Although I'm sure this movie will have it's ardent supporters especially in the faith-based community, I'm not a big fan of films which are filled with platitudes and agendas, because they invariably come across to me as preachy. Although this movie, written and directed by Richard Ramsey, is a little more low key than most in it's presentation of moralistic ideas, and has some good music and a decent story, it still registered with me as having a 'holier-than-thou" air about it.
Alan Powell stars here as Jed King, who's a struggling musician and singer living in the shadow of his father David, who was a famous country singer but has now passed on. With his career stalling, Jed takes a gig at a harvest festival, in Sharon, Kentucky, where he meets Rose Jordan (Ali Faulkner) and her father Sheppard, who own and manage the vineyard where the festival is being held.
It's love at first sight for Jed and Rose and they soon will marry. Jed is so inspired by his new love that he's able to write and perform with a new energy, and one of his songs about Rose becomes a big hit, and soon Jed has a rocketing career.
However, with his fame comes the expectations of musical tours, and on one of these Jed, who has his own strict moral code, meets the vampish Shelby Bale (Caitlin Nicol Thomas), who's an excellent singer and fiddle player in her own right, and will be his opening act. Shelby seems determined to seduce Jed from day one. Will Jed succumb to her temptations, plus the lure of drugs and alcohol so commonplace on road tours? Stay tuned.
I imagine the central theme of this film is that if you live a good and moralistic life, then it will outweigh any money or fame you accrue along the way and which you can't take with you when you leave this Earth. Thus you'll be in good stead to face God in the afterlife. However, despite those positives mentioned in the beginning of this review, I just couldn't buy into the preachiness of it all.
Alan Powell stars here as Jed King, who's a struggling musician and singer living in the shadow of his father David, who was a famous country singer but has now passed on. With his career stalling, Jed takes a gig at a harvest festival, in Sharon, Kentucky, where he meets Rose Jordan (Ali Faulkner) and her father Sheppard, who own and manage the vineyard where the festival is being held.
It's love at first sight for Jed and Rose and they soon will marry. Jed is so inspired by his new love that he's able to write and perform with a new energy, and one of his songs about Rose becomes a big hit, and soon Jed has a rocketing career.
However, with his fame comes the expectations of musical tours, and on one of these Jed, who has his own strict moral code, meets the vampish Shelby Bale (Caitlin Nicol Thomas), who's an excellent singer and fiddle player in her own right, and will be his opening act. Shelby seems determined to seduce Jed from day one. Will Jed succumb to her temptations, plus the lure of drugs and alcohol so commonplace on road tours? Stay tuned.
I imagine the central theme of this film is that if you live a good and moralistic life, then it will outweigh any money or fame you accrue along the way and which you can't take with you when you leave this Earth. Thus you'll be in good stead to face God in the afterlife. However, despite those positives mentioned in the beginning of this review, I just couldn't buy into the preachiness of it all.