On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. She is under no obligation to marry Jacob and is free to leave if she so desires much of the story's suspense depends on whether or not she will decide to stay. But she grows homesick because miles and miles of Kansas farmland prove no substitute for Maine's ocean vistas. Upon arriving, Sarah proves to have good sense, an interest in helping with even the most physically demanding chores, and a quiet, warm personality. She travels to Kansas to become his wife. Sarah Wheaton of Maine responds describing herself as "plain and tall". He advertises in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Since then, the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult for him to handle alone. Jacob Witting is a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife, Katherine, during childbirth six years before. It was followed by two sequels, Skylark and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End.
It also received two Golden Globe Award nominations, for Best Miniseries or Television Movie and Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Close. The film was nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries, winning one for its editing. It tells the story of a Maine spinster who goes to Kansas in the early 1900's in response to a widower's newspaper advertisement seeking a wife.
The film stars Glenn Close, who also serves as an executive producer, and Christopher Walken. It is directed and produced by Glenn Jordan from a teleplay by Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski, based on the book of the same name by MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall is an American drama television film that premiered on CBS on February 3, 1991, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series.
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