The Note (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Douglas Barr

Writers (WGA):

Paul W. Cooper (teleplay)
Angela Hunt (novel)

Release Date:

8 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot:

After a tragic plane crash, a local journalist discovers a note that she believes was written by one of the passengers. She seeks the note's intended receiver, but the journey is more revealing of her own past.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Michael Barbuto	...	Cop # 2
Katie Boland	...	Christine
Genie Francis	...	Peyton Macgruder
Heather Hanson	...	Taylor
Richard Leacock	...	Jim Johnson
Ted McGinley	...	King
Rick Roberts	...	Truman
Genelle Williams	...	Mandi

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Faith & Values Media

Quotes:

Peyton Macgruder: How did you know about my husband's accident?
King: Well I, I googled you.
Peyton Macgruder: When?
King: When I saw you get off the elevator.
Peyton Macgruder: This morning?
King: Four years ago, your first day on the job.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Taking a Chance on Love (2009) (TV)

Not what you'd expect from a Hallmark Holiday movie

As a highly emotional person with absolutely no life, I'm a sucker for holiday movies of the type Hallmark usually shows around Christmas-time each year. Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, if a movie uplifts personal spirit, promotes feelings or thoughts of closeness with family, or otherwise has a happy ending, chances are I'll cry and I'll like it. Not so with Hallmark's latest effort: "The Note". I thought the script was very weak and the story itself just wasn't believable. The movie is about a Newspaper columnist who finds a note in a plastic bag following an airline crash. Assuming the note was written by a passenger on the flight, the lead character, Peyton Magruder sets out to to find the note's intended recipient - it's clear the note was written by a father to his child. With little else to go on, Magruder -played by Genie Francis - takes us on an unbelievable, unrealistic and ultimately unrewarding journey. Blame the script, mostly. I hadn't seen Genie Francis in quite some time and I was really pleased to see how she had changed since I'd seen her last (long long ago). I think I like her and I'd like to see her in something else; she has an interesting and expressive face. It's a good face. Even Ted McGinley who has unfortunately been type cast as the henpecked neighbor from Married With Children was fine. The rest of the cast was awful! The storyline was dreadful! I was tempted to rate this movie one star but I relented because I thought Genie Francis brought it up "a couple of notches" as Emeril might say. While it's a blessing that Hallmark isn't making any more of the dreadful "meet the Santas", their latest fare including this movie and another recent one in which a child sets out to find a husband for his mom (I'm glad I don't remember the name of it), make you wonder if maybe Hallmark's best efforts aren't behind them.