smlivingstone-01394 ...to even trust a thing about this movie. I don't believe I've ever seen more relatives, friends and/or the filmmakers themselves try to weight the reviews and ratings for a movie more egregiously than this. Each 10 star review is written to one of two exact same formats, using the exact same style and praising the exact same things about the movie; even one of the reviewer's last name was the same as the family of filmmakers who produced this well meaning but gigantic yawn of a film.Like I said, the film is at least well meaning and inoffensive. If that is all you require for your viewing pleasure, then go for it. But there are enough good films out there, even family and/or Christian oriented ones, to occupy the little time we all have to spend on entertainment. Don't waste a precious 1 hour and 23 minutes of your life on semi- professional movie-making that will leave you scratching your head over the plot and mourning the death of your brain cells.

killerquean Sad to say that a movie with David Carradine and Wes Studi could be a Xmas turkey. The kids are constantly mugging (as opposed to acting), "Wyoming" in December replete with cacti and sunny, snow-free landscape(?!!)--all the stock characters of a Fifties Western are here, but not even John Wayne could have rescued this movie.Michael Parks is the only actor who is really trying, the rest are very trying, indeed. If you want to see the principal players (Carradine & Studi) working their full range of ability, rent/buy "Commanche Moon" or "Bound for Glory". You can catch glimpses here of Studi at least trying to inhabit the role of a very amateur effort. Yes, if you want a G-rated movie for young children, this would work. Sadly, Nicholas the dog gets better direction and lines than his fellow actors. The notable exception is the mustachioed stage driver (Buck Taylor), who appeared in a supporting role in a fantastic Western-- "Tombstone" as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson.If you're looking for something uplifting, get "Little House on The Prairie" or "Dr Quinn", which appear to be the inspiration for this movie-of-the-week knock-off. This was one of a triptych of movies (three movie set for $5), which says it all. Rent this for the kiddies, if you're into faith-based fare, then go out and get a real Western where the actors get to shine, e.g.,any of the Lonseome Dove mini-series, "Tombstone", "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee", or even "Hidalgo", a great family movie which slipped under the radar a few years back.

dimplet Way to go, sound department. It would have been nice if I could understand what the actors were saying. Most of the time it seemed like they were mumbling, or whispering in the case of David Carradine. Turn up the sound enough to hear them, and you will be blown away by the music sound track, which was two or three times louder, or blown over by the sound effects.As to the weather near Christmas in Wyoming, try highs around 32 F (I checked wunderground.com today.Obviously, Miracle at Sage Creek is a family movie. It is also a family made movie, the Turner family, which occupies four of the eight "producer" slots on the credits, plus a music credit, a stunt credit, a writer credit and three actor credits --- four if you include Deputy Sheriff Turner, which seems to be thrown in as a joke. Considering most of these Turners don't have much experience in movies -- and didn't have much after -- the end result is reasonably good for amateurs. If this is a "Christian" values movie, it is not as heavy handed as some of this genre. Its moralizing for racial tolerance, at least regarding Native Americans, is commendable. However, if you are going to use "miracle" in the title, it helps if you deliver one, and it better be with a clever twist. ~~ miracle, noun 1 : an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs 2 : an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment ~~Parting the Red Sea was a miracle. Passing my econ final was a miracle. But this was just tacking a few sentences onto a long script to produce a happy ending. And they all lived happily ever after. (Could the tropical Christmas weather have been the miracle?)If you are looking for wholesome, evangelical Christian drivel, I hope you confuse this with the other miracle creek movie, Miracle at Morgan's Creek:"After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity." Don't worry, director Preston Sturges delivers a real miracle in his movie. Miracle at Morgan's Creek is a great movie. And it's fun for the whole family. Watch it!

suedunkirk This film was shown at our Church's Movie Night and was very well received. Not only was the scenery beautiful, but there were many moral messages shown through several of the characters. The friendship of a young boy with an Idian boy and survival of that relationship through difficulties caused by others was heartwarming. Personality traits of all of us are depicted in the various characters. We are shown that forgiveness is possible in extremely trying situations. There was a broad range of emotions including humorous incidents which added to the content. The music was excellent and added to the tone of the scenes. A few scenes might be a bit too violent for younger viewers.