Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

mark.waltz This has all the characteristics of "Little House on the Prairie", focusing on newcomers to a small community where they make both friends and foes, work hard, have a ton of children and even more tragedies. There's the kindly minister, doctor, giving women of the town, and one interfering busy body who is the poster hag for good intentions are the pathways to hell.Instead of being already parents, newcomers Glynis Johns and Cameron Mitchell are Scottish immigrants who have come to see her uncle, unfortunately recently deceased in a fire. They decide to remain to give their unborn child a home, and before long, there are six of them. Papa passes on, and with mama ailing, it seems that they will soon need to be placed in other homes. Nasty Reta Shaw, who has been a thorn in John's side since the very beginning (think Mrs. Olsen without humor) begins to follow what she believes her Christian duty to be, obviously only going to make things worse.People on the prairie faced many hardships, whether it be the weather, financial or medical, and with one child suffering from diphtheria and Johns from typhoid, their tragedies seem insurmountable. Of the children, Rex Thompson and Patty McCormick stand out the most. Johns is also excellent, with Mitchell often funny, especially when dealing with boss Alan Hale Jr., a strong Irishman who hates Scotts. This is a story of survival, family sticking together even when the worst has happened and it's only the children. Shaw's hateful character deserves old fashioned hisses, a contrary to the hugs audiences wanted to give her as the lovable Mabel in the same year's film version of "The Pajama Game".The beautiful snowy photography is another plus, showing both the danger and magnificence of it. I wouldn't recommend going into this film without Kleenex as many moments occur that could bring on a flood of tears.

michael thompson I give this film 10 out of 10, when in a way it is not up for scoring points because of it's subject matter, based on a true story.However, because this is a review of a movie I saw decades ago and have never forgotten, the review says I have to vote, so it's a 10, it cannot be less.This movie is based on a true story which makes it all the worse, even writing this review puts a lump in my throat.I defy anybody to watch this movie without weeping out loud, the ending is a killer.If you watch this at Christmas and you have a good heart and soul, it will either put you off your Christmas, or it will make you value what you have, no matter how much that is by today's highly materialistic and in many cases, selfish standards.The hardest heart will be crucified watching this movie.People who spit on the homeless, people who believe the elderly are a burden on the State, people who believe the unemployed are wasters and scroungers, these sad people will be crucified by this movie.This is without doubt the saddest movie ever, ever, ever, made.I defy anybody reading my review to watch this film on Christmas Eve, and then try to enjoy your Christmas.Because watching this movie will put everything in perspective, if it does not, you reading this have no heart and no soul.HAPPY Christmas

John Seal Cameron Mitchell's Scottish accent in All Mine to Give is amongst the worst you will ever hear in a motion picture. That's about all you need to know about this film, an otherwise passable story of Scots immigrants adapting to life in Wisconsin circa 1850. Determinedly studio bound, this RKO production manages to make the most of Albert D'Agostino's art direction to tell its tale of harsh times in the frozen upper mid-west. Unfortunately, it's all for naught: Mitchell is absolutely appalling and a terrible distraction whenever he opens his mouth. It's a pleasure, however, to watch the Bad Seed herself, Patty McCormack, in a non-evil-incarnate role--though if I were her, I'd have been tempted to push Cameron into a nearby lake in order to put an end to his horrible accent.

Morganalee Such a story goes frankly and unblushingly for the tear ducts, but for some reason this one didn't quite get mine. There was some quality in the stoic big brother--or lacking in the stoic big brother--that just did not draw me in. Or perhaps when the tragedy is as blatant as it is here, my remove and reserve are self-protective. Anyway, if you really do go for stories about families dismantled child by child for everyone's own good, you should look for an old TV movie, "Who Will Love My Children," from 1983. It too is based on a true story, only the stoic in this case is the children's mother, dying from cancer, who decides to give her many children away while she's still living so that she can make sure they'll be in good homes. So she packs them off, one by one, to separate families, while her alcoholic and ineffective husband fumes impotently in the background. If you like tearjerkers, you'll love this one.