. Jones

Original Name : Peter Katona

Gender : Male

Kristi Slager

Character Name : Mrs. Jones

Original Name : Kristi Slager

Gender : Male

Evan Helmuth

Character Name : Deputy Harve

Original Name : Evan Helmuth

Gender : Male

Gabriel Suttle

Character Name : Wiseman #2

Original Name : Gabriel Suttle

Gender : Male

Danielle Parker

Character Name : Angel

Original Name : Danielle Parker

Gender : Female

Challen Cates

Character Name : Mrs. Johnson

Original Name : Challen Cates

Gender : Male

Dave Rodgers

Character Name : Stagecoach Driver

Original Name : Dave Rodgers

Gender : Male

Mike Cochrane

Character Name : Fiddler (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Cochrane

Gender : Male

Reviews

R

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

> 11. The story of Ellie & Aaron Davis: Getting ready for the festival. The eleventh and the final one in the Hallmark's 'Love Comes Softly' movie series. Inspired by the characters from Jannete Oke's original book. Only the eight titles were the adapted screenplay and remaining two were original, but prequels. So all the ten films had connections, but was not in the chronological order. Prior to this watch, I was wondering where this one would fit in the series. Technically, it is neither a sequel nor a prequel, but my guess is it sets in a parallel timeline to the fifth movie with the characters those derived from the previous films. Patently, I was eager for this, at a time it was very sad that no more movies after this one in the series. These were the beautiful family drama episodes, obviously had ups and downs, but certainly it maintained the quality and context as it promised. This was a two part movie and each 90 minutes long. It looks natural these days a final movie in the series to split into two equal parts. The silver-screen films are done for the commercial purpose, but I don't know the reason behind this television film. Surely it was not a small story that stretched to nearly a 3 hours long. Quite well developed characters and plot under the original theme to match with a par. We know Aaron, the little boy from 'Love's Enduring Promise', whose parents were Marty and Clark Davis. Missie is his half sister, but the question remains who's Ellie? Actually Ellie was not introduced so far in the series who was born after Aaron, but the story was proceeded with Missie who got married Willie and moved away. Thus, it had no time to launch Ellie, in fact, she was unnecessary until now. But the thing is the filmmakers failed to make sure the viewers get the proper clarification. These series' so called cliche is, the deaths, that continued here as well. Almost all the films open with a similar fashion, except I think one or two movies. > "I didn't grow old by making mistakes." In the first part, it was a bit slow to start, but strongly ended with spilling some suspense to carry going to the next part. I went with so much curiosity, then I ended with a little disappointment. The story was neat in order and clearly explored all the corners, though slightly the theme was overused or maybe jumps off the line. Felt like I was watching some kind of Christmas carol movie. You are religious or not, that does not matter here, because of the praiseworthy subject about human life. To me it was one of the best in the series, except that Christmas miracle thingy which turned it from realistic to a fantasy. We can learn so many things from these films. Like today we easily contact with our dear ones from the halfway across the world through texts and video calls. But where this story set in the latter half of the 19th century, earning money, the food, getting shelter, long journeys, even it lets us know the struggles in life in the un-advanced medicinal world. I admit like I said I have usually seen plenty of western films that associated with action, adventure, crime, thriller. But it was very occasional to get a pure family enjoyable western drama. I think 'As I Lay Dying' was the last time I saw one which was severely underrated. Like I mentioned the Love saga ended with the previous film, this one was simply an extra piece attached to the series somewhere in the middle. Especially targeted for the festival season audience to watch with their families who are supposed to be the fans of this original series. I had a wonderful time the last few days with this series. I suppose I said it in all the previous reviews and again saying that it is a feel good movie series, about love, faith, society, struggles, friends, family and many more good and bad stuffs. Overall, it was the fine movies for the families, except a few technical flaws (that is common in the television movies), which are acceptable to the television standards. Finally, the time has come to me to put an end to the Love saga reviews. 7½/10