Seen on 21-7-2009 - A Netflix dvd
Cast: Jennifer Lopez (Jean), Robert Redford (Einar), Becca Gardner (Griff), Morgan Freeman (Mitch)
Dir.: Lasse Hallstrom ("Shipping News," "Chacolate")
Escaping from her violent abusive boyfriend, Jean returns with her daughter to the Wyoming ranch of her estranged disgruntled unsympathetic father-in-law who holds her responsible for the death of his son. He reluctantly puts her up and her daughter [by his dead son]. His gruff exterior, however, seems to show chinks of love and care when we discover that he is taking care of his ranch assistant, Mitch. Eventually he thaws, takes to his grand-daughter first and then to Jean who, in course of her stay here, has taken up with the local Sheriff.
The movie is quietly engaging in its own way although I wouldn't rate it highly.
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