Blue Ridge

This easily rates a 7.5, uf not higher! Exceptional acting all-around>> no weak characters! They all had substance, flaws, REAL PEOPLE feel, if that makes sense! The sheriff of course with his past, coming back to his town. The ex-girlfreind and mom to his 12 yr old daughter meshed perfectly with the main story>> You kno they try to fit in a partner, but there's no need? This one involveds her nicely! The daughter rven had a nice part. The Great story line; no plot holes I could find anyway. Wonderful, satisfying ending! Wish I coukd find more like this!

The music matched what was going on perfectly, also I might add.

I don't know what some of the other reviewers are talking about. "Low budget"??? Have any of you actually seen a real "low budget" movie? This one does not have the look and feel of "low budget".

Story was good. Acting solid. Visuals and sound were good. The only thing that really bothered me was the incessant score. I hate movies that think there MUST be music playing every second. But that issue aside, it was engaging and enjoyable.

I will say it lacked any hint of "political correctness", which may account for some of the negative reviews.

This would have made a nice pilot for a series. But alas, sans the aforementioned political correctness, it would never even be considered.

Kudos to the cast and crew!

Melodramatic in the second half, only heightened by a score lacking all subtlety. The acting is sketchy at times, but watchable. It's a PG film, definitely aiming to be Family Friendly, so cutting it a bit of slack is in line. I didn't crack the murder case before the Sheriff did, and the outcome did make sense, so it gets an extra point from me. No need to slam it, people. I've seen much, MUCH worse.

We have a solid premise here. New Sheriff. Small town. A murder.

But the execution is a bit meh, to be honest.

It just feels a little messy. Some of the editing is way off, a couple of the actors aren't up to the task, the direction could be better, and the script needs to be cleaned up.

Overall the feel is of a low budget TV production, similar to the murder mystery stuff they did in the 90s.

Not terrible, but not great either.

The best actor in it is Graham Greene, obviously. And he turns in a more committed performance as a sorta hillbilly grampa type than one would expect from this kind of thing. Sadly, he's not used enough, probably cause he got the biggest salary.

The scenery is gorgeous. And the music is pretty great too.

Overall, it's a reasonable enough diversion, just don't expect anything brilliant.

I thought this movie delivered. I thought it had a good storyline, the characters were interesting enough and the mystery of who had committed the murder wasn't predictable. All in all it's better than most of the terrible movies put out by mainstream Hollywoood these days.