I came to read the reviews on this one because neither my husband nor I liked this film even a little bit and I thought maybe we were just missing something. Nope - our opinion is in line with the other four reviews here.
I'm not sure what happened with this movie. As others stated, Jen Lilly's character is one of the most annoying 'heroines' in any movie I've seen. She has no redeeming qualities and I'm surprised her friend put up with her as long as she did. I normally like Jen Lilly's performances, and perhaps it was a combination of the writing and directing, but she was completely off-putting in this one.
I'm on the fence about Christopher Russell in general, but in this movie there was absolutely zero chemistry between his character and Jen Lilly's.
The writing tried to stay true to Hallmark's formula (someone from the big city comes home to their small hometown, reconnects with a high school sweetheart, gets along well until 20 minutes remaining in the movie, has a major misunderstanding that would have been avoided had the main characters just communicated instead of jumping to conclusions and then with five minutes remaining a magical resolution occurs with no hard feelings on either side and everyone lives happily ever after) and don't get me wrong - I like the formula - it's nice to know you're going to have a happy ending. These movies aren't meant to be anything more than a couple hours of escapism from reality. But the writers here missed the mark and there was conflict/miscommunication all the way through due mostly to Jen Lilly's character's inability to see a topic of conversation through (usually topics she brought up to begin with).
I won't be watching this one more than once. Sorry, Hallmark. Do better.
I'm not sure what happened with this movie. As others stated, Jen Lilly's character is one of the most annoying 'heroines' in any movie I've seen. She has no redeeming qualities and I'm surprised her friend put up with her as long as she did. I normally like Jen Lilly's performances, and perhaps it was a combination of the writing and directing, but she was completely off-putting in this one.
I'm on the fence about Christopher Russell in general, but in this movie there was absolutely zero chemistry between his character and Jen Lilly's.
The writing tried to stay true to Hallmark's formula (someone from the big city comes home to their small hometown, reconnects with a high school sweetheart, gets along well until 20 minutes remaining in the movie, has a major misunderstanding that would have been avoided had the main characters just communicated instead of jumping to conclusions and then with five minutes remaining a magical resolution occurs with no hard feelings on either side and everyone lives happily ever after) and don't get me wrong - I like the formula - it's nice to know you're going to have a happy ending. These movies aren't meant to be anything more than a couple hours of escapism from reality. But the writers here missed the mark and there was conflict/miscommunication all the way through due mostly to Jen Lilly's character's inability to see a topic of conversation through (usually topics she brought up to begin with).
I won't be watching this one more than once. Sorry, Hallmark. Do better.