Drama / Family
2005 / 88 minutes
Rating: 7/10

Missie LaHaye isn’t quite the perfect wife – she’s an impossibly bad cook – but she is good with a gun, and in the Wild West that’s far more important.

Our story begins with Missie and her husband Willie heading out west to start their own ranch, far from their family, and far from anyone they can count on. But even in the Wild West friends can be had – Willie hires a group of castoff ranch hands that no one else wants, and Missie befriends her Indian neighbor, creating a community out of this group of outsiders. And when Missie becomes pregnant, and bandits come looking for their savings, it is these friends that Missie and Willie will have to rely on.

Caution

The only caution regards the violence. One bad guy is shot and killed, but it isn’t gory, and he does have an opportunity for redemption.

Conclusion

There are now nine other films in this series, and all are more or less based on a series of novels by Christian author Janette Oke. But in the two that precede this one – Love Comes Softly (2003) and Love’s Enduring Promise (2004) – both included an instance of misuse, or at the very least questionable use, of God’s name.

Fortunately, Love’s Long Journey can be enjoyed all on its own.

See the trailer below.