A Hallmark fever dream where Ernest Borgnine guards a magic well and Jordan Ladd gets yeeted into another dimension.
Widower, Mark Jansen, owns and runs the local newspaper for the Midwest town he grew up in. As he struggles to make ends meet, his daughter takes his happiness into her hands by going down to the famous wishing well their little town is known for, and wishing for just that - his happiness. Shortly after, a glamorous woman appears in town by the name of Cynthia Tamerline. Lead by Mark's daughter, Cynthia makes a trip to the well herself and casts a wish. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds that she has been transported to an alternate universe that ultimately changes her forever.
Acting
Ernest Borgnine's final performance—pure grandfatherly gravitas.
Production
That 2009 TV movie sheen: overlit, underbudget, weirdly comforting.
Director
David Jackson
Jordan Ladd
Cynthia Tamerline
Jason London
Mark Jansen
Ernest Borgnine
Big Jim
Sally Kellerman
Donette
Jadin Gould
Abby Jansen
Tessie Santiago
Rachel
Yeardley Smith
Mary Williams
Charles Shaughnessy
Bosley
Anne DeSalvo
Zeil
Kevin Kirkpatrick
Tyson
Tempestt Bledsoe
Enid
Rod McCary
Upshaw
Kyle T. Heffner
Keenie James
Senta Moses
Michelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ernest Borgnine's final film role before his death in 2012—he spent his swan song guarding a magical wishing well in Illinois.
Part of Hallmark's brief 2009 experiment with 'fantasy drama' before retreating to pure Christmas content forever. A noble failure.
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