Written in the Stars

A good movie overall, but much less mystical and magical than I would expect a movie about astrology and the stars to be. There should have been more signs and synchronicities involved. But, if you're looking for your run of the mill sweet Hallmark kind of film, you'll like this.

Best part for me was how the leading man's character had a mother named Joan. That was at least one Godwink for me, in this otherwise pretty bland movie about fate, destiny, and signs from the universe.

The biggest gripe I have with the storyline itself is just that the leading lady kept laboring over a problem that wouldn't have been a problem if she just thought a little harder. She's supposed to be this great writer, but her thinking doesn't reflect that. Still, not a bad movie at all.

The story is your average Hallmark-ish fare where a love story develops between a copy editor trying to be a news reporter and a man passionate about astrology and making it sound like it's a science !

I'm all for astrology and do believe the planets and stars have some control over our destinies, so I get that angle, a little. But what's with the FL who keeps reporting that she wants her story to be fair and balanced??? Reminds me of Fox News - and it's a huge turnoff!

The setting is cute, the premise is believable, the actors do fine with the script given. But not really fair and balanced?!?!

Funny,charming and the actors were new for me.

Story about astrology like a science is to exagerate but it is romance. This movie is not a Hallmark movie it is very entertaining.

There is a nice chemistry between the two leads. She is very funny. The movie is charming and entertaining - great for a date night or a movie night with a nice bowl of popcorn.

Hallmark used to produce some great movies, especially the Hallmark Hall of Fame specials. They were unique, moving, emotional, interesting, and they pulled on your heartstrings and made you feel emotionally connected and really good by the end - you didn't want the movie to end. But in the past few years, Hallmark seems to follow a trite love story template. And "Written in the Stars" follows the same boring template perfectly! Two people who don't know each other accidentally meet in the first 20 minutes of the story. This movie used the "tried and tried and tried again" storyline of "bumping-into-each-other-and-spilling-something-on-the-clothes" meeting scenario. The movie continues the Hallmark template, building the "love interest" with two people pursuing opposing motives while the feelings for each other grow. And they always have the "almost kiss" moment which is interrupted before the kiss can really take place. But then the original motivation is exposed, always about 20 minutes before the end, resulting in a "seeming break up." But in those last few minutes, the "real feelings" come out, the actual kiss occurs, and the credits roll up the screen - another emotionally-deficient and boring Hallmark movie is finally over! Plastic characters, trite plots always scripted from the same template with just subtle differences, and no emotional closure. The only "fun" of watching these movies is being able to guess what's next - to finish some of the actors' lines before they are spoken because they have been used so many times before by Hallmark, or guessing which of the 7 choices the script writers will use for the couple's first meeting, or which of the 3 choices the writers will use for the interrupted kiss, or how the "truth" will come out to get the couple back together. Now I'm not revealing spoilers - Hallmark's movies are so predictable the previous Hallmark movie is a total spoiler for the next Hallmark movie! Sad, but true! And my rating is sad but true.