Redeeming Love
A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
- Released: 2022-01-21
- Runtime: 134 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, Romance
- Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Abigail Cowen, Nina Dobrev, Famke Janssen, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane, Wu Ke-Xi, Livi Birch, Brandon Auret, Jamie Lee O'Donnell, Tanya van Graan
- Director: D. J. Caruso
Comments
- anetanetanet - 24 April 2024
Waste of time
A trial to make a historic drama which ended up being too modernised , too predictable, with too many cliche moments. There are way too many scenes in the movie where one thinks " oh, come on, seriously?". Main character ( Abigail Cowen) is acting rather poor...it was almost irritating to see her in some scenes. Tom Lewis is also not that good...of course, it might be just a result of poor plot and screenplay, who knows. But I feel a little like I wasted my time. It's definitely far from reaching the level of some other love stories like " The notebook " or " One day". If you are looking for a high quality love movie, this is definitely not the one.. - posti-215-231550 - 16 January 2024
A simple story told movingly
This is in some ways a very simple story, and yes, the bad guys are bad and the good guys good for the most part (it's all fairly black and white). But Michael (Tom Lewis) is somehow completely convincing as the almost naive young man who has faith that the power of love can transform bitter, cynical and jaded - but nonetheless beautiful - young prostitute Angel.
Angel's story is told harrowingly but drives home the message of how completely powerless women were until around 100 years ago, and how dependent they were on the men around them (good and bad), before the era of a welfare system or benefits.
It's a testament to the writing, acting and directing that this is not just another 2-dimensional Hallmark-style movie, but I did become engrossed and invested, and the character development, along with the various relationships, was believable and well drawn.
Definitely not for kids, more because of the harshness of the story than anything else, but I really enjoyed "Redeeming Love".
