The Reckoning

I agree with other reviews, too many cast member changes across the three movies: The Shunning, The Confession and The Reckoning. I'm not sure there were any actors in all three movies. They even used a different mansion in the third movie and it was pretty ugly. Katie's accent in third movie was terrible, sounded more like Russian accent German. In the second movie, Daniel was buying a necklace for Katie at the end of the movie, never mentioned in third movie. Also not mentioned that he is the guy who pretended to be Katie's cousin in The Confession. It was fairly entertaining but could have been better.

I know it's hard to get the same actors after a couple years, so I can for go that one. The other things.... So much of this fantastic story was left out, not even mentioned or changed. I know they didn't mention Katie's best friend in the second movie, I thought they might make up for it in this one. Seems like they focused a lot on Katie and not on the whole story. It is frustrating to think this is what people will see when it doesn't do the books justice. I know that it is a fictional story but there are just some things you don't change. Please read the books! I am so glad I did, before watching the movies.

You could almost watch this without the first two, but I started watching this with no clue it was a trilogy and immediately realized I was missing backstory. It is partially filled in but it's a little rough catching up. I found the other two.

This is more of a romance but there is still a lot about finding yourself. I think this is where watching the whole thing helps. There are some elements that follow the typical romance from Hallmark. It has a current fiancé vs the old hometown sweetheart. That part is the usual, although the loser has maybe fewer flaws than most of the rivals I've seen in other movies.

Overall I probably didn't appreciate this as much as the other two. I can't say I "enjoyed" the first but I did appreciate it. The second was enjoyable. This wasn't bad, just not as good.

There's a point where Katherine wants to say grace and Justin is shocked. This far into their relationship is a little late for him to realize how strong her faith is. She certainly has wanted to say grace before.

There is a strong Christian vibe to this movie, and not just Amish. But there is little preaching.

It is a continuation of The Shunning and The Confession. I was a little disappointed that Panibaker didn't continue the series. However it is every good and follows the sequence. It answer the question did she leave fold or did Katie girl run back to the ways of her childhood. Really Good James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 1/17/2021

For the sake of completeness you want to see how things end in this trilogy. The storylines come to a close and it's satisfying to watch. Katie LeClerc is still very watchable. Some of the other cast have changed. In some ways it's the weakest of the three. There still are Amish vs non Amish contrasts.

A few weak points. A rather tiresome triangle between her Englisher fiancé and her Amish old flame. Why did they choose such a sketchy looking guy to play the Amish guy? Her orphanage project isn't that interesting.