You'd be better off watching a documentary than this Hallmark Movie level melodrama.

It is all very gently done.

"Meadowlarks" has its Hallmark-ish edges... But the film’s emotional force is not fake. The story is too painful, the actors too committed, and Hubbard’s compassion too evident for me to dismiss it as merely well-meaning.

Whilst the characteristics of a melodrama rears its ugly head, Meadowlarks is still worth a watch. An important story that deserves to be told to audiences on the big screen, the committed performances show us the trauma these people have endured.