A Little Daytime Drama

As always, Hallmark did a cute movie. Something easy to watch with a love story.

I like the 2 lead actors and like most everything they are in. This movie fell flat. They had zero chemistry. Linda Dano was great in this. Overall, I feel Hallmark needs a new angle on their movies. It's just the same old same old. I know people like the predictability. I do too but these movies are beginning to be cringe worthy.

Hallmark has been doing more stories lately about people involved in making TV shows. Many have been a Reality Show theme, but this focuses on a daytime Soap which is a bit new. Interesting given Jen Lilly's background.

The story is OK, but no big highs or lows or surprises. The conflict arises out of a stupid misunderstanding which really didn't add up.

If Lilly and Paevey had chemistry, it wasn't obvious. They had the friends thing going, but the romance factor was low.

The background music over takes the dialogue. It makes it difficult to understand the soft voices and the nuances in this cute story.

If it weren't for Linda Dano I'd have rated this movie a 5. I always enjoy Jen Lilley and she seems to be able to create chemistry with most of her costars. Not this time. Ryan Paevey looks like he's about to kiss his sister every time he leans in to her or tries to look interested. He had more chemistry with his buddy Zach at the coffee shop than he did with Jen Lilley. But it's a cute movie with an otherwise decent cast. Linda Dano made it for me. She's a great actress and really fun to watch. I hope Hallmark uses her more often. Every movie they make has some older female as the mom, aunt, mentor, business owner or doctor so they should have plenty of parts for her.