Am I the only one...


Who not only didn't like this movie... But hated it with every ounce of my being? (Well, the book, actually.) The book was poorly written, with lofty dialog, stupid plot devices (she was a missing person? Someone explain that, because wasn't she tossed around after that whole incident by a government agency in the first place?) and it seemed to only have one underlying meaning: Be nice to orphans. The true meaning was washed out by the writing which could have been replaced by typing "****ty life" over and over. I thought it was just a bunch of doe-eyed mess made by eating an ink ribbon and throwing up on a type-writer. It's the worst book I've ever read... But if you all liked it, fine. Go ahead.

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I'm glad that you posted this. I specifically came to this imdb.com site because I had the memory of choosing not to watch "Hollis Woods" when it debuted two years ago for a reason that I can't remember. Now they are advertising that "Hollis Woods" wll be on again and I wanted to figure out if I wanted to see the movie after all.

I'm glad I did check out the comments. Hallmark Hall of Fame has become consistent in one thing: it's choice of depressing subjects to show to it's tv viewing audience. ("Loving Leah" this last year was a refreshing change.)

I used to love "Hallmark Hall of Fame."

I have *never* found Alzheimer's Disease a satisfing theme in a movie. Never. EVER.

Flanagan

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well to each his own, not every story will appeal to everyone. that being said i have a hard time understanding how anyone can hate this story because it is one of my absolute favorites. i read the novel when i was the same age (maybe a little bit younger) than Hollis. i'm not an orphan, but i connected to Hollis a lot, i felt a lot like her in that i never really fit in with my family. i think it is a well-written, touching story and to LPurch6636, its not a story about alzheimer' disease, it is a story that happens to have a character who has alzheimer's. at the heart of it, it is a story about a little girl finding herself and finding a family and learning to trust people. but like i said before, to each his own, but i love it.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Sorry I missed it all the other times it was shown.
As for the Alzheimer's Disease reference.... my mom had AD. Ignoring it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I think the subject was handled quite well. And Sissy Spacek did a fine acting job.



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I generally like this kind of movie, but some aspects of this one brought it down a notch. In several parts, the music was distracting and too silly. It seemed appropriate for a wordless animation or something, where the music expressed the emotions, but not when there's dialog that is doing that. I suppose the other aspect was more personal, seeing the old woman become forgetful. It was distressing to see this happen and imagine it happening to my own mother in not too many years.

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