Holiday in Your Heart (TV Movie 1997)

Holiday in Your Heart: Directed by Michael Switzer. With LeAnn Rimes, Bernadette Peters, Rebecca Schull, Vernon Grote. LeAnn Rimes plays herself from her childhood in Nashville to her performing around the country as a country-western singer, until she has to make a choice: Does she perform at the Grand Ole Opry, following her dreams? Or does she not go to the concert, and stay at her dying grandmother’s bedside? The made-for-tv film is based in part on LeAnn’s autobiographical novel.

“I cannot believe the low average rating for this movie (5)! It is one of the best I have seen in a long time. The acting is good, the singing is really excellent and it is filled with good people — the kind of people that fill my life as relatives and friends (unlike the unlikeable characters that populate most movie scripts these days). It has a very uplifting story, and there is absolutely no violence, profanity or sexual innuendos. What a treat! The only reason that I did not give it a u0026quot;10u0026quot; is that the principal actress did not look as if she were 14 years old. However, this is not very important, as her singing voice is so beautiful. Perhaps it is a bit idealistic, but we need much more idealism in our entertainment.”