Love Under the Rainbow

As it often is, in a Hallmark movie, one of the leads is a singke parent. In this case David Hayd-Jones plays a widower. Jodie Sweetin plays his daughter's teacher. Of course they have a meet-cute and then keep on bumping into each other. All in all, it's a pretty standard Hallmark movie. But with really solid performances from the leads, this movie does its job and leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy afterwards.

There were inconsistencies with personality traits, actions, and facts about Sophie and how old she is supposed to be, along with things that just didn't make sense. Also, I was confused about where this town was supposed to be located. I think Jodie Sweetin played her character perfectly, though, despite some poor writing regarding the classroom situations (including but not limited to the cell phone in class and chaotic field trip). Overall it's a sweet and interesting story.

Like all Hallmark movies you know what you're getting. That's why I love these movies. Dakota Guppy and Jodie Sweetin are the standouts in this movie. Her interest in her students is great. She shows she cares about each of them and makes them feel welcome especially new students. I really enjoyed this story,characters and directing. The cinematography. Definitely check this one out!

This is a slight (running at only 80 mins) but engaging Hallmark film, with a nice central performance from Jodie Sweetin.

I thought both the central characters were believable, and that there were some lovely moments.

The only thing I would say though is that while we got a sense as to why the male lead might be cautious about entering into a relationship, other than being told "you've been hurt before", we never really knew about Jodie Sweetin's characters past. Perhaps if the film had been a tad longer we might have.

Overall, very nice.

The plot on this one is pretty weak. He's a widower whose daughter is obsessed with rainbows, they run into each other a lot, including her being the daughter's teacher. The CGI rainbows and everyone's weird obsession with them is pretty cloying and completely silly. Although he keeps avoiding the topic of rainbows, leading my boyfriend to theorize "Rainbows killed my wife!" Alas, the truth was not as interesting or compelling. But Jodie Sweetin and David Haydn-Jones are great together, their chemistry is palpable and they keep the weak script flowing enjoyably. Put these two in a better movie, Hallmark!