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The Wedding Veil Inspiration (2023)
Autumn Reeser and Paolo Bernardini deserve better
Both of the leads are capable of so much more than this script offers them. That's the biggest takeaway of this movie.
I don't wholly agree with the other reviewers comments about Emma giving up her position "for her man." I agree that Paolo went back on what he said but that's also the potential reality of someone living abroad. Things are a lot different in theory than in practice and I say all of this as someone who is an expat living in Italy.
Beyond that, I felt that Emma was actually fighting for her own limitations. She was trying hard to impress a boss to get a promotion doing a job she actively hates... She also wasn't giving up a teaching position (from what I understood) because her only class was already taken away from her. Also is she even tenured?
My read on this situation is that Emma had set out on a path and had a plan and was refusing point blank to accept the reality of the situation that what she thought she wanted wasn't really all that she dreamed it would be. At that point isn't it normal to course correct and choose a new path and a new dream?
PS. As a Canadian in a relationship with an Italian man I can confirm that the pizza scenes are all 100% accurate! They don't always get cultural things right in these kinds of movies, but this time they're dead on.
The Wedding Veil Expectations (2023)
Should have been called "Rich White People Living Their Lives"
This movie has no plot to speak of and is just 90 minutes of the characters going about their day-to-day lives. It's really just an ode to rich, white privileged people. They have problems with the house which is too bad but the house is also a mega mansion which implies they have the money to deal with it so why should the viewer care? The endless search for perfection is pretty grating as well. The male lead does absolutely nothing for me and doesn't add anything to the movie besides perhaps a drinking game guessing whether or not he'll have a Boston accent in a given scene... I think that Alison Sweeney was trying a bit too hard in this one too. Autumn Reeser and Lacey Chabert seemed more natural.
At the end of the day the ultimate question is literally "what is the point?" And the answer is: there isn't one. Skip this one.
The Baker's Son (2021)
Was going well until the end...
I liked the vibe of this movie overall. Brant Daugherty is a good time and Eloise Mumford can hold her own as well but what shines for me in this movie is the quirkiness of the supporting characters! They all have a weird personality and it's over-the-top in a really fun way. It's different than your average run of the mill hallmark movie in that way.
Where things take a turn for me is with the obligatory "twist" in the plot. The characters both seem so short-sighted and full of themselves and neither is willing to see what's actually going on - despite everyone telling them about it over and over again. I think they both behaved liked children and it was a huge turn off. It's a shame because the writing of the so-called climax ruined the fun and quirkiness of the film and it's characters. Overall, it could have been handled better.
The Wedding Veil Unveiled (2022)
Best Hallmark movie in a long time!
The first instalment in the series left so much to be desired (between lack of chemistry, a slow, boring plot and a male lead so absolutely clueless it was hard to understand how he dressed himself in the morning...) so I was hesitant to watch the sequel. I'm a huge fan of Autumn Reeser and am also Italian living in Italy so I wanted to see what this movie had to offer.
I was pleasantly surprised by everything about this movie! The plot was pleasant and engaging (rare in the current Hallmark repertoire) but it was the (mostly) correct use of Italian that really sold me on it. The accents aren't horrendously fake like in some past hallmark movies, the male lead is a Belgian born Italian and the grammar and sayings are spot on! This was a huge step up from the usual disasters that ensue when low-budget (and even high budget, in some cases) movies try to tap into a different culture.
Not only did the story have some meat but the characters all had good chemistry. I felt like they really tried to stay true to a lot of Italian customs and beliefs and made good use of both the location and the language to enrich and further the plot.
A+ - the first in a long time for Hallmark.