Movie #3201 "Loving Leah" (Hallmark) Every once in a while a special film comes along on the Hallmark channel, and this one was one for me. It was knee deep in Jewish tradition, which I found very intriguing and one in which I learned quite a bit about. Bear with me because the set up is a bit different for Hallmark (and a bit involved). A very successful, hardworking doctor who is somewhat distant from his family because of their conservative Jewish traditions, is called back to his home for his brother's funeral --- we get the impression the brothers were close when growing up, but they separated their ways --- and the brother was a rabbi married to Leah. Well, as part of this very strict tradition, since the doctor brother is not married, he is expected to marry his sister-in-law widow. Huh? Leah is not expecting this at all, but the family is --- the living brother is completely turned off by the idea --- and leaves...... But due to circumstances you would need to see to understand, they end up sharing an apartment in NYC where he works and she is going to go to college. It sets up a very interesting story line, and I really enjoyed it --- it was a powerful film and I'd give it a 4.5 ---- just a couple of things I had to suspend my belief about, but otherwise, a winner in my books. I recommend this one, if the story sounds interesting to you. It was to me.
"LOVING LEAH" 2009 1 hour and 35 mins
A quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her late husband's brother, a handsome 30 year-old cardiologist.
Director: Jeff Bleckjner
Writer: Penh Goldstein
Actors: Lauren Ambrose, Adam Kaufman, Susie Essman
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