Trouble Along the Way - 4 Stars until the NO STAR ENDING

After a long hiatus (I have been working a second job to get completely debt free) I am back with another movie review.

The move is called "Trouble Along The Way". Which in my opinion is an excellent title for a move that is in my estimation one of the the BEST and WORST movies I have seen in a long time. Why the dichotomy? Watch it and see if you don't agree with my observations. I am quite certain you will.

It is the BEST because it has John Wayne and a compelling story that has fun twists and turns along the way. It illustrates the plight of a father trying to raise his daughter and the damage that is done to their relationship by the meddling of a woman scorned (the ex-wife and egg doner [she isn't fit to be called a mother]) , a misguided crusaider do-gooder social worker with a chip on her shoulder, and an elderly Catholic Priest with a few demons of his own to face. The story is as I said very compelling and if I ever get around to learning how to write movie scripts I will rewrite it to correct the one SERIOUS FLAW of the movie, it has NO ENDING!!!!

That is what makes it the WORST movie I have seen in a long time, because it ends in a major cliff hanger and on a rather sad note. It leaves you hanging there with no closure what so ever! It left me annoyed for hours, because it could have been a great movie if there had been another 5 minutes added to the end of the move that showed you what happened 5 years later or some such fairytale sunset ending. BUT it didn't. If this movie were ever remade the the ending would need a serious revamping.