The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Dianne Wiest Sidney Poitier Gregg Champion Mary-Louise Parker | Movie Trailers
Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: May 9, 1999
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
Plot 411: A man fights a company that is trying to buy his land to build a mall.
Review: Sidney Poitier stars in this made-for-tv movie about a man named Noah. Noah is a carpenter by trade and has lived a tremendously long and simple life in the countryside. He is a master carpenter and has practically built the town with his bare hands. He is a small town legend in his own right. Quiet and respectful, he goes about his business without calling attention to himself. When city folks, led by a lawyer named Christian (George Newbern), come to buy his land from him, he refuses to sell. He is befriended by Christian's girlfriend Valerie (Mary-Louise Parker) and slowly learns to let people into his life. This was a film that pointedly contrasted urbanization and development with pure country living. There are benefits to both, I suppose, but the country life never looked so good as it did here. Poitier's character took strength in living off and working on the land. He lived alone and did all the farm chores himself. He cared for animals, farmed and harvested crops, chopped wood and made repairs. He lived without electricity and any other modern convenience, yet he was happy. For a tv movie, this one wasn't bad. There is a nice bit of character arc for Valerie and (predictably) none for Christian. There were some abrupt transitions between scenes and some dramatics going on between Christian and Valerie, but overall it was a nice movie to watch.
Watch It: For Poitier's quiet strength of performance.
Skip It: If you're looking for some real meat on the plot. It's a tv movie after all.
Movie Release Date: May 9, 1999
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
Plot 411: A man fights a company that is trying to buy his land to build a mall.
Review: Sidney Poitier stars in this made-for-tv movie about a man named Noah. Noah is a carpenter by trade and has lived a tremendously long and simple life in the countryside. He is a master carpenter and has practically built the town with his bare hands. He is a small town legend in his own right. Quiet and respectful, he goes about his business without calling attention to himself. When city folks, led by a lawyer named Christian (George Newbern), come to buy his land from him, he refuses to sell. He is befriended by Christian's girlfriend Valerie (Mary-Louise Parker) and slowly learns to let people into his life. This was a film that pointedly contrasted urbanization and development with pure country living. There are benefits to both, I suppose, but the country life never looked so good as it did here. Poitier's character took strength in living off and working on the land. He lived alone and did all the farm chores himself. He cared for animals, farmed and harvested crops, chopped wood and made repairs. He lived without electricity and any other modern convenience, yet he was happy. For a tv movie, this one wasn't bad. There is a nice bit of character arc for Valerie and (predictably) none for Christian. There were some abrupt transitions between scenes and some dramatics going on between Christian and Valerie, but overall it was a nice movie to watch.
Watch It: For Poitier's quiet strength of performance.
Skip It: If you're looking for some real meat on the plot. It's a tv movie after all.
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