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‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ Review: A True-Life Survival Story Suitable for Audiences of All Ages
Despite its predictability and stretches of pokey pacing, director Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger’s drama remains engrossing throughout.
Indeed, during the opening minutes of this family-friendly true-life drama, the beans aren’t merely spilled, they are tossed while director Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger and scripter Luke Paradise (working from a same-titled memoir co-written by the real Donn Fender) give a pinky-swear promise that a happy ending looms large on the horizon. And he’s downright angry when Donald, whose job keeps him away from home and family for extended periods, announces that he’ll have to cancel plans for a two-week fishing trip because — well, work beckons, and he can’t risk displeasing his boss while there’s a Depression going on. As Donn makes his way through the treacherous territory, members of his family and volunteer search parties hope for the best but expect the worst, while the boy withstands physical and psychological hardships that might cause a Green Beret to flinch.
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