Sarah, Plain and Tall

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Sarah, Plain and Tall

G

1991

1h 36m

Drama

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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.

Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Aug 11, 2005

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Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Rated: 4/5

Apr 26, 2005

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Shows how love heals fears about outsiders

Jul 19, 2003

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Audrey Rock-Richardson

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Positively delightful family tale in the tradition of "Anne of Green Gables." Great, uplifting fun for everyone. .

Rated: 5/5

Jul 26, 2002

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

Rated: 68/100

Jan 1, 2000

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Mike P

This TV movie hasn't aged well; as this is just another slick, Hollywood treatment of prostitution really...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Christopher Walken in a straight role. Pretty good adaptation of the book.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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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 :-)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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A movie that the whole family can watch. The movie really brings out the characters, where the book does not.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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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