- Content: “A Beautiful Exploration of Family and Teamwork”
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What You Need To Know:
The episode demonstrates a strong, pro-family worldview, extolling family values, hope, true love, and mutual understanding and respect, despite no mention of God or prayer. HEARTLAND is an extremely clean show that includes very mild peril but has no objectionable language whatsoever. MOVIEGUIDE® advises media wisdom to discuss some minor questionable elements.
Content:
A strong moral, pro-family worldview with family values, hope, true love, and mutual understanding and respect extolled despite no mention of God or prayer;
No foul language
A fire burns the woods and a barn, but no one gets hurt on screen;
Characters hold hands, hug, and kiss on lips;
No nudity, some female character’s wear mildly revealing clothing
No alcohol use;
No smoking or drug abuse; and,
A character asks for permission to take care, but does not wait for mom to respond and just kisses her on the cheek while the mother sighs, smiles, and shakes her head. This same character wants to disobey her mother, but another character rebukes it.
More Detail:
Meanwhile, Nathan’s sister refuses to sign a deal with Amy’s farm as she faces friction not only with her brother but with Amy’s family, as well. Nathan’s sister helps Amy’s family keep the kids entertained after the evacuation. Will Amy’s family be able to convince her to sign the deal and end the feud between their two farms?
The season 19 premiere of HEARTLAND is a beautiful, heartwarming episode that emphasizes putting your priorities in order and learning from mistakes. It celebrates family and having hope during difficult times. The show does a great job of employing dynamic camera angles and beautiful cinematography, as well as location scouting. All the outdoor shots are amazing to behold.
The horse-riding training also merits mention here, because all of the actors who ride a horse in this episode definitely know what they are doing. The trainer taught them well, and they took the job seriously. Speaking of horses, whoever oversaw the horse training itself to make sure that the horses behaved accordingly deserves to be praised, especially whoever had to take care of a pregnant horse. Did they make the horse look pregnant, or was the horse already that way? That horse did a great job “acting.”
The series also contains impressive direction, dialogue, and acting. Every interaction feels natural and real, which will surprise viewers who are not used to seeing this in a faith-based TV show. Not a single actor overdoes it in the acting department. Plus, there is a sweet romance happening at the center that people can root for. It is refreshing to see a man and a woman in a relationship who support each other and share the same values. The director and the writer did a great job showcasing the actor’s talents while making a storyline that makes sense.
The special effects are well done for the most part. A few of the fire scenes look realistic, except for one. A character attempts to put out a fire during one scene, and it is noticeable that it does not look completely authentic. However, this does not detract from the overall entertaining experience. Parents and children will enjoy this because of the role models of family and teamwork that are highlighted.
This series demonstrates a strong, pro-family worldview, extolling family values, hope, true love, and mutual understanding and respect, despite no mention of God or prayer. HEARTLAND is an extremely clean show that includes very mild peril but has no objectionable language whatsoever. MOVIEGUIDE® advises media-wisdom to discuss for some minor questionable elements.
