Love, Take Two

I have no clue why this is being passed off as a new movie on Hallmark. It wasn't I saw this in either 2017 or 2018. I love Hallmark movie addicted and I have seen almost all of them if not all of them. This isn't your normal cheesy one. I love cheesy movies. This is cute. It was nice to see some new faces besides the Hallmark regulars that star in. This movie isn't that memorable. It's not bad movie by a long shot but this was more of a drama romance. If you are looking for a light hearted cheesy comedy romance this is definitely not it. I was bored with it. It's not my cup of tea with hallmark movies. If you like rom-coms this definitely isn't it. I personally wouldn't watch it again.. It's more like a one and done. If I wasn't a loyal Hallmark fan I would have shut it off. It just ended up being background noise while I waited for something else to come on.

The main motif, in my case, to see this film was the appreciation for BJ Harrison. The story itself is not very inspired crafted, the main actors are beautiful and, in some measure, this is enough, the critic moment is so forced and the end sounds pretty fake.

An ex, a TV show, few couples being frame for a single competitor pair who becomes not a pair, irony about virtual media obsession and familiar figures from Hallmark universe.

And the fair- nice- correct performance of BJ Harrison as mother of pretty confuse groom.

Nothing more except a bad used idealism and not so credible relation between characters.

What bride is going to take her boyfriends ex-girlfriend dress shopping???

Who makes this stuff up ?

Finally, a Hallmark movie that folks can relate to! Most of their cookie-cutter flicks are so over the top unreal and the acting boring or bad or both but, there was almost none of that this time around. Cornelius Smith, Jr of course is a great actor and though I had never heard of Heather Hemmens before, I found her performance pleasant and realistic. Given that the ex boyfriend was about to marry someone else on the show produced by the character Heather portrays, the restraint in their passion was believable. However, their feelings were definitely brooding underneath the surface. The interaction between the lead actor and his friend/best man felt so natural -like they'd actually been friends for a substantial part of their lives. It was fine that there was no drama between Lily and Brynn because in real life there isn't always turmoil between ex girlfriend and current girlfriend. If you want that kind of drama I suggest you watch The Bold and the Beautiful. The actress who played the ex boyfriend's mother was charming. I wish Hallmark would give Leanne Lapp or Casey Manderson the lead in one of their films already. As long as Alicia Witt doesn't star I do like the majority of Hallmark's productions and all in all this film was a delight to watch.

Good, clean romance. It's got a love triangle, but it's not like she's going through terrible agony watching him be with another woman. The two leads are able to enjoy sincere friendship with an undercurrent of romantic spark, which they don't try to pursue until the end. In the meantime, she is figuring out what career path she wants to take for the future, and he is figuring out that he and his fiance aren't right for each other.

And I like that the fiance isn't a terrible person. She has positive energy and is very nice to the ex-girlfriend. She never broods in jealousy or paranoia. She, too, is figuring out that she and her fiance aren't right for each other.

This movie also avoids the cliches of having the female lead spill coffee on him, or fall off a ladder into his arms. And there's no forced misunderstanding or jumping to conclusions in the third act. It's a nice movie about three good people figuring out what they really want.