What I Did for Love

Dec 9, 2006

1h 28m

★ 6.1

They're young. They're in love. They're going home for Christmas.

Overview

Call him a city slicker. Call him a tenderfoot. But don't call him a member of the family--yet. Rising L.A. lawyer James White is going home for the holidays with his fiancée, Sadie Ryder, to finally meet her family in rural Pine Gap. After blundering through a bad first impression, James attempts to win over Sadie's lawyer-loathing father Karl by pretending to be a horse-riding, hay-baling, game-hunting, seasoned square dancer. But a pair of worn jeans and a ten-gallon hat don't make a cowboy, and it's going to take more than mere posturing to charm Mr. Ryder... in fact, it just might take a miracle.

Genres

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

Production Companies

RHI Entertainment

Larry Levinson Productions

MavroCine Pictures GmbH & Co. KG

Alpine Medien Productions

What I Did for Love Trailers

Cast

James White

Jeremy London

Sadie Ryder

Dorie Barton

Karl Ryder

James Gammon

Jake Ryder

Steve Monroe

Zeb Ryder

Chase Hoyt

Travis Ryder

Jonny Acker

Clint

John Littlefield

Aunt Trudy

Sally Struthers

Bill

James Lashly

Lawyer #1

Bruce Nozick

Larry - BLM Guy #1

James Edson

Hank

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