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Too much of everything

Load of rubbish!!

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I watched this film because of Melissa Gilbert's presence. I have liked her since her "Little House On The Prarie" days. I must say I concur with other reviews regarding the weak French accent she was able to muster.The best performances were from Liana Liberato (Pip) and Brad Johnson (Matt). They had an actual chemistry that made watching their interactions interesting.I always have problems with films, they simplify lives to fit the time limits available. Take lonely divorcée Matt. Somehow he is able to afford to paint on the beach all day and never worry about earning a living. When his ex-wife moves his daughter to New Zealand with her new husband, he apparently makes no legal effort to prevent a move that will effectively deny any custody rights. His lonely bachelor pad on the beach somehow is always orderly with no housework.When Ophelie (Gilbert) and Pip move back to their main house, it is in perfect order inside and out despite a three-month absence and no visible domestic help.The biggest sticking point is the horrible CGI explosion of the jet carrying Ophelie's husband and son, shown in a flashback. It would require a nuclear explosion to vaporize an aircraft this way. A little creativity could have produced a more reasonable crash that would serve the plot line.The Wexler Center where Ophelie volunteered was obviously not in the San Francisco Bay area. The Palm trees in front of the building are not found that far north. The exteriors were all filmed in the Los Angeles area, except for the Hillsborough location shots for the main house.One minor point I noticed was that the dead son "Chad" was portrayed by Gilbert's real-life son Dakota Brinkman. He had no speaking part, but this may be an attempt to launch him in an acting career.I concur in the other reviews that mention how weak the romance seemed to be. The chemistry was hardly convincing between the two leads. It seems that Melissa Gilbert will be forever condemned to these made-for-TV efforts. That is too bad. She is really a competent actress who is pushing the age limit for lead roles.

This story was as well done as any producer could do with a Danielle Steele book - all of which are exactly alike and with no depth. I would not have selected Melissa Gilbert for the lead role because her French accent is not good and she was not convincing in the part. There should have been a lot more development of the "romance" between the two leads --- all of a sudden, they are in love. Not sure how they got there but don't think the one "rescue" scene on the beach made a heroine out of Gilbert. It would be hard, however, to be convincing in any Danielle Steele movie due to the lack of believable development of a good story. I'd much rather see some movies made of Janet Dailey's Calder movies --- you could sure call on Brad Johnson to play some roles here - his role in Safe Harbour was excellent and well played. He has a quiet strength which shines through despite Gilbert's part. Brad Johnson would also be great in any of Dailey's Calder books. I think we need more early 1900 western type honest to goodness cowboy movies.

This movie is a good one but I have a major criticism of this work by Danielle Steele.In the story, a woman who had an affair with her best friend's husband later comes down with terminal cancer. Ms. Steele does a disservice to cancer victims by the woman saying that she was punished with cancer for having the affair. Ms. Steele, cancer does not discriminate. Plenty of wonderful people have succumbed to this curse. It was definitely wrong to state this.As for the story, it is really another "Peyton Place" and it is fairly well done.Congratulations to Melissa Gilbert for her fine French accent. Plenty of problems in this story are well handled by a very good cast.There were a lot of sub-plots here. Am sure that minority groups will not like that the African American did the shooting that nearly took the life of Gilbert. There was a lot of stereotyping here of who makes up the homeless.

This is a typical Steele novel production in that two people who have undergone some sort of tragedy manage to get together despite the odds. I wouldn't call this a spoiler because anyone who has read a Steele novel knows how they ALL end. If you don't want to know much about the plot, don't keep reading.Gilbert's character, Ophelia, is a woman of French decent who has lost her husband and son in an accident. Gilbert needs to stop doing films where she is required to have an accent because she, otherwise a good actress, cannot realistically pull off any kind of accent. Brad Johnson, also an excellent actor, is Matt, who is recovering from a rather nasty divorce. He is gentle, convincing and compelling in this role.The two meet on the beach through her daughter, Pip, and initially, Ophelia accuses Matt of being a child molester just because he talked art with the kid. All of them become friends after this episode and then the couple falls in love.The chemistry between the two leads is not great, even though the talent of these two people is not, in my opinion, a question. They did the best they could with a predictable plot and a script that borders on stereotypical. Two people meet, tragedy, bigger tragedy, a secret is revealed, another tragedy, and then they get together. I wish there was more to it than that, but there it is in a nutshell.I wanted mindless entertainment, and I got it with this. In regard to the genre of romantic films, this one fails to be memorable. "A Secret Affair" with Janine Turner is far superior (not a Steele book), as are some of Steele's earlier books turned into film.