Christy: The Movie (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Chuck Bowman

Writers:

Tom Blomquist (teleplay)
Catherine Marshall (novel)

Release Date:

19 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Christy meets a brash female pilot who competes for the affection of Dr.MacNeil. |

Plot Keywords:

Movie In Title | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Lauren Lee Smith	...	Christy Huddleston
Stewart Finlay-McLennan	...	Dr. Neil MacNeill
James Waterston	...	Rev. David Grantland
Bruce McKinnon	...	Jeb Spencer
Andy Stahl	...	Tom McHone
Dale Dickey	...	Opal McHone
Ingrid Torrance	...	Fairlight Spencer
Claudette Mink	...	Harriet Quimby
Sheila Moore	...	Elder Christy
Gillian Barber	...	Catherine
Ralph J. Alderman	...	Ault Allen (as Ralph Alderman)
Benjamin Rogers	...	Zacharias Holt
Frank C. Turner	...	Ozias Holt
Michael Hunter Lilly	...	Bob Allen
Olivia Kelly	...	Ruby Mae Morrison

Also Known As:

Christy: Return to Cutter Gap (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Canan Films

Movie Connections:

Follows "Christy" (1994)

Wonderful, fun, and true to the book

If you like the novel Christy, then don't miss this true to the book continuation. Not only are the actors as if they stepped out of the pages of the book, but the story lines and scenery are as they should be in this heart-warming, family tale. Excellent, entertaining script about the idealistic young school teacher Christy (wonderfully played by Lauren Lee Smith) as she struggles to bring change and progress to a resistant backwoods community in 1912 Cutter Gap, Tennessee.

To complicate matters, there is also Christy's personal struggles as she faces a career crisis and a romantic dilemma over two men that seem to want some type of commitment from her that leave her uncertain and confused. Playing Christy's two love interests are Stewart Finlay-McLennan as Dr. Neil MacNeill and James Waterston as the Rev. David Grantland. Finlay-McLennan (who played MacNeill in the original series) is magical in this movie and his scenes here are without a doubt the best of a very good thing. And Waterston makes a likeable, earnest David Grantland.

Also on hand is Diane Ladd giving a strong performance as Miss Alice Henderson. How can you not like this warm, wonderful movie? It carries on the spiritual, uplifting, and family values tradition of Christy very, very well.