TV-made adaptation of David Williams' novel "Second Sight" has troubled married couple trying for a second chance and buying a refurbished old manor just outside New York City; he's happy there, but she starts spending more time in the attic after coming upon an antique lace-and-ivory silk floor-length dress which opens a mysterious door to the past--and possibly true romantic happiness. A terrific entertainment with top production values and a fine cast, led by Lindsay Wagner. Often overlooked by critics because of her star status as TV's "The Bionic Woman", Wagner has indeed picked up some facile acting tics (faraway shrugs and tight little smiles),but she's an assured, assertive actress and manages to find the heart of this fantastic material. At first, writer-director Frank De Felitta appears to be spinning a tale of reincarnation, with Wagner--a lookalike for a woman in 1899 who died in an accident involving horses--experiencing odd memory flashes even before she puts the dress on. Also, the handsome man she meets in the past initially thinks Wagner is the ghost of his deceased beloved, and yet no one else from this alternate world takes an interest in her (not even the dead girl's father!). Flaws aside, the time travel angle is pleasing, and a far tastier path to take than with reincarnation. The producers had good timing, too: "Jennie Logan" beat the not-dissimilar theatrical feature "Somewhere in Time" in release by 12 months.

Time travel movies can often be confusing the trick I believe is to try and keep it as simple as possible. In the Two worlds of Jennie Logan they keep the time travel aspect tightly bound in the confines of a love story. The beautiful Lindsay Wagner headlines a cast that includes V's Marc Singer and Dallas Linda Gray. After her husbands infidelity Jennie Logan believes an escape to the country is what they need to get their marriage back on track. They buy an old house that she instantly falls in love with. While exploring she uncovers a dress in the attic. Getting the dress resized she tries it on and discovers she is transported back into the past. There she meets David Reynolds a man she realizes will be killed very shortly. Unable to resist her attraction to him the two embark on an affair prompting Jennie to try and uncover in the present what happened to him to see if she can prevent it. Not unlike Hallmarks The love Letter with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sandra Bullocks The Lake House this is an engaging movie that is crying out to be remade and lenghtened. Then however it wouldn't have Lindsay Wagner in it and she makes the movie. I do think it is a shame this is not yet available on DVD when so many low budget crap movies are.

I only wish I had taped it on VHS and would love to find it on VHS or DVD. I think this was a film that has been overlooked by many. Time-traveling romance just can't been done enough. If you liked Somewhere in Time or Kate and Leopold you will love this movie, IF you can find a copy of it that is. Heaven forbid they would rerun it on TV, like that will ever happen, right?