Though None Go with Me Reviews

This made-for-cable movie, based on a book by Jerry B. Jenkins (Left Behind, The Jesus Chronicles), is a three-handkerchief drama that overcomes most of its own limitations, mostly through its message and the sincerity of the actors involved. Cheryl Ladd's makeup as a 70-something is never close to convincing, but she tries so hard that one can forgive that flaw; and, like most movies that purport to take us into the past, everything in that past looks a lot too perfect -- perfect paint jobs on the cars, clean streets and homes, everything too neat, with no scuffs, dents, blemishes, or other signs of wear-and-tear, like the past as depicted in a theme park (see The Majestic for this same phenomenon in a theatrical feature). But the message overcomes those problems, and the performances down to the smallest supporting roles are just right. The result is a movie that is on solid enough dramatic ground so that even unbelievers will tolerate its implicit message of an active, involved God that plans for peoples' roles and lives. Additionally, the script is very good, and, in one essential attribute, successfully captures a time when serving one's community and one's fellow human beings was accepted as the norm, and not the exception. Aspects of the plot may make one think of It's A Wonderful Life, as well as Since You Went Away, but the story is presented from a standpoint designed to reach more modern viewers -- or, at least, those not rendered hopelessly cynical and detached.