Seven Alone has a very good concept, being based on a true story about family, death, and the Pioneer trail. Its acting is surprisingly professional for an old TV movie. Its music is composed well, even if a couple tracks are replayed a little too many times. It's mainly the story that causes a problem.
The film could've shaved off five, maybe ten minutes if they'd took away a couple "John Sanger's being mean again!" scenes. There are so many of those scenes (plus a couple action scenes that have no impact on the story) that the first half of the movie is a little monotonous. Also, the main character doesn't seem to learn that much during the film. For a few minutes during the second half, he starts being nicer to his siblings, but then, at the very end... he's mean again.
If you have young children/nieces/nephews/siblings who like old movies, this might be a good movie to show them. Otherwise, don't bother.
The film could've shaved off five, maybe ten minutes if they'd took away a couple "John Sanger's being mean again!" scenes. There are so many of those scenes (plus a couple action scenes that have no impact on the story) that the first half of the movie is a little monotonous. Also, the main character doesn't seem to learn that much during the film. For a few minutes during the second half, he starts being nicer to his siblings, but then, at the very end... he's mean again.
If you have young children/nieces/nephews/siblings who like old movies, this might be a good movie to show them. Otherwise, don't bother.