![]() The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan is available on Blu-Ray now from Kino Lorber and Scorpion Releasing. The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan The time-travelling THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN stars Lindsay Wagner caught between two eras of time. The actor’s unrecognizable, so it seems like a lot of effort to go through not to hire an older actress, plus why not have an older woman look like Olivia de Havilland or Cicely Tyson (who passed away earlier this year at age 96)?īeing a TV movie, the transitions are fairly low key (and no explanation is ever given for why time travel looks so painful), but Jennie Logan is an escapist treat that is surprisingly effective at pulling off misdirections. Not every plot point is thought through, like why, if Jennie looks so much like Pamela, doesn’t Pamela’s sister ( Linda Gray) react when she sees her? There’s also some terrifying old age makeup by future Oscar winner, Stan Winston (who also worked on The Autobiography of Miss. Wagner is wonderful and fun to watch during a fight sequence, where Bionic Woman has to do some exaggerated cowering. As her feelings for David grow, it becomes clear that Jennie is not only torn between two men and two times, but she also faces danger in. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is transported back one hundred years, where she meets the house's previous owner, David. Some of the acting is on the flat side, especially from Singer and Henry Wilcoxon, whose line delivery as David’s angry father-in-law is pretty monotone. Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan and her husband move into a beautiful Victorian manor. The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan Reviews All Critics Top Critics All Audience Verified Audience Brian Orndorf It's all very silly, but De Felitta manages to make the premise work to a. Who cares about David’s grief and the ramifications of falling in love with someone who looks like your dead wife, in true, Vertigo fashion? All of the moral quandaries are glossed over for shirtless men, men in short bathrobes, and men who don’t know how to button their shirts. What’s great about The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan is it truly is a female fantasy. He also was married to a woman who bore an uncanny resemblance to Jennie, but she died shortly after their wedding, so he’s single now. She even has a time travel romance – because why fix a broken marriage when you can find someone to love in the 19 th century?įor Jennie, that person is David ( Mark Singer), an artist and the previous owner of Jennie’s new house. It comes with an old wedding dress in the attic, and when she tries it on, she’s transported back to the 1880s. Somehow Jennie has stumbled on time travel and, through trial and error, starts to figure out how time travel works. A TV Guide Ad for The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan: The movie was about a woman who buys a Victorian known as the Reynolds House. ![]() Soon shes torn between life with her philandering husband and. Written and directed by Frank De Felitta, The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan is basically Outlander crossed with Titanic, which tells you a lot about what this film’s about. Jennie Logan discovers an antique dress in her attic that allows her to travel back in time.
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