Country at Heart

I have seen this movie three times now. It really good, the scenery was beautiful. Niall Matter is one of my favorite , he and Jessy Schram were wonderful together. Lucas Bryant was really good on his part . The movie is relaxing and the story is nice.

I am a Niall Matter fan and a Jessy Schram fan so this had a little bit more going for it. Add a plot that is a bit off the usual template, and it should have been a big winner. It wasn't. But it was definitely above average. The Lucas Bryant plot line was interesting and added a bit of suspense. Was he going to be even a bigger jerk than he started off as, or would he turn over a new leaf? An 8 star and above Hallmark, for me, is one I will watch again. This did not earn that 8th star. Perhaps it was the lack of humor. Lack of focus? Lack of a really bad villain or real charm in the characters. The characters were lack-luster. Not talking about the actors.

And one more thing. Jessy is a TERRIBLE singer. But I seem to be in the minority opinion there. When she was doing her audition, I thought they were making her bad on purpose for the plot. But nope. Niall wasn't great either, but he wasn't really supposed to be.

If so there was times,it felt as though she was lip syncing. Sure it probably was to her studio recordings for sound purposes,but still felt artificial & off. Not sure how a decision is made on casting,but if it's a movie on singing & so forth.. You can't find actors that not only look good on screen,but have the talent for selling you on the storyline? Have liked these actors previous,just feel the movie could of been great. So far.. This years Fall movies,haven't been worthy.

I wasn't crazy about this one at first so I skipped through a lot of it. The ending however, was good, it made me go back and watch it again start to finish and it grew on me. A lot of people slamming Jesse on her singing but why don't you try singing harmony and see how well you do. It's worth watching, maybe even twice

Woman returns to her hometown but.... doesn't open a candle shop or a bakery and big plus....Wait for it.........it's not Christmas either! Watchable but still predictable. There's far worse out there