🎥🎞️Series Review🎞️🎥 - THE WAY HOME [2023] - Hallmark/Peacock - PG - Created by the talented writing skills of Heather Conkie, Alexandria Clarke, and Marly Reed,
this little jewel of a series is remarkably well produced and delivers
an emotional zeal to a simple plot about a small family that has to heal
itself from past events to move on with life. The series stars Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie LaFlamme-Snow, and Andie McDowell. The series has been scheduled for 10 episodes and as of the release of this blog, only four episodes have launched exclusively on the world reknown Hallmark Channel.
THE WAY HOME [TWH] is a family friendly series with some believable, emotional performances by Leigh, Andie, and Sadie; with some standard emo daughter issues due to a daughter being exposed to a failed marriage. The story may sound redundant, however, the series flows flawlessly from one plot and storyline to another as the daughter finds a portal through time which gives her the ability to expose herself to a few moments of the families past and help her find a way to mend the family through a harrowing event that crippled the family during the summer of 1999. There are no outstanding CGI effects or explosions in this series, but the drama and mystery are superbly presented in all of their glory.
THE GOOD - The cinematography is just outstanding. Shot in epic cinematic quality and each scene was directed with a natural screenplay that gives the actors plenty of room to maneuver through their scenes with tremendous strength. The lighting quality, shifting from bright day to heavy shaded areas was carefully examined and planned prior to shooting, carefully controlling the color variances from bright colors to cool shades with tremendous forethought. The editing is impeccable and definitely shows that an experienced team worked together to ensure that there are no skips in the shows presentation. The story arc is progressive, leading the viewer to absorb the character development and to hope that things come together by the end of each new episode. The casting seems perfect and no actor tried to out-do the other. Each leading actor in this series has an extensive list of films under their belts to carry this series to the next level, and there is some really tough emotional scenes that are masterly delivered in each new episode.
THE BAD - The Hallmark Channel has received some pretty harsh criticisms for apparently altering their recent movie and series productions more towards a "woke" atmosphere that makes a lot of people uncomfortable with being exposed to the changing "hormonal climate" of today's youth, and even though there's very little of that being presented in this series, those sharp edged criticisms may endanger the real success of this series.
POST MORTEM - This is a series that exposes it's characters to time traveling. I find it funny that the time travel jumps from 2023 to 1999, which in my run of history isn't really all that far, but for production costs and, of course, location spotting, the story covers enough events in that time frame to spin a nice little mystery that needs explaining and closer. The atmosphere of the series s very casual and warm, perfect for letting you watch on a quiet evening or a Sunday afternoon when there's nothing else to do or watch on TV. Each episode is only 49 minutes long, but a lot of information and emotion is pump through that time frame to give you plenty of soft details to consider in each passing episode. This is certainly a fun and entertaining series.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [4 of 5 Stars]
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