Save the Wedding

Probably the most insipid, inane and imbecilic tv movie Hallmark has ever produced.

The script sounds as if it were written by a bunch of 13-year old girls at a sleepover. And they agreed to direct it themselves by consensus.

Blame this on Jake Helgren - he wrote and directed this film. It is the "Plan 9 from Outer Space" of Hallmark movies and Helgren is its Ed Wood.

Almost every scene involves characters who stand in one spot, unmoving, with their arms pressed against their sides as they talk. The result is a movie that doesn't "move;" which contributes to the coma that the viewers slip into. It is terrible DIRECTING. Incredibly amateurish.

And Helgren's screenplay? The bride is a shallow neurotic fragile woman who is unlikable and whom no man would want to be married to. The romantic leads (Best Man and Maid of Honor) have no chemistry, and even worse, have no personality. Their dialogue simply moves the story forward but is boring to listen to. The change of heart by the bride, which saves the wedding, is based on a stupid idea and simply lacks any authenticity or believability.

This movie didn't deliver either of the two essential virtues of a Hallmark film -it had characters that we didn't care about and there was no sense of "fun" as the film progressed through its predictable plot. I don't recall a single scene that had any emotional power - no joy, no sense of romance or happiness or anything.

I gave it 2 stars because the scenes were well lit.

Several of the recent summer movies have been poor, but this is truly awful. The writing is junior high level at best and the acting is bottom of the barrel. Who on earth thought this should be televised????

First, I enjoy Hallmark movies and grade them on a curve. I'm very forgiving. But this movie was difficult to watch (although it was apparently produced outside Hallmark's normal production system). The bride to be went back and forth between being pleasant and easy going to whiny and irrational. Her fiancé did NOTHING wrong but she kept threatening to call off the wedding just because the wedding plans went off track (through no fault of her fiancé). Good luck handling REAL marriage problems Bridezilla.

Her best friend/wedding planner Meg tried to be a good friend, but it was aggravating listening to her constantly snap at and insult the best man like he was a rotten child. She walked around with an air of superiority that was completely off putting. And that lady who overbooked the wedding venue and didn't realize it until the weekend of the wedding?? And the cake maker who lost track of the cake order? Really? Having the chalet spontaneously explode would be more believable than it being double booked for a reunion.

Meg's parents were awkward and weird during their rehearsal dinner speech. The bride's future mother in law was a caricature who barked at her for no reason. And the bride avoided the only bridesmaid who showed up (granted she was also annoying). And what about the romantic outdoor movie experience with a big screen and a concession stand? The bridesmaid and the other guest staying at the house were told they couldn't watch, but Meg and the best man could, while loudly arguing over how to eat a hot dog. And did anyone notice they were all watching a blank screen?

Meg would behave in ways even a teenager would know was inappropriate. Working on her laptop (??!) during the opening of gifts at a shower? Who would do that?. She also took a call and walked away during her best friend's speech at the rehearsal dinner. What ??? It wasn't even her big new client who wanted a huge wedding on just a month's notice, it was her boss looking for some meaningless reassurance after hours at night. Meg couldn't wait to return the after hours call a few minutes later? And put the phone on silent? Really? We get it, she's BUSY and has a lot of work trying to plan a wedding for some celeb who thinks it's realistic to have a lavish 500 person wedding with fire dancers with just a month of planning. But that was all just lazy writing.

Give me Bridal Wave, Wedding Every Weekend, or even A Country Wedding with the annoying Jesse Metcalfe (that dude always looks constipated). There are sooooo many better Hallmark movies.

Literally no one was worth rooting for. Every character was abysmal. I vehemently deleted it off the DVR wishing I could get the same satisfaction in doing so as I once did from slamming down a telephone.