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Sarah, Plain and Tall

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In 1910 Kansas, widowed farmer Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken) is having a hard time raising his children and running his farm without the help of a wife. He puts an ad in the paper for a bride to help him, and gets a response from a woman named Sarah (Glenn Close), who only describes herself as "plain and tall." Sarah travels to the farm for a one-month trial period, but finds Jacob's stubborn attitude and his daughter's view of her as a replacement mother difficult to bear.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 11, 2005
3/5
Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) Apr 26, 2005
4/5
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Jul 19, 2003
Shows how love heals fears about outsiders Go to Full Review Audrey Rock-Richardson Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) Jul 26, 2002
5/5
Positively delightful family tale in the tradition of "Anne of Green Gables." Great, uplifting fun for everyone. . Go to Full Review Dan Jardine Apollo Guide Jan 1, 2000
68/100
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Mike P @RT09890132 Feb 8, 2025 This TV movie hasn't aged well; as this is just another slick, Hollywood treatment of prostitution really... See more Jun 18, 2022 One of the great 'feel good' movies that Hallmark shows. All three movies in the series (Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winters End) are very much worth your time to see. Suprisingly very good acting from the entire cast. See more Sep 27, 2014 A nice adaptation of the classic book. Some things are added as the book is short, but they don't change the story too much. See more Jan 22, 2013 Christopher Walken in a straight role. Pretty good adaptation of the book. See more Jul 7, 2012 What a wonderful family movie...Glenn Close and Christopher Walken are marvelous together as a school teacher who lives in the East who answers his ad, he is a widower in the midwest who needs a wife to help raise his kids...talk about culture shock for her! This is a great story and has two sequels :-) See more May 24, 2012 A movie that the whole family can watch. The movie really brings out the characters, where the book does not. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Glenn Jordan

Director

Glenn Close

Sarah Wheaton

Christopher Walken

Jacob Witting

Margaret Sophie Stein

Maggie Grant

Christopher Bell

Caleb Witting

Lexi Randall

Anna Witting

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Movie Info

Synopsis In 1910 Kansas, widowed farmer Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken) is having a hard time raising his children and running his farm without the help of a wife. He puts an ad in the paper for a bride to help him, and gets a response from a woman named Sarah (Glenn Close), who only describes herself as "plain and tall." Sarah travels to the farm for a one-month trial period, but finds Jacob's stubborn attitude and his daughter's view of her as a replacement mother difficult to bear.
Director
Glenn Jordan
Screenwriter
Patricia MacLachlan, Patricia MacLachlan
Rating
G, TV-G
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Feb 3, 1991
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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