Having just stayed up well past what I consider my bedtime (5am) to watch a movie I should have seen weeks ago, I'm feeling a tad emotional, so let's vent them the best way I know how--through blogging!

As a fan of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White I knew about the movie The Lost Valentine for a few months.  Had no idea it was based on a book (didn't do that deep of research), but I knew when it would be on.  Except my family decided it would be funny to not tape the movie so I missed it.  There was much hell-raising let me tell you.  A kindly friend had taped it and then burnt me a copy and it had recently arrived.


The premise is this:  For the last 65 years Caroline Thomas (Betty White) has gone to Union Station to wait for her navy pilot husband Neil to come home.  Neil had been considered MIA (Missing in Action) at the tail end of World War II and ever since Caroline has kept the dream alive that he would come home.

Susan Allison (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a reporter for a Human Interest show called 'American Diary', is given the assignment to profile Caroline.  At first reluctant, she soon comes to care for Caroline and her story deeply.

Several salient points are brought up about love; that love isn't about just feeling 'okay' with a person, that love means being excited to see that person, about having faith for however long it takes.  As Caroline's story unfolds Susan takes a look at her life and realizes that the safe bet isn't what she really wanted.

There was a lot of crying while I watched this movie.  Almost sobbing at one point when Susan begins to dig into what happened to Neil.  As this is based on a book (by James Michael Pratt, who apparently writes such sweet heartening stories just like Nicholas Sparks and James Patterson) things have been changed.  In the book its Caroline's son, Neil Jr. who approaches Susan.  And Caroline is younger as well.  I haven't read the book but I'm going to (soon as I get a copy).

I don't usually fall in for such sappy movies--I like my romantic comedies moreso honestly, though sometimes teen romance is fun--but like I said I love Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White.  The added eyecandy of Sean Faris (playing Caroline's grandson Lucas) certainly didn't hurt either!  I haven't seen him on TV since...Reunion stopped airing (though a look at his webpage and imdb profile shows he has been acting).

So tell me--have you guys seen the movie?  Read the book?  What did you think?  How about differences between the two (other than what I mentioned)?  Do you think that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White did justice?  What's your favorite feature of Sean Faris? (for me its everything)



ps: totally tried to find a picture of Sean that was...recent and appropriate to post. Sadly he seems to like doing a lot of shirtless photoshoots.  Which isn't really sad, but it does make it hard to find a picture.