Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky (2007)

Purely Joyful Movie!

One of my all time favorites.

not horrible nor great

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I have read Montana Sky over and over. Unfortunately I wish I could give the TV movie a 10 out of 10. I feel that the characters for Ben and Adam could have been chosen better to suit the description of the book. Ben is made to be a true tough rugged and handsome built rancher. A quote from the book says "...and looks fabulous in Levi's...it's a fine butt, and I have excellent eyesight." Tess made those statements. In the movie Ben leans in Willa refrigerator and his butt isn't fabulous in those jeans at all. I really like John Corbett in his earlier films but this was one I wished that he wasn't in. Now Adam was described as having "...hair that streamed to his shoulders...a face a beautiful as a painting." I understand you can't always match exactly the character but at least close would have been nice. When characters (in reality the author)make descriptions about other characters you get a certain picture and expectation of them. I definitely recommend the book to everyone!!! Nora Roberts truly is an amazing writer and i love every book I have read of hers.

I just wanted to say that I thought this movie was pretty good. I am from Montana only about 2 hours from Bozeman. It seems that the movie was in the Bozeman area, but I have never heard of Monroe County and I have yet to find a Monroe County anywhere in Montana. I love to watch movies where they take place in Montana and this one was so close to home and then I find out that the area facts were not straight...it was a bummer.I read some other comments about how the ranch was not a realistic Montana Ranch and for the average ranch of course its not, but there are a few ranched in Montana that are big and luxurious like the one in the movie. And yes its true Montana people think that Californian's have no business being in Montana, and it also did not surprise me that the sheriff ended up wanting to date the Hollywood lady, but I agree the way it went about wasn't very smooth.As for Willow and Ben I think it was...I thought they had a funny relationship and it made perfect sense to me. I didn't understand why Lilly never got any chores unless it was because Willow felt sorry for her because of the bruises.

Surprisingly Good! I'm not a big Nora Roberts fan. I admit to reading romance novels, but I prefer historical ones. But I tuned in for this based on the trailer and main stars, Williams and Corbett. Ashley Williams is known for adorable from her Good Morning Mami days, but she pull off hard line, just trying to hold everything together pretty well. Jon Corbett is a favorite of mine! You never know what you're going to get, but he always looks cute doing it!! The chemistry works well between them! The characters are well developed, with an interesting and twisting plot line. I really hope this becomes available on DVD. It's one to watch over and over again!!

I wondered how they were going to pack all of Roberts' truly great 'Montana Sky' into two hours. Sad to say, they couldn't.The basic premise packed three relationships, four, counting the sisters themselves, over a year's time, along with all the mysterious happenings within that period. Only the barest of bones of the story were touched on and even those were rewritten and reworked. Other than the names of the characters, hardly anything, including the events, how they unfolded, and how they were resolved, resembled the original story.As to the actors: Both Laura Mennell as 'Lila' and Charlotte Ross as 'Tess' fit the concept I had of them, but although Ashely Williams did a wonderful job, I couldn't see her as the 'Willa' I imagined in the book. I so adore John Corbett, he was one of the reasons I looked forward to the movie. He had the perfect personality for 'Ben', though in real life he's a good ten years or more older than the character he portrayed. I guess it made sense that 'Nate's' occupation was changed from lawyer to sheriff and Aaron Pearl was good in the re-scripted role. Nathaniel Arcand played a convincing 'Adam'.I couldn't help but think as I read 'Montana Sky', then watched it, that the novel would have been much better adapted to a mini-series. It would have allowed the characters and the events to be fleshed out and evolve as they deserved. In comparison, Angels Fall made a much better transition from book to screen in that it didn't have as much ground to cover and could afford to have some parts dropped without losing the essence of the story.