Written by Stephen Tolkin and directed by TV vet Ralph Hemecker, Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou may not present any startling new twists on its reincarnation theme (although the switch in gender roles for the spirits is interesting), but it's efficiently handled with some nice touches by Hemecker, and professionally essayed by the solid cast. So who is watching Lena as she and Declan spar, and what impact on today's events is brought on by the happenings at Manet Hall a hundred years prior to Lena and Declan meeting? His efforts pay off, and soon the two are lovers, but only briefly as Lena pulls back (as she always does), hurting the man before he hurts her.just as her wayward mother, Lilibeth Simone (Isabella Hofmann) did to Lena when she was little. Certainly the long, long legs of bar owner Lena Simone (Lauren Stamile) are haunting Declan with equal force, because he's soon beating a path to Lena's grandmother's (Faye Dunaway) bayou door, hoping to get an "in" with the hot-but-unresponsive Lena. Fast-forward to today, and Boston-bred rich boy Declan has dumped his fiancé at the altar, quit his lucrative job at a prestigious law firm, and has set up shop down in New Orleans to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.all from his base of operations at Manet Hall, which he's bought with every last dime he had in the world.īut strange events begin to occur, including Declan's habit of "walking into" realistic memories from a hundred years before (including fully decorated rooms of the Hall that come and go like dreams), until Declan comes to believe that his home is truly haunted. connection with the house - as well as with the ghostly apparition of a housemaid that first steps in front of his car, and then sports herself on the second-story veranda (an apparition that no one else sees, including teammate and local, Remy, played by Chris Lindsay).
While the story isn't anything new to lovers of historical fiction, basic melodrama, or supernatural ghost stories, Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou sports some interesting directorial touches, a quick pace, and the very sexy presence of Lauren Stamile as our heroine (or in this case, hero).Įight years before, visiting college football player Declan Fitzpatrick (Jerry O'Connell) spots the Manet Hall plantation in Louisiana and feels an instant.
NOTE: As of this writing, this DVD is only available at Wal-mart B&M stores.Ī distinct improvement over Nora Roberts' Tribute, Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou is another in the series of four telefilms based on the best-selling author's novels that were produced in 2009 for Lifetime.
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