there's nothing very sophisticated about this film, but it has a homespun charm; As the plot keeps stirring melodrama into the narrative, the film begins to feel corny. But the actors keep it watchable
fish-out-of-water story, grief drama, opposites-attract rom-com, family-secrets saga and ode to country living --- there are plenty of facets to "The Lost Husband", and none of them feels particularly fresh or urgent