I managed to see this at a pre-release screening, and I hope it goes on to a cinema release as it's one of the most beautiful films I've seen in ages... a lovely, lovely film. It deserves to go big... obviously made with love, gorgeous camera work, amazing North Yorkshire scenery and a perfect cast. Take your family and see it if you can. It's a family film, could be a modern day Railway Children, or Swallows and Amazons.

Saw this Indie drama at the High Peak Independent Film Festival. Lovely production values and some decent storytelling. Gentle pace to the film that starts to drag a bit after a while but Mark Addy, Lee Boardman and Tara Fitzgerald are all in good form and all the kid actors do a fine job.

Worth a look.

Sadly all the kids in this adventure in the countryside are very annoying and don't cause any sympathy to build with the viewer. It's not the greatest most believeable story to begin with, and the direction it takes is muddled and confusing. Plus usually when a deceased character appears throughout the movie it's just a cheap ploy to generate interest and feelings of pity towards the family. It rarely works, if ever. I didn't like it in Braveheart or Gladiator and certainly not here. There's beautiful countryside here, and the oldest daughter definitely shows that she will be a talent in the futrue. Unfortunately this was just an amateur effort and it showed. Any momentum it manages to gather is lost when something incredibly dumb is either said or done. Too many plot holes. Very unconvincing dialogue. Usually these types of movies I gravitate to, but there's nothing to recommend here. Someone went out of their way to unearth some of the most annoying songs ever created to plug into this sad effort. The final half hour is so ridiculously awful it's not even worth mentioning. The big "showdown" even the actors participating seemed to think it was ludicrous. They were grinning like they couldn't believe the cruel awful twist of made that managed to stick them in this movie. It's like everybody just gave up. Dense rubbish. Sorry.....