This is a charming but pretty typical Hallmark-type movie (actually distributed by PixL, but made by Larry Levinson who made these movies before the channel existed). It proceeds along nicely with a leading lady, Claire, who is attractive in more than just looks; a sympathetic underdog male lead, Henry; and the existing boyfriend, Rich, who reminds you of the high school jock/bully that likely terrorized Henry in those days.
There are several well used plot devices and in general terms the movie is very predictable. Yet it is still enjoyable until the climax. Then it ends fantastically but I won't say any more about that except that from that point to the final scene I loved it. I think much of the appeal earlier on was in the chemistry between Haley Webb and Callard Harris, neither one of whom do I remember seeing before.
There were two side stories. One is Henry's mom and a long ago friend of hers. The other is Tom and Lily. Both side stories add a little bit to the overall story since each in it's own way has similarities to the main story. Yet neither takes away too much attention from Henry and Claire's story.
Some BTW comments that have nothing to do with my rating: 1 - the blackmail made no sense since revealing the secret would have made the blackmailer's position worse and he would have known that. 2 - Henry's mom, played by Eva LaRue was distractingly attractive for a 28 year old's mom. My first impression of her was that she was as physically attractive as Claire, or at least nearly so. 3 - the "slide show" was particularly strange as a salute to the mom since it included several photos that had nothing to do with her and more to do with someone else.
