Changing Hearts

If you are looking for a family-friendly movie with a happy ending, Changing Hearts is the movie for you. This prodigal son update is not going to win any Oscars. But the characters are likable - well, except for the ones you're NOT supposed to like. And, while the Prodigal Son plot is predictable, it was still surprisingly enjoyable to watch. Will the oldest son return home and help his family in their time of crisis? Will the youngest son ever forgive him for past hurts? Will the nasty lady competitor succeed in stealing their family's Bed & Breakfast away from them? Questions like that keep you watching. So if you're looking for something clean (no cussing or naughty stuff) for your family to watch together, you should give Changing Hearts a try.

Very clean, very predictable. It's a great family movie. A couple lessons to be learned. Romance is there but not really believable. It's more about the two brothers. I like how the movie resolves. It's on a very beautiful property. Wish we had a bed and Breakfast like that. Oh, there is a villain as well. I didn't like that she got away with what she did. But I would watch again. It was low budget and acting was sub par at best but the beautiful scenery makes up for it. From city life to country. I'd always pick country and family.

This is a simple movie with a happy ending. I watched it for something to do to take my mind of the election results, and it did the trick! It moves a little slow at first, but overall it does keep you interested until the end. The ending was a typical feel good type ending, which is a positive thing. The acting was decent, the movie was clean and family friendly, and best of all it is free with Prime! I recommend it for a light evening of entertainment.

From the start this film has the look and feel of a made for TV, after school special, oh, and it has No correlation whatsoever with the scriptural story of the prodigal son, none. The fact that they even use that in the title is offensive as it seems to simply be pandering to a Christian audience. Five minutes into the film you also know everything that is going to happen; Son will return home to help out the family, he'll wind up staying and then save the failing family business. He'll also fall in love with the pretty maid who's been there for years but somehow is unrecognizable to him after his two year absence. Seriously? Who writes this nonsense? The best part though has to be the scene during the big benefit concert when a famous music star is performing in order to raise money to save the B&B from their evil competitor (also somehow completely unknown to the son who spent his life there). Somehow this rockstar's entire sound system is being controlled from a tiny, un-manned sound board just sitting by it's lonesome backstage allowing the evil B&B competitor from down the street to walk up and not only pull out the various cords but then cut them all with a wire cutter. Suddenly, the younger brother who's never done ANYTHING but work at the B&B runs back stage (the band members meanwhile have no clue what to do!) and is miraculously able to splice all the sound cables back together AND get them plugged back in to just the right spots BEFORE THE FIRST SONG IS OVER!!!! Wow, simply amazing! Tune in next week for more great adventures with B&B Guy! "He may be a mild mannered bed maker and pancake flipper but as fast as you can turn down bed linens he becomes B&B Guy!" Yeah, I know that's stupid, but it fits.

This was a nicely done movie and very true to the real story. Story of an actual B&B that had great reviews and then fell into troubles. I actually looked up the B&B and read all about it and the actor in this move whose family owned it. They have a Facebook page too. Turns out that the actor in this movie was the actual family member who bought the B&B from his family to save it. Watch the movie and look up their info online to see what the real status of this B&B is now. Very touching. Family dynamics during stressful times. Life changing choices to make. Seeing a true life picture of families who own small businesses and how they survive by sticking together. Real old time American. Not really a "chick flick" per se. My husband enjoyed it also.

This started out a little slow but really redeemed itself at the end. My first thought as I started watching was, that it was a low budget movie with actors I didn't recognize, but I came to realize that the message of family strength through sticking together during hard times, made all of my initial take, unimportant. The story is of a son returning home to help during a family crisis, somewhat reluctantly, as often happens in real life. A good clean movie for any age.

The tagline of this being a modern prodigal son story is bogus. He simply wanted to build his own life instead of drowning in the dying family business for the rest of his life. That being said, this movie is a very easy-watch if you have nothing better to do. Be prepared for underdeveloped plots. The animosity between the two brothers is chalked up to someone named "Anna", but that was never fully explained and then after the brothers fight they suddenly became ok with each other. Paige has little screen time and there's not a lot of chemistry between her and James. To make watching more exciting, every time a character asks another if he/she needs help with something, take a shot

I loved this movie, seen it once before, & watching it again, I see different things I didn't see before! How the older son came back home to help the family, also he tried to mend the fence with his younger brother, he had different ideas how to Help Save the Mill, he had Peaceful Moments where he could Think about his Life! Which we ALL need those Moments, to Think, & Pray about what's the Next Chapter of Our Life!

nice movie