Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1293 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-01-01
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Customer Reviews

A twist on romance
A pioneer wife and mother's failing health earns her a death sentence, so she sets out to find a new wife and mother for her family. None of the prospects meets her husband's requirement of causing 'the tingle', until she brings home a beautiful prostitute. As her time with her family grows shorter, she teaches the new woman the ways of a farmer's wife and mother, watching the affection grow between the new woman and her husband. But the love between the husband and wife remains, and the tears will flow as the changes come about and the wife suffers more than just physical pain. Definitely a 'box of klennex' video.

A fabulous practical and romantic story. I loved it.
I didn't think I'd like it, but I loved it! A really enjoyable movie with a lot of important things to say. Right up there with Sarah Plain and Tall.

Practical Womanhood
Given the restrictive social mores of the late 1800's and the incredible fortitude of the pioneer spirit, I find this movie extraordinary. Amy and Pearl, from opposite ends of the social spectrum and totally aware of their realities, stive to accomplish the same purpose. They have the needs and desires of any woman; security, home, family, and especially love. The plot is carried in the dialog--listen carefully. Some may say this is a "chick flick," and yes, I went through a few tissues, but the candid portral of two women who have no illusions left, is brilliantly played by Lea Thompson and Farrah Fawcett.