The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2003)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Kristen McGary

Writers:

Amy McGary (screenplay)
Kristen McGary (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

A classic story of a young girl's spirit that lights up the American landscape...and your heart.

Plot:

The Adventures of Ociee Nash tells the story of nine year old Ociee Nash in the year 1898 who is sent from her father and brothers in rural Mississippi to live with her refined aunt in Asheville, North Carolina.

Plot Keywords:

Mississippi | Asheville North Carolina | William Mckinley | Farm | Gypsy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Skyler Day	...	Ociee Nash
Anthony P. Rodriguez	...	Gypsy John Leon
Bill Butler	...	Ben Nash
Keith Carradine	...	Papa George Nash
Charles Nuckols IV	...	Fred Nash
Jill Jane Clements	...	Miss June
John Lawhorn	...	Conductor Mr. Charles
Donna Wright	...	Nellie Bly
Charles McGary	...	Conductor Mr. Louis
Daniel Burnley	...	President William McKinley
Jasmine Sky	...	Elizabeth Murphy
Jamey Propst	...	Mr. Tift the Telegraph Man
Ty Pennington	...	Wilbur Wright
Sean Daniels	...	Orville Wright
Tom Key	...	Mr. Lynch

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Company:

CineVita Productions

Trivia:

Ociee Nash was an actual person, the grandmother of author Milam McGraw Propst, who penned the novel "A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street" from which the screenplay was drawn. The real Ociee Nash was born in 1889 and was 9 years old in 1898 - the year in which the film is set, and the age of the on-screen title character.

Entertaining and wholesome kids (and adults) movie

This was a thoroughly enjoyable movie experience. The plot is a little bit thin in places making a few scenes feel a bit contrived, but overall the plot hangs together nicely and moves along at a good pace. The acting is uniformly good, as is the quality of the cinematography. The film is visually lush, more like a big-budget Hollywood production than an indie.

So if you are looking for an entertaining movie that will be enjoyed by younger children and adults alike - you have found it! It doesn't rely on gimmicks, crudeness or "blowing things up" in lieu of a real plot - so it is a throwback to quality children's' movies of yesteryear. The movie's makers are to be rewarded for believing there is still a place for a wholesome movie in an increasingly Bratz kind of world - and there is and this movie proves it.