Five Gold Rings

Audrey Miller (Holland Roden) is an aspiring artist in Manhattan. She and her mother inherit her grandmother's shop. Her mother would like to keep it, but that would require Audrey to come back to help run the shop. They find a letter from her beachcomber grandmother who liked to return the items she found on the beach. As a final request, she would like Audrey to return five separately uncovered gold rings to their rightful owners before Christmas which is nine days away. She gets help from childhood friend Finn O'Sullivan (Nolan Gerard Funk) who is now a private investigator.

I love the opening premise. I have never imagined this concept. I would still use a few minor changes to make this less clunky. It sets up a quest and a ticking clock. It should be an exciting mystery solving search, but these two are so slow. They even spend time to build a snowman. Their leisurely pace doesn't indicate a sense of urgency. That defeats the purpose of the clock. They need to up the tension and the chemistry will come as a result. The movie flatlines and everything falls flat. I guess Hallmark could never do any intensity.