Eric Mabius (Oliver O'Toole), Kristin Booth (Shane Mcinerney), Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (Rita Haywith), and Geoff Gustafson (Norman Dorman) are back in one of the more endearing entries in the Signed, Sealed and Delivered series. This film has not one but four love stories to follow, starting with a historical one possibly involving Lincoln and his first love who passed away before the two could be together. It demonstrates an early American homemade valentine and she got the idea because it was all the rage in Europe. The second story involves a post office box that blew up 15 years prior...and a confession of murder. Then it's on to our two postable couples, Oliver makes a homemade valentine invitation for Shane, but unfortunately she doesn't get it in time which leads to confusion as Oliver thinks she is pretending she didn't get it in order to avoid conflict. Then there is Norman and Rita who are both excited to spend their first Valentine's Day together...until unforeseen events catapult Rita into traveling for Miss Special Delivery and when interviewed for a national broadcast she claims to be single...which just breaks Norman's heart.
The show runner's of this series have an amazing way of putting you through all of the emotion in the best way possible. I thought I was going to make it through the entire film without crying...and then they got me, I was crying by the end. I like the use of soft jazz and cinematography to let the story breathe.
I am a big postables fan. I love the history and the little lessons on etiquette and the United States post office. It is a beautiful reminiscence of a time gone by. I like that Oliver wears nice suits that make him look distinguished. Shane has her own professional style that has me eyeing sheath dresses again! And that brings me to Rita, who with her Vintage inspired wardrobe is a girl after my own heart! Kudos to the set design and costume design teams!
