Product: Sorrell & Son [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
through the trails of life
I loved this movie and am considering buying it. The story line is very much true to life. A father returns from the war to find his wife is leaving him and their son. When men came back from the war in 1918 the story line depicts just how hard it was to get work and make a marriage work. Everyone who came back was differant from when they went away but Sorrell is willing to do anything to give his son the best education, the best life and the best relationship he can.We see Steven Sorrell work in any job he is lucky enough to find to earn the money to give his son a start. Of course a little poetic license is used but it in no way affects the telling of the tale. The hotel he finds himself in becomes his home and the staff his family. The owner goes of and leaves Sorrell in charge but he is also a very compassionate man that helps Sorrell find the right path for him and his son. The wife pops up here and there but she is never made to feel comfortable and quickly fades into the background.One review said too many bedroom scenes but they are so well done and over with that I really did not think it affected the story as a whole. Kit, the son, is given every start his father can come by and ends up as a wonderful, compassionate surgeon who marries a beautiful girl who in turn has made her money via writing and owning a dress shop. A very diverse person but with an interesting deep ability to see into people.Well written and acted and a good look into the early 20 centuary way of life. Sure not to disappoint.