When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David and his pregnant wife Helen set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up. Based on a remarkable true story, a mum's faith stands against all odds; and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs.
Joel Smallbone
David Smallbone
Daisy Betts
Helen Smallbone
Kirrilee Berger
Rebecca Smallbone
Jonathan Jackson
Eddie Degarmo
Candace Cameron Bure
Kay Albright
Terry O'Quinn
Grandpa James
Lucas Black
Jed Albright
Paul Luke Bonenfant
Daniel Smallbone
JJ Pantano
Luke Smallbone
Tenz McCall
Ben Smallbone
Angus K. Caldwell
Josh Smallbone
Hillary Scott
Luanne Meece
Lance E. Nichols
Art Meriweather
Roslyn Gentle
Nana Smallbone
Don Most
Pierce
Rachel Hendrix
Amy Grant
Beau Wirick
Matt
Kevin Downes
Suit
Libby Smallbone
Ellie
Sharonne Lanier
Billing Rep
Sonny Burnette
Church Usher
Rebecca St. James
Flight Attendant
Paul Michael Starnes
Airplane Passanger
Amanda Maddox
Sandy
Lily Lumpkin
Meagan Albright
Bonita Elery
Diana
Joe Chambrello
Carmen
Vin Morreale Jr
Insurance Agent
Ben Kacsandi
Executive
Jennie Malone
Grocery Store Cashier
John French
Customs Agent
Shelly Townsend
Doctor Tanaka
Alex Lannan
Customs Agent
NaSwana Moon
Desk Agent
Sharon Murray
Cashier
Gerry Rose
Steve
Sarah Kotzur
Bobbie
Morgan Zedalis
Greg Ham
LaDonna Starnes
Airplane Passenger
Diesel La Torraca
Joel Smallbone (as Diesel Cash La Torraca)
Seth Carter Ramsay
Santa Claus
Mattie Jo Cowsert
Southern Wife
Joel Bunkowske
Concert Audience Member (uncredited)
Bonita Elery
Diana (uncredited)
Liz Fletcher
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ian Hinton
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Jennie Malone
Grocery Store Cashier (uncredited)
Allen Penick
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Dean Shortland
Brian (uncredited)
Cameron Smith
Church Quire (uncredited)
Payton Shae Taylor
Labor and Delivery Nurse (uncredited)
Steve Tressler
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Director, Writer
Richard Ramsey
Director, Writer
Joel Smallbone
June 18, 2024
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The Smallbone family live a comfortable life, paid for by the music promotional skills of dad David (Joel Smallbone - real life son) but when a tour he backs to the hilt goes a bit wonky, they find themselves broke. Nobody in Australia will employ him, so he heads to Nashville on the promise of a new opportunity. This is where I was glad he wasn't promoting me. He sells up, then drags his wife (Daisy Betts) and family of six children (with another on the way) all that way only for it to fall through at the last minute. He causes all this upheaval and uncertainty for his family without making sure he had a contract before he left? Hmmm - maybe he won't be troubling the brains trust? Anyway, reduced to sleeping on the floor of their rented home and eking out a living doing odd jobs, gardening and cleaning the toilets for their fairly wealthy neighbours, they manage to get by - until Christmas looms. The kids have expectations and the parents are skint. A chance meeting with one of their new friends (Candace Cameron Bure) in a supermarket might provide a solution to that, indeed to a great many of their problems - but he has pride, and that now proves to be quite an obstacle not just for him, but to the potential career of his daughter Rebecca (Kirrilee Berger) who can hold a tune but can find no way of exploiting it - despite the obvious options on their doorstep. Underpinned by their profound Christian faith, they have no lack of optimism but they just need the lucky break! It's a biopic of sorts so no jeopardy, just a journey - and one that I found pretty unremarkable. The wooden as a washboard Lucas Black - sporting way, way, too much beard - makes the occasional appearance as their wealthy, song-writing, friend but the rest of the acting is pretty mediocre as the drama takes a rather traditionally daytime and sentimentally charged approach to family drama tinged with religion and luck (good or bad). Quite what it's doing in a cinema is anyone's guess - I saw it by myself, and after about twenty minutes, I felt it belonged on the television, with lots of soft focus and rousing strings.