Amish Grace

[happygirl]

I just saw this movie on Lifetime, It was wonderful movie with a very touching storyline. It has to do with the murder of the 5 amish girl in 2007.

 

[Duckyiam71]

I watched it too. Thought it was made very well. Really interesting culture of the Amish. It was a very touching story.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I saw it, too. Very well done. It got a few tears out of me.

 

[charming23]

I recorded it and finally watched it last night and really enjoyed it. I thought it was well done and very informative.

 

[WheresTheLove]

I saw the previews / commercials for this on the LMN and was interested. Glad to know that its worth watching, I'll have to check it out.

 

[chisnpeke]

I saw it too when it premiered last Sunday. I thought it was very good and a good insight to the way the Amish are.

 

[Our 2 Princesses]

That movie was very good and brought tears to my eyes, esp since I have a 14 year old daughter.

 

[megthewonderful]

I finally watched it last night too. I thought it was well done and very touching.

 

[PaulaSue]

I will not watch it. Many of the locals (I live near Lancaster where it happened) are very upset it was made.

 

[happygirl]

I will not watch it. Many of the locals (I live near Lancaster where it happened) are very upset it was made.

I don't understand why any would be mad

 

[handinpocket]

I don't understand why any would be mad

It is delving into the lives of a very private group of people. I doubt they would be happy this movie was made. I haven't seen the movie, I probably will later, but I can understand the community being upset it was even made. The Amish are a private people and would not want their heart ache and pain made public.

 

[tinkerbell198530]

I will not watch it. Many of the locals (I live near Lancaster where it happened) are very upset it was made.

I was wondering how the locals would feel I mean I would be upset if it happend to me and they turned it into a movie. My life was not made to be a movie

 

[AndreaDM]

I live in Amish Country in Ohio (work there too) and it really was NOT a good depiction of the Amish, very cheesy IMO and believe me, I've met no Amish women who look like Kimberly Williams! I guess maybe to those who aer not that familiar with the Amish culture it may have been a good movie, but I have yet to see any movie, TV show, etc. that was an accurate depiction.

 

[AprilShowers]

I live in Amish Country in Ohio (work there too) and it really was NOT a good depiction of the Amish, very cheesy IMO and believe me, I've met no Amish women who look like Kimberly Williams! I guess maybe to those who aer not that familiar with the Amish culture it may have been a good movie, but I have yet to see any movie, TV show, etc. that was an accurate depiction.

I agree with Andrea. While it was a good story, I couldn't help thinking that the Amish were not portrayed realistically at all.

 

[NY Disney fan]

The Amish are a private people and would not want their heart ache and pain made public.

I saw the movie and I thought it made the Amish look really good, as a people. It was very respectfully made. And the Amish aren't THAT private. They invite people to tour their lives and get paid for it. Many people don't know the rest of the shooting story as there is so much more to it. It only scratched the surface. The widow of the shooter happened to be a *very* religious woman and that was not portrayed in the movie. Secondly, one of the little Amish survivors is now a "vegetable" for lack of a better word. To me that is not surviving. She died with the others too.

 

[C.Ann]

I've read several books on this tragedy and I find the capacity for forgiveness that the Amish demonstrate absolutely amazing!

Haven't watched the movie yet, but DD taped it for me..

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I did finally watch it.

About made me cry.

I do wonder--how accurate of "based on a true story", the portrayal of the oldest child killed was. Did she really struggle to forgive?

I don't know much about the Amish in reality--but I guess I'm missing the parts of the film that were inaccurate depictions.

I had watched a documentary on this shooting a few weeks ago that was originally done months after the shooting.

The interviews jived with much of what I saw in the movie. The amish do accept help via transportation from others, they do not shun the English (though they do shun those who leave), and according to the documentary, the shooting brought the Amish and the English closer together. The Amish did forgive.

One thing that I thought was neat, but not covered--

The elders had to decide what to do with all of the financial contributions. (they did opt to keep them b/c it was the way the English like to help in tragedy and they shouldn't turn it down).

There was also a fundraiser by an artist--since there is no memorial, he created a picture memorial--very simple. And they did show him doing autographs and Amish were coming to buy the picture.

As far as Amish women not looking like Kimberly Williams..I'm not sure what that means.

While Amish women (and men) dress very plain, I'm sure they are not all "homely" looking. I'm also sure Ms. Williams was cast more for her acting skills

I felt the movie was tastefully made.