The Vows We Keep

I like Hallmark recommitting itself to serious family films under its Movies & Mysteries banner. It is a nice break from TV mystery reruns, although new Hallmark Signature mysteries are always welcome.

Leave the fluffy, formulaic romances on regular Hallmark and give this service more depth.

They are off to a fair start.

The new Hallmark movies are tripping all over themselves trying to appease the woke crowd by being super "inclusive." In this movie the "romance" is so forced it's ridiculous. The love connection that is supposed to happen is obvious form the first scene and it just falls flat. Plunk. But at least the production company can say they tried and check off that box.

The reviewer mamachikn captures many of my thoughts. Decent acting. The premise of selling the family business is common, but after that the details are done a bit differently. The dialogue is just ok. There is some beautiful scenary.

Fiona Gubelmann and Antonio Cayonne have an understated chemistry. It's there, but it's quiet.

This is a story about family, especially sisters. We have two sets of sisters, one set starts out estranged and the other models the ideal. As a result of the emphasis on those relationships, the romance story doesn't get as much attention as some viewers may be used to.

Loved all the characters but the only decent relationship was the sisters. No romance at all. The best story was with the two older sisters. There could have been much more with them. Basically, good acting and bad execution with the story.

I really like Fiona Gubelmann and wanted to love this movie. It was nice but not much of a romance. The settings were beautiful but the constant obstacles plot has been used so many times that it ended up kind of boring. The lead actor is a great second lead as a best friend but he doesn't act like a romantic lead. There were no sparks at all between the two leads. They seemed like brother and sister until the very last minute of the movie. And one more thing- worst boutonnière ever on the dad's tuxedo.