SnoopyStyle Terry McQuinn (Gary Sinese)'s father takes care of the Wentworth family's summer place Serenity Cottage in Rosepoint, Maine. He recalls a time 30 years ago as a kid when Charles Wentworth brought his family for an unusual Christmas visit. On a snowy road after delivering gifts to the hospital, Charles killed a woman and child in an accident. He became despondent, and his wife leaves him taking their daughter. He would work at the hospital until he's gone. Terry constantly clashed with his father and struck out on his own. He returns home from California after 20 years when his father dies. He meets Charles' brother Warren (Gordon Pinsent). He reconnects with Charles's daughter Katherine Wentworth (Joely Richardson) after 30 years who arrives with her adopted blind daughter but she doesn't remember her time in Rosepoint.The movie takes a bit too long to get to Joely Richardson and even longer to get her together with Gary Sinese. It has a slow sad tone. This is more of a relationship movie between Terry and his dead father as well as Katherine and her father. It's also a very haunting movie. If the movie has more Joely Richardson, this would be more of a tear jerker. This is a sweet melodrama performed well by excellent actors.

Ryan MacQuiston Probably one of the worst movies I've ever watched. Nothing in this movie makes sense at all. Not to mention that it's extremely corny and not creative by any means. I made an account on this website just to comment on how horrible this movie was. My Mom and I watched it and both didn't understand what was going on.In the beginning some kid leaves his Father because he's consumed with his job and doesn't care about his family. It looks promising. And then maybe 10 or 15 minutes into the movie it goes downhill. He comes back to see his father, but his father dies before he gets there. So he goes looking around for 'answers' about his father. Meanwhile he meets an old friend of his father who has a brother that ran over some lady and her daughter earlier in the movie. So he ends up falling in love with this woman who was the daughter! It is simply horrible.Please spare yourself from the confusion and disgust. Do NOT watch this movie. The end.

dmhessom71 This was a wonderful movie. Hard to find a nice movie like this now a days! Sinice was amazing. He was not one of my favorite actors because of the rough characters he played in previous movies (Forest Gump, Ransom). However, after watching this movie I am now aware of what a wonderful actor he is. It was exciting to watch his character grow from a cute young little boy into a handsome man. Growing with the experiences of his life into a compassionate man trying to reunite a man driven from his family by a fatal accident. I laughed, cried, and cried for joy when he ended up back in Maine. This is a movie I am going to purchase to put in my DVD collection!

GSAnchorman I viewed this movie tonight 12-19-04 and thought it was very well directed. I was awestruck at the acting by Jordy Benatter. I am not familiar with this actress, but if she isin't blind in real life she is one great actress. This movie had everything, sadness, joy, highs and lows. It will keep anybody that likes great family movies glued to their seats.I have never wrote a comment before on any movies, but this one just tugged at my heart. I will recommend this movie to all my friends and ask them after the film how they enjoyed it. I am sure I will get very favorable comments from all. Give this movie at least 9 stars out of ten.