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 - Cute story for girlsCute story about a girl who falls in love with an abused horse, and how she befriends it and tames it, and befriends the owner who changes his abusive ways after her act of kindness to him. Nice story that shows children that you can have differences of opinion, and still be friends. Rating:  - AWESOME!!!!This is a got-to-watch movie!! It is so touching and daring when Felicity released her Jiggy Nye's horse which she loved. In doing this, she fell of the horse but managed to jump over the fence and set Penny free. Everything is great, EVERYTHING! I'm a horse-lover myself. Then that's when Felicity shows her kindness and loyalness. She rescued her bestfriend's father from jail through her father. She showed her kindness by giving food and a blanket to Jiggy Nye the man who tried to kill Penny. Again, this is a thumbs-up movie! Great job to Shailene Woodley and to all the people who's hard work made this movie possible for everyone to enjoy! Rating:  - Not the "Family Values" I wantWe watched this movie on the Hallmark Channel. I have heard so many great things about this series, that I was really looking forward to sharing the movie with my kids. The sets and costumes were beautiful to look at, but I sat opened mouthed as I watched this little terror of a child in action. I don't see anything heroic or daring or admirable about her sneaking out of the house night after night to get into a pen with a dangerous horse, that isn't hers. She steals the horse, and when she is finally forced to return it, she lets it go. The consequence of her behavior? Her indulgent grandfather finds the horse and buys it for her. It just seemed like whoever wrote it was trying to fasten their ideas to historical characters, and it just sounded overtly preachy. I have a hard time believing a child in colonial times would have gone around sounding like a mini-Betty Friedan. Ultimately, Felicity ends up learning to do housework and drink tea, and gets all excited about getting dressed up to go to a ball...so I'm not even sure what message the movie was trying to get across, other that it is OK to steal from mean ugly people with Scottish accents. Rating: - Great Movie for all agesI was very pleased to find this movie suitable for the grandchildren with lots of lessons worked into the plot. I sent it to my daughter and grandchildren with the knowledge that no violence, cursing or the usual bad things in films these days were involved. Rating: - A Well Done Period Movie for the familyIt's a rarity these days when an historical film is made that is directed mainly to children. It's even more rare when such a film is done well. "Felicity - An American Girl Adventure" is one of those extremely rare movies that shows, fairly accurately, life in the colonial era of our country's history. It also includes some of the discourse between family members concerning the outset of what would become the American Revolution, which, for whom this movie is geared towards, was really taking a gamble. But, I feel it paid off. This alone is reason to award this film five stars, as school children in today's day and age do not always get both sides of the story. Even I, who went to school in the 60's and 70's, was taught that the people who lived in the colonies - virtually ALL of the people - were against the King of England. It wasn't until I took it upon myself many years later to study that era that I found out that many, many folks were loyalists and took arms against family members and neighbors. "Felicity," for the first time that I can see in a movie geared toward children, shows that other side of our history. As a Civil War re-enactor, I tend to look for farbiness (inaccuracies) in all period movies (not just Civil War era flicks) and I must say there was very little that I could see in "Felicity." Oh, a few minor things in this movie are inaccurate - "Hello" was not a greeting at that time as we know it to be today, and Christmas was slightly over-done for the colonial period - but, all in all, the over-all viewing seemed to be a window into the past. One must also remember that this is a movie for the younger set and may not get into the extreme details - or may gloss over - certain facts. And, for story's sake, it might embellish on some truths such as little girls disobeying their parents without retribution (although I'm sure most of today's youngsters will not follow Felicity's lead in this). But, that's okay. I feel films like this (as well as the Felicity books) may just entice kids to learn more about Felicity's time period on their own, and that would be a good thing, don't you think?
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