the combination of read the novella and view this film have inspire my wife and i to new level . recently i be ponder a statement make by the artist thomas kinkade in one of his inspirational book while he state represent you and i be not design to breathe the fetid air of five oclock traffic . nor do i think god have banal television program and medium hype and worthless purchase and and soul pollution in mind when he create the universe . i hadn not see a river run through it in a couple of year and but after ponder kinkade statement something draw me to watch the film with a spiritual eye . i watch it and saw a whole new world to the film and it inspire me to read the book ( a must read ) . i have always be frustrate in southern california but somehow get catch up in it materialistic society . the film really put into perspective of how we should really experience god creation . a combination of macleans story and my desire to move back to the northwest have drive me to move to montana . i want my future kid to be able to rome the landscape and go fly fishing with me and ride horse into nothing but open land and serene lake set in the mountainside . a place where you seldom worry about crime . i look around socal and all i see be shop mall and rude snarl people in their mercedez ben and mile of vehicle on congested freeway and gang and racial turmoil on the verge of violent eruption and and everyone skeptical of each others intention . anyway the movie be very inspiring with brilliant acting and a deep story about the fragile connection of loved one . there be a lot of deep thinking in this film . the scenery be worth see alone and actually help relieve tension . you should finish this film relax yet full of insight to your own life . it take a compassionate and intelligent and and spiritual person to really grasp the meaning . if you do not understand the art of cinema and how a director achieve his goal through dialogue and tone and light and colour and scenery and camera angle or movement and etc . then this film be probably not for the crowd that think the fast and the furious be the great film . grant it be entertain but shallow . the bottom line represent this film help to realize that life be not about how much money you have or what thing you posses . rather it be about your relationship with family and friend and the experience you share together . quality not qauntity .