Emily Carpenter Movies
A southern girl driven to insomnia after suffering multiple miscarriages is torn between her feelings for a handsome new neighbor and her commitment to her husband in this heartfelt drama starring Emily Carpenter and Sean Patrick Flanery. Davie Nance (Carpenter) longs to experience the joy of motherhood, thought it's beginning to appear as if that might never happen. Depressed after yet another miscarriage, Davie spies handsome new neighbor Clay (Flanery) as he moves in with his grandfather across the street. Clay has just come off a failed marriage, and he's looking for a place to nurse his wounds. When Davie and Clay strike up a warm friendship, their gossiping neighbors spread rumors that soon begin to affect Davie's marriage. Meanwhile, as Davie's free-spirited sister Lucy (Karla Droege) finds herself torn between her drug-dealing fiancée and wholesome suitor Alex Grayson (Brandon O'Dell), an unforeseen tragedy prompts Clay to come clean and admit the truth about his divorce. But that revelation only serves to strengthen the bond between the grieving pair, bringing about a bizarre twist of fate that prompts Davie to choose between her longtime desire to start a family and her burgeoning romance with the her sensitive new neighbor. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Emily Carpenter, Sean Patrick Flanery, (more)
A New York city slicker experiences a life change on a business excursion to the rural South in this romantic comedy directed by and starring 21 Jump Street's Peter DeLuise. Collin (DeLuise) is a strip-miner looking to buy up farmland in a small Alabama community. But when he begins to take a liking to the townsfolk and falls for a young altruistic local woman, he begins questioning not just his business, but his entire life. Southern Heart also stars Jamie Hendrix Collins and Emily Carpenter, the pair responsible for the film's screenplay. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
