
The year is 1755, and the English colonies are being ravaged by the atrocities of war. Opposing European powers have clashed over the fertile Ohio valley, and entire families are devastated by the ensuing violence. Hostile native tribes are raiding the vulnerable frontier farms, and two young sisters are among those taken captive. While hoping for rescue and return to their home, they are comforted with the words of a family hymn: Alone Yet Not Alone. But when the sisters are... (Full plot summary below)
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The year is 1755, and the English colonies are being ravaged by the atrocities of war. Opposing European powers have clashed over the fertile Ohio valley, and entire families are devastated by the ensuing violence. Hostile native tribes are raiding the vulnerable frontier farms, and two young sisters are among those taken captive. While hoping for rescue and return to their home, they are comforted with the words of a family hymn: Alone Yet Not Alone. But when the sisters are suddenly and cruelly separated, their tender faith is brought to a stretching point. Forcibly immersed into a primitive foreign culture, the older sister, Barbara, clings to her beliefs. Yet now a deeper fate threatens, and she makes a difficult decision: to risk her life in an attempt to escape. Pursued by a relentless and cunning warrior, Barbara and her three fellow captives must cross over two hundred miles of raw wilderness in their effort to reach friendly territory. Will their courage and trust in God be enough to see them through? And if they do succeed, will they find their family? Will Barbara ever see her sister again? Alone Yet Not Alone depicts the riveting true story of a family at a critical juncture in our nation's history.
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| jackiekcooper.comJackie K. CooperA surprisingly good movie about the dangers of life in our country in the mid 1700's. |
| User ReviewR DI am giving it an excellent not on how much money was spent, not rating actors or story line, but that when I walked out I felt that it was an excellent experience, if you go in with high hopes well,,,if you go in to see a good movie that is what you will get, I still think about this movie months later and would see it again, it was a true story and doesn't have Hollywood's slant, I felt the acting was better then good, storyline was great but no in comparison to a 50-100 million dollar movie, no, its a medium budget with a lot of solid entertainment and true meaning that's inspiring,,,wish more movies were like this one, great job |
| User ReviewYun S?Alone Yet Not Alone???????????1755????????????????????????????????????????????????????2??????????????????????????????????? |
| User ReviewJoe MGreat faith based movie. Beautiful cinematography. Jo's around a little but a very enjoyable movie! Highly recommended. |
| User ReviewCarolyn-Chuck GIt was a good overall movie there were a few bad parts but the message was strong. |
| User ReviewTim DALONE YET NOT ALONE describes itself as a historical adventure drama that is based on a true story. Taken from the book of the same name, it recalls the story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, who were taken forcibly from their German immigrant family in 1750s Pennsylvania. Even if the words "loosely based" and "historical fiction" were employed here, it still would be grossly inaccurate to what someone might witness if they opted to purchase a ticket to this film. The box office claimed that over 40 tickets has been purchased for the matinee I attended, though only nine were in the theater. I might speculate that churches and Christian organizations might be buying blocks of tickets for the memberships to attend and support this movie. Who knows. If so, it is a terrible waste of the cash in the church coffers. Lauded by conservative groups and Christian organizations for its story of faith through struggle-- it might work as sort of a 700 Club's Best Picture of the year, or double as a midnight movie that causes audiences to break into spontaneous laughter. I suppose that all depends on your point of view. The author of the book--Tracy Leininger Craven--just happens to also be an author of historical fiction... yet *this* is a true story. RIIIiiiiight. She also claims that her grandmother recounted this epic family story to her... which would make her grandmother about 270 years old. She additionally shares that she began the writing of the book when she was just nine years old. Not sure how many revisions it had since... The film opens with the German immigrant Leininger family fresh off the boat in America. Why choose America? Because America, offers freedom of religion. That--and the fact that stupid Canada will only accept "those Catholics." (Yes, the film opens with a Protestant knock on Catholicism. Yes, really) We see the Leininger's establish their homestead, read the Bible, and smile... a lot. German immigrants have really white teeth for pioneer-types. Seems as if the frontier in 1755 was pretty awesome. Great enough that every line of dialogue seems like a quote from the dust jacket of any book in the inspirational section of Barnes and Noble. Meanwhile--the French and Indian war rages. Native Americans meet with the British but are turned away because... savages. Undaunted, the tribe leaders decide to leave and create an alliance with the French. At this point, the script becomes a sort of selective delivery of historical factoids of the French and Indian War from lots of actors in bad costumes and makeup using terrible accents. (At this point in the film, my wife turned to me to point out that apparently by the year 1755 the Native Americans had gained complete mastery of the English language. Hmmm. Indeed.) The two sisters are taken by the Native Americans after their home is raided and their family is killed. They join several other white kids who are summarily marched around in the wilderness by the evil savages for no apparent reason except to wait for someone to escape... so the savages can kill them, of course. Note: White kids that walk in the forest for days will have lots of dirt on their faces and terribly matted hair. Meanwhile, the indigenous tribal folks' hair suffer no ill effects. It is so crazy how the frontier works. The sisters are eventually separated for the purposes of the plot and forced to grow up with the Native Americans--who teach them awful skills like planting crops, orienting their way in the wilderness, living off the land, and spiritual values. Savages, no doubt. Young Barbara's hair is painted by the tribe and mud is rubbed on her body so she can "fit in" with the rest of the savages. The film adds the requisite "a few years pass" phrase on screen so they can switch actresses. Too bad, too because the new Barbara Leininger is played by Kelly Greyson and is a far worse actress than her child counterpart. Not only that, but in just a few years, it seems that Barbara's eye color has changed and she has aged a couple of decades. Those few years *can* be tough out there living on the frontier. Also, that hair dye those tribes use is really effective. It seems to have permanently changed Barbara to a brunette. Now posed to marry the chief's son, Barbara attempts to proselytize her future husband. When that doesn't take, there is only one thing left to do: ESCAPE! Barbara and the rest of the Caucasians flee for their lives to the arms of the loving British. Undaunted by bad costumes, terrible acting, awful accents, and historical inaccuracies ALONE YET NOT ALONE moves from having its audience break out in spontaneous laughter to being offended by its racism. This includes multiple descriptions of the indigenous native Americans as "savages", watching them eat dead field mice, and having nearly every death on screen happen at their hands. Forget that they were being summarily wiped out at even this early stage of American history... never mind that they had a better grasp on food, care of family, and cleanliness. Once Barbara and her friends are rescued by a fort full of soldiers, one British officer offers the girls an extra perk. We know he is British because he is in a red coat of course-- that IS how you know. You sure wouldn't based on the terrible accent. This kind Brit offers for the girls to have a bath. "These women haven't had a hot bath in years after all..." Except... you know... history. You see, it was actually the indigenous Native Americans who were known for their attention to grooming and hygiene. It was the Europeans who feared bathing. Oh... pesky details. Later--after a bath--Barbara is back to being a blonde. I guess that silly tribal hair dye wasn't permanent, after all. Either that or only the soap of white people could wash it out. Not the rivers she swam in just earlier, or just, you know, TIME could wash it out. Barbara's long blonde coif now has beautiful curls as well. It seems the British also had very early versions of curling irons in their remote frontier forts. The more you know... Later country music singer Clay Walker shows up as Fritz... a neighbor from the past... to marry Barbara. Being that Walker is actually 44 years old, and actress Kelly Greyson looks to be about the same is seems OK...till the script informs us that only about 10 years have passed. Weird that the two of them are the only characters that actually aged though. Mom, brothers, and other characters from the first reel look *exactly* as they did before. The whole aging, hair thing. Tough to get past. Sort of like the rest of the movie. Finally, Barbara is reunited with her sister Regina that we saw back in the first reel. They find her by singing an old family hymn. Maybe Regina will hear them sing and she will come home. This hymn happens to also be the same song that shares the title of the film and was banned from its Oscar nomination this year for an attempt at cheating the Awards process! So apparently this song attracts wayward family members--just not Oscar votes. (*RIMSHOT*) Taken from their families, enslaved for over a decade, and finally reunited. So--sort of like 12 YEARS A SLAVE for white people. Either really offensive or totally hilarious. Sometimes both. ALONE YET NOT ALONE encapsulates everything that is wrong with Christian filmmaking. Grass roots attempts to see films that are blatantly racist and laughably inaccurate, and a below average cast whose acting ranges from no reaction to EVERY EMOTION IN THE WORLD ALL AT ONCE! It shouldn't even be screened as the TBN movie of the week. Even among its Christian movie peers, ALONE YET NOT ALONE is the least of these. And when I say "least", I mean worst. Don't go see it. Don't support it. It is all that is wrong with the sub genre of "Christian" filmmaking. Leave this one... alone and really alone. |
| User ReviewSmith TTerrible acting, awful costume design and poor dialogue. |