I joined this site just to be able to vote for this movie as I felt the rating was way too low. This happens very rarely, but this movie was actually better than the book. A movie like this is one that I would buy because I believe it is family entertainment that upholds values that I want my children to emulate. The acting was absolutely superb!! Kudos to Michael Landon Jr. for embarking on this project. I would love to tell him of my appreciation and let him know that there are many people who are grateful for those who go against cultural trends to produce movies that portray positive role models. I will recommend this to everyone -especially those who have read the Janette Oke series of books. I read them when I was a teenager and remember them as sort of sappy, but I have to admit that I cried a few times in this movie because I felt the characters were so believable and I quickly became attached to them.