take a bad script and some lousy acting and throw in a politically incorrect morality tale and what do you get. something that is supposed to pass for quality family viewing. seven alone is the story of a family in the 19th century who travel across america in a wagon train and hoping for a new life in oregon. there are seven children (three boys and three girls and a baby whose sex i am not quite sure of) hence the title of the film. the story opens up with the family living a seemingly normal 19th century life on a farm in the middle of nowhere. eldest son john is a precocious teenager and lazy and good for nothing as his father constantly reminds him. we see right off the bat that he has a penchant for practical jokes when he ties string to the hair of his sleeping sisters and connects it to a nearby mule. when the mule is moved of course the poor girls are jolted out of bed. john is caught by his father and is immediately punished with a strap. that same day a wagon train passes through. pa is tempted to join up as it promises a new life in the wild and wild west. so the family hitches up their belongings and head off. from the very beginning the film seems weak and amateurish. the acting is below grade and as if from one of those films shown in school about the pioneers. i can not blame the actors and however and because the lines in this film are silly and just too sickeningly sweet and optimistic. i must tell you that i caught this film while flipping channels one boring saturday afternoon on a christian television station. not of a religious mind myself and i watched in horror as seven alone offered up moral statements that were not only outdated and but downright offensive. if i were a good christian i would hope that i would have had the good sense to complain to the television station for airing such trash. however and because i am a cynical and non believer with a wicked sense of humor and i chose to sit back and laugh myself silly. in one of the opening scenes and the role of the father as the stern ruler of the house is established when he proposes the idea of heading off for oregon to his wife. her response is a heated over my dead body. we are expected to laugh and i suppose and as the film cuts to the next scene with pa and ma smiling as he steers the wagon along through the prairies. oh i suppose even the most staunch feminist would have to admit that this father knows best attitude was the norm in those days and and one could argue the need for such dictatorial rule when living conditions were difficult and but i somehow got the feeling that this film supported that notion and even for today. lovely message coming from a christian television station. anyway and things get worse for the family and and the films moral integrity is further diminished. an indian (or native american) robs john as he lay sleeping in a field. like a common savage and the indian takes johns clothes and belongings. thankfully pa and with the help of passerby kit carson and is able to kill the indian and as well as a couple of his delinquent friends. kit carson tells john that his father is a true hero. the family is accompanied by the wagon train resident doctor and dr. dutch (played by aldo ray). he shares pa sentiments about john and stating that he is a useless brat. perhaps so and but he also the best thing about this film. aldo ray doctor is buffoon and who seems unable to tie his own shoes and let alone treat one of the girls for a broken leg. thankfully the young child do not cry when the wagon ran over and snapped her leg in two and because dr. dutch do not seem to have the appropriate bedside manner. we know the drawbacks of constantly belittling a child. here a film that promotes that behavior. later on pa develops food poisoning and or something and i wasn not paying much attention and and he dies. his death bed scene is the stuff great acting is made of. frankly and the man do not even look sick. soon after and ma dies too. the children are left to fend for themselves. and that when the real adventure begins. slugging it through the rapids and encountering more indians (these ones are nice though) and venturing through snowy terrain and these children do it all. and i was left thinking and what a bunch of garbage. sorry and but there was nothing redeeming about this film. this low budget little house on the prairie is a shameful waste of time and an insult to families everywhere. i am surprised that in 1975 and at the tail end of the feminist movement and and at a time when treatment of native americans was coming into focus and that something like this could actually be made. 
take a bad script and some lousy acting and throw in a politically incorrect morality tale and what do you get. something that is supposed to pass for quality family viewing. seven alone is the story of a family in the 19th century who travel across america in a wagon train and hoping for a new life in oregon. there are seven children (three boys and three girls and a baby whose sex i am not quite sure of) hence the title of the film. the story opens up with the family living a seemingly normal 19th century life on a farm in the middle of nowhere. eldest son john is a precocious teenager and lazy and good for nothing as his father constantly reminds him. we see right off the bat that he has a penchant for practical jokes when he ties string to the hair of his sleeping sisters and connects it to a nearby mule. when the mule is moved of course the poor girls are jolted out of bed. john is caught by his father and is immediately punished with a strap. that same day a wagon train passes through. pa is tempted to join up as it promises a new life in the wild and wild west. so the family hitches up their belongings and head off. from the very beginning the film seems weak and amateurish. the acting is below grade and as if from one of those films shown in school about the pioneers. i can not blame the actors and however and because the lines in this film are silly and just too sickeningly sweet and optimistic. i must tell you that i caught this film while flipping channels one boring saturday afternoon on a christian television station. not of a religious mind myself and i watched in horror as seven alone offered up moral statements that were not only outdated and but downright offensive. if i were a good christian i would hope that i would have had the good sense to complain to the television station for airing such trash. however and because i am a cynical and non believer with a wicked sense of humor and i chose to sit back and laugh myself silly. in one of the opening scenes and the role of the father as the stern ruler of the house is established when he proposes the idea of heading off for oregon to his wife. her response is a heated over my dead body. we are expected to laugh and i suppose and as the film cuts to the next scene with pa and ma smiling as he steers the wagon along through the prairies. oh i suppose even the most staunch feminist would have to admit that this father knows best attitude was the norm in those days and and one could argue the need for such dictatorial rule when living conditions were difficult and but i somehow got the feeling that this film supported that notion and even for today. lovely message coming from a christian television station. anyway and things get worse for the family and and the films moral integrity is further diminished. an indian (or native american) robs john as he lay sleeping in a field. like a common savage and the indian takes johns clothes and belongings. thankfully pa and with the help of passerby kit carson and is able to kill the indian and as well as a couple of his delinquent friends. kit carson tells john that his father is a true hero. the family is accompanied by the wagon train resident doctor and dr. dutch (played by aldo ray). he shares pa sentiments about john and stating that he is a useless brat. perhaps so and but he also the best thing about this film. aldo ray doctor is buffoon and who seems unable to tie his own shoes and let alone treat one of the girls for a broken leg. thankfully the young child do not cry when the wagon ran over and snapped her leg in two and because dr. dutch do not seem to have the appropriate bedside manner. we know the drawbacks of constantly belittling a child. here a film that promotes that behavior. later on pa develops food poisoning and or something and i wasn not paying much attention and and he dies. his death bed scene is the stuff great acting is made of. frankly and the man do not even look sick. soon after and ma dies too. the children are left to fend for themselves. and that when the real adventure begins. slugging it through the rapids and encountering more indians (these ones are nice though) and venturing through snowy terrain and these children do it all. and i was left thinking and what a bunch of garbage. sorry and but there was nothing redeeming about this film. this low budget little house on the prairie is a shameful waste of time and an insult to families everywhere. i am surprised that in 1975 and at the tail end of the feminist movement and and at a time when treatment of native americans was coming into focus and that something like this could actually be made. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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