The story was a bit different than your usual Hallmark fare. A bit darker with the stepdaughter and such. I really enjoyed this one for the most part. Good story, likeable leads, good child actors. Loved the raccoon known to everyone in town. Really liked that they avoided the typical city girl dresses inappropriately, can't do anything for herself, knows nothing about the outdoors stuff. That was nice. I have two "gripes" about the movie - both probably really superficial. One is that the main male lead is supposed to be the town sheriff but apparently it's a real part-time job?? Because we only see him in uniform twice, I think. For most of the movie, he's just hanging out at home. My other gripe is one that detracted from my enjoyment of the movie, and it's a post-production thing rather than anything wrong with the actors or the story. But it absolutely drove me crazy - the sound effects for walking. Good grief! It didn't matter if the character was male or female, adult or child, wearing boots, heels, slippers, or walking on a wood floor, grass, carpet or dirt. Every step was the same volume and heaviness. And inappropriately loud. It got to the point that all I could hear were those darn footsteps!! Don't know what happened, but it bugged me horrendously. Other than that, it was a good movie, and I especially loved the dynamic between the stepmom and stepkid and how she stood up for her daughter with her ex-husband. Nice to see.
Review of Big Sky River
