What to Watch: Great American Family Movies for Valentine’s Day

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By Leigh Hewett

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and what better time to enjoy watching a sweet romance? The Great American Family channel has got you covered. From the perfect date night flick like GROUNDED IN LOVE to a cozy love story like the one in A SNAPSHOT OF FOREVER, we’ve rounded up our favorite Great American Family movies to watch with your Valentine.

GROUNDED IN LOVE

Quality:

****

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

GROUNDED IN LOVE, streaming on Great American Pure Flix, tells a charming romantic story about a flight attendant who loses her job after a merger and returns to her family farm, where she reconnects with her Christian grandmother, an old friend and realizes she might be ready to stop running and put down some roots. GROUNDED IN LOVE is a thoroughly enjoyable, wholesome movie with a strong Christian worldview where people attend church, pray and discuss their relationship with God. 

A SNAPSHOT OF FOREVER

Quality:

***

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

A SNAPSHOT OF FOREVER is a romance from the Great American Family. The movie follows Jessie, a wedding photographer, and Shane, a famous actor whose sister is getting married at Jessie’s family’s winery. The pair share a similar outlook on enjoying a simpler life, but when Hollywood catches up, Shane and Jessie must decide what’s most important. A SNAPSHOT OF FOREVER has a high production value with a moral worldview focused on the appreciation of the little things in life.   

HARMONY FROM THE HEART

Quality:

***

Content:

-1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

HARMONY FROM THE HEART is a romance airing on the GAC Family Channel about a grad student who must help rehabilitate a patient’s speech through music to graduate, but just might find love in the process. HARMONY FROM THE HEART is entertaining and generates several genuine laughs, but its moral, pro-family elements are marred by a Romantic worldview and some superstitious behavior.

A HARVEST HOMECOMING

Quality:

***

Content:

+2 Moderately questionable elements.

A HARVEST HOMECOMING is a family-friendly romance on the Great American Family Channel and Pure Flix about a man who comes home to his family’s orchard farm and plans to leave again in two weeks, but he falls in love with the new woman his parents hired to expand and promote their little country store. The jeopardy in A HARVEST HOMECOMING is a bit light and laidback, but the movie tells an appealing family-friendly story with some heartwarming moments and good humor, along with a positive message about letting God direct your path in life.

THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN

Quality:

****

Content:

+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN follows ultra-organized Wade as he works to convince his girlfriend Kayla’s family that he would be the perfect husband and learns to surrender to God’s plan for his life. THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN has a strong Christian worldview, with multiple scenes that show characters praying, discussing faith and sharing scripture. There is no objectionable content.

TIMELESS TIDINGS OF JOY

Quality:

****

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

In TIMELESS TIDINGS OF JOY on Great American Prue Flix and Great American Family, a woman is sent back in time to convince her grandmother to sell her print shop but discovers the power of connection and trusting in God’s plan. TIMELESS TIDINGS OF JOY is a heartfelt, charming Christmas story that fans of the genre will enjoy and that has a strong Christian, moral worldview stressing trust in God’s plan, family, faith, prayer, community, and sacrifice.

HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS?

Quality:

****

Content:

+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a cute Christmas romantic comedy on Great American Family and Great American Pure Flix about a real estate executive who’s been assigned to buy a small town inn but who gets into a car accident which leaves her with amnesia and in the care of the inn owners while being unaware of her past relationship with the owners’ son. HAVE WE MET THIS CHRISTMAS? is a delightful, surprising, wholesome Christmas romantic comedy with top-notch directing, writing, editing, and acting with a beautiful tale of gratitude, true love, the important things in life, forgiveness, and strong Christian, biblical content featuring multiple positive references to God, Bible studies, prayer, and the true meaning of Christmas.