10/10
Toby Keith shines and Lindsey Haun steals the show!
9 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This movie has great heart! Toby Keith really blew me away. As a Country Superstar, Toby Keith in real life... well, there's nothing subtle or subdued about him. He's in your face! But, his character "Bo Price" is a broken man. He is filled with fear and regret, therefore requiring restraint with raw emotion seeping through... and Toby Keith delivers! For anyone that has seen Toby in concert or in interviews... you'll be surprised to see that there is little of Toby Keith on this big screen. He was soulful and honest and downright haunting in his portrayal of a falling star who is forced to face the life he ran away from.

Kelly Preston is simply stunning in one of the best performances I've seen of her. The only problem I have with this movie is that the relationship between her character "Angel" and Toby's character "Bo", is barely exposed, leaving me a bit unsatisfied with the pat ending.

Lindsey Haun is going to be a huge star. She is funny, charismatic and unbelievably great in the role of "Dixie", a girl who's in search of a love that she never received from her absent father. Lindsey has some of the best one-liners in the film, making you laugh out loud one minute, but then tearing your heart out the next with her dead-on portrayal of teen rage.

The film is a bit short... it doesn't fully explore the relationship between "Bo" and "Angel", but it fully succeeds in the father/daughter dynamic and the chemistry between the cast is palpable. But, I give it a 10 because of the performances alone... definitely worth seeing again and again.
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