Autumn Stables

A real nice film in which the horses and landscape are the pillars of interest. The charming young guy and his initial interests, the strong widow and her farm, few Holmes and the solution. Romance and a seductive house. Enough for a predictable story, working not bad, good especially for supporting actors and for the drops of humor.

The basic virtue - the well job of McGedrick. And the foisor.

The not the best part - the absence of chemistry. The actors are each on his iceberg and it seems reasonable that.

The twist of plan of Jake is nit just credible but gives the reasonable pink touch to romance.

So, decent to nice.

Up Front. Definitely not a Cindy Busby fan, and this is not her worst movie ( that was definitely Marrying Darcy). But for some reason (maybe because her "acting" gets in the way), there is never any real chemistry between her and her co-star/s. This can ruin, or even destroy any believability in a story, or the character she plays- (the same character...always the same). It seems the bigger the role, the screechier the voice and the more unreal "acting" we see on screen. This one was kept subdued, so McGarry and supporting characters carried the weight.

I gave this a seven, as the Director with McGarry as lead kept this one on track. The story stayed on it's predictable path, but well. The scenery and horses were beautiful. All the supporting cast were good in their rolls. The movie definitely had much more potential, but it wasn't that bad.

Love Cindy Busby in other films but found her extremely annoying in most of this one. If someone is buying your house/property you can't dictate what they can and can't do with the property. You should just keep the property if you don't want anyone to change it.

I can't believe I'm the first one writing a so-called review.

I cannot call this a review because it's mostly just based on my feelings.

There are some things I don't love about this movie, but thankfully, there is more to love than not. The two main characters, the supporting characters, including the horses, and the beautiful scenery, more than compensate for the things I didn't love about this TV movie, but definitely do not hate.

I love the relationship between Father-in-law and daughter-in-law. No, they don't have "something" going on between them. Their love for each other is like a love of a parent for his child in purest sense and vice-versa.

I also love how Autumn's extended family looked out for her.

As for Jake, he's really charming, but he just beats around the bush too much.

Of course, conflict was necessary, but...

Oh wait, I said I won't give spoilers, so I won't.

There's magic between CINDY BUSBY and KEVIN MCGARRY, and I could only speak for myself, I think these two were very convincing as Autumn and Jake. They seemed like they were attracted to each other from the moment they met, but of course, the falling in love was gradual, thank goodness for that.

The horses are lovely, and I must agree with Autumn, they are very perceptive.

Oh, speaking of horses there was this thing that bothered me at first, but later on I learned this:

Soldiers would mount up on their horses left sides so that their swords, anchored over their left legs, wouldn't harm their horses' backs. ... Make sure your horse is comfortable with you mounting and dismounting on either side. (source: Horse & Rider---they say mounting on the left is just tradition)

FYI Kevin McGarry's character, Jake, mounted Coco on the right side, while Autumn and Maddie mounted their respective horses from the left that's why I thought of checking if it was perfectly alright.

I never thought to ask before. I just thought it was a given that we should mount on the left. You really learn something new everyday. Better late than never.

Hmm...what else?

Oh, most of the horses used for lessons in any riding school are usually trained, so even it was perfectly fine for Jake not to fall down Coco even if Autumn hardly trained him because Coco is well-trained, and in other words, Coco's an expert in handling newbies.

I better go now or I might give spoilers...I hope the thing about mounting horses and Jake riding a horse would not be considered as such.

Thanks for your time.

It was great to see Ashley from Heartland in a movie again. However, I am going to review Autumn Stables, not compare it to Heartland.... Beautiful ranch where this was filmed! My family absolutely enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to others. It's a very good, clean, wholesome, family friendly movie. James Welch Henderson Arkansas 1/8/2021