Hearts Down Under

...please note this was a Netflix film. Hallmark just bought and retooled it a year later to fill out the schedule.

Just a nice and easy simple tale of love and caring. Magnificently set in Redcliffe, Brisbane and New York City. A little corny in parts but that's life.

This follows a well worn plotline. Woman takes hiatus from her regular job (owner of a restaurant) to deal with a sentimental inheritance, this time in Australia. The guy she has to work with becomes more than a employee/co-worker. The last part of the movie is predictable.

I don't think Cincy Busby is effective as an arrogant, critical boss. It didn't seem like she really meant it. The arrogance comes out a few times but seems softened by a lack of conviction. I didn't think she and Tim Ross had much chemistry.

The movie has a hard time making it clear exactly what Nathanial is although he is clearly a rival in the sense of an existing something (?? - boyfriend, fiance). The final confrontation scene between Nathanial and Caroline is quick and pointless except to precipitate the conflict between the leads. It was pointless, because another event would have been quite enough to accomplish that plot point.

Actually, I thought the story had several clumsy moments.

I know this movie as "Hearts Down Under" in the U. S., listed as an original Hallmark movie.

It's a typical, traditional Hallmark movie. Boy and girl meet and fall in love at first sight, tension arises due to some outside issue, they both realize how silly they are, one runs back to the other and confesses their stupidity, and they live and love happily ever after.

I've seen the Aussie actors in Australian shows so I was very happy to see they didn't use Americans trying to do fake accents. I hate that.

While this isn't a blockbuster rom com, it is a feel good one, so those of you complaining about the acting obviously don't get the Hallmark channel or, if you do, you don't watch it. Almost all of their movies are like this. If you want light and airy movies you can turn on while doing something else, these are the movies to watch.

It's a cute movie where boy meets girl and they fall in love. The nice thing is it's in a beautiful setting in another country. Hallmark has only just recently started spending money on filming in more countries outside of Canada and the U. S. This is a welcome change.

A typical Hallmark movie but even more cheesy than normal and with lots and lots of plot holes. As another reviewer said "Busby is awful, she plays the same character in all of her films". There is absolutely zero chemistry between the leads (and it feels like we missed something because all of the sudden there's love when just moments ago the characters hated each other). The plot is obviously predictable from the first minutes. The argument is lousy and the "final conflict" part is just too rushed and just strange. The cooking, ocean and the Australians are nice though. Really liked the girl playing Beth.

I normally like Hallmark romances but this one was too boring and weird (like, all was too unbelievable). Would not recommend nor watch again.