Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Really like the more subtle and adult chemistry between Alison and Victor---the last few with Cameron had stilted fights and weird patronizing energy that doesn't work with now middle aged people. Almost feels like writer are using Barbara and sister characters to deal with more "silly" antics of the earlier seasons? Maybe lean into the characters growing over time and maintain the charm of bakery murders? This coupling has my vote over the forced chemistry of yore---this does read more natural. Also like the Easter eggs of introducing characters in episodes that become more central in later episodes, the rival actor in this episode and British prof in preceding episodes.

Another Hannah Swensen Mystery ruined by Barbara Niven's character. These are supposed to be Hallmark style murder mysteries, but it doesn't really know what it is. It's Hannah and her family, Hannah and her staff, Hannah and the Sheriff's Dept., Hannah and the DA... The cast has gotten too large and the comedic elements aren't really funny.

It was better when it was Hannah and a detective that focused on a case, now there are subplots running. The bread and butter of writers are relationship stories, but this is a crime drama and they need writers who know how to write that genre. Who green lights these multi-movie series, they don't work. I think that Hallmark has run out of steam, I expect to hear one day soon they've been bought out or sold off.

Hannah Swenson (Allison Sweeney) is back in "A Pie To Die For" on Hallmark. Sweeney is a charming actress. Her character runs a bakery, The Cookie Jar.

This series Murder, She Baked can be classified as cozy mysteries. They're light, amusing, and have good energy.

In this film, the favorite local actress is found murdered when Hannah delivers her pies for a party. She of course is all over the murder scene and involved in whodunit. Her mother (Barbara Niven) was a rival of the actress and becomes a suspect.

Victor Webster is slowly becoming Hannah's latest love interest. They make a good couple.

My only problem is that the series at some point became dependent on Barbara Niven as Hannah's zany mother. This time it was toned down, a little. I know Allison Sweeney finds her hilarious, and she is a wonderful and fun actress, but the character has been an author, a private detective, and now an actress. It gets to be too much.

This was good, and the romance is starting to ramp up. I will say when your dieting its not a great show. Hannah's baked goods are mouthwatering!

While ke both Alison Sweeney and Victor. Webster, the characters just don't have the same fit as Hannah and Mike did. Hannah's cat, who liked no one in the past, is now everybody's best friend. I'm not sure how many names Delores gave Hannah, but she's gone from calling her Hannah Joann in " Just Desserts " to Hannah Louise in " A Pie To Die For". Andrea's last name has changed from Todd to something else. Since Alison is credited as an author on this episode, shouldn't someone have been checking for consistency through the history of the series?

Again, Delores's character is outsized and needs revamping. Delores has gone from scatterbrained and pushy, trying to control her daughters, to being off the rails with the PI stuff. There is some consistency with Delores though- she's always more than a bit of a diva!

It was hard to watch this movie. I felt like it was drowning in bad bleach jobs and really really bad hair extensions.

Another problem I had was with the three Central actors Alison Sweeny and Victor Websters are well past their "Hallmark Leads" period. They are both so long in the tooth they could more effectively play the PARENTS of the characters they played. Webster was lethargic. Through the entire movie he acted bored and very blase'.

Barbara Niven is scary to watch with her mass of bad hair extensions and affectations.

This could have been an enjoyable movie with any other set of Hallmark Actors.