Pluskylang Great Film overall

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

wcmarklin The story comes together very well. Its sub-plots and main narrative are very interesting, and they build to a natural climax. I like the humor in it between Rockwell and his two side-kick friends. Their chemistry is really good, and they are all completely different personalities, which makes their friendship interesting.I also like the humorous scenes of the young teen girls having crushes on Rockwell, plus his seeing how outrageous that is, since all he wants is the beautiful adult girl who likes him - Mary Ann. His chemistry with Mary Ann works really, really well. She's absolutely adorable - beautiful and sweet, a frontier girl that Rockwell would obviously want to settle down with. Her liveliness and playing around with him at the lake and in the woods makes her a really fun love interest as well.But their inner conflict seems to tear them apart, and that makes for interesting drama. They want each other more than anything, but his duty gets in the way. Nevertheless, I love the way it is resolved in the end. I like all the elements in fact coming together for a satisfying, dramatic climax.

dfg_40 I am not one to brag much. But I feel the urge to share the fact that my mother Linda Gilbert(At the time) played Mary Neff's mother. She is in quite a few scenes, like the one where she catches Rockwell and Mary pulling each other in to the pond and playing and shooting them a stern look.The portrayal of Joseph Smith was unbelievable. I don't recall Joseph having Gray hair at the time of his martyrdom/murder! So why did they cast an actor with Gray hair? I heard from my mother(uncredited in IMDb listing of Rockwell) that Shantal Hyatt/Hiatt who played the adult Mary Neff was difficult to work with and didn't like Randy Gleave. She acted so well, that she sure fooled me!

parishkyle1-1 I thought the movie was as true to the real story of Porter Rockwell it could be. However; This page on IMDb has no section for goofs. If it did there would be a lot of errors sent in. for example, Before Mary-Ann Neff is held at gun point she puts a large board across the door to lock it. Rockwell comes through the same door and the board is gone. Also, during the square dance, one of the band members is playing an open-back tenor banjo. The Windsor Banjo Company is credited with inventing the open back banjo after they started making fretted instruments, in 1887. Also when Porter Kills the two men that he later dumps into the well, then he comes up with two body bags wile in the wilderness. I thought the movie was pretty well done for a low budget.

ratgut Didn't really like the movie, it seemed pretty anti-climactic. I wonder if any other viewers caught this: In the scene where Karl Malone was in the play, there was a song playing on the piano in the background. The song was "I Am Thinking of my Pickaninny Days" by Scott Joplin. Scott Joplin was not even born until about 1865, therefore, the song was probably not even written till at least 1885 or 1890. I just HAD to tell people that. SoyeahGoodbye.