For a made for TV movie, this wasn't too bad. But Naomi Watts didn't reach her full potential as Rebecca Yoder, a widow belonging to a strict religious group on the nineteenth century American frontier. I also didn't find the love between her character and Daly's too realistic. Though the film didn't immediately fall into a sappy and cliche story line, it got there eventually. I just couldn't quite make myself believe the characters had connected enough to fall in love. The film ended too abruptly, and the subplot with the violent land owners could have been developed more. It would have provided a nice contrast to all those cheesy they-almost-kissed scenes. In short: an OK film, if you're into romances. If not, you might want to pass on this underdeveloped story that's trying too hard to examine the boundaries of love and forgiveness.
Review of The Outsider
