I enjoyed this film tremendously, more than I have enjoyed a Hallmark film in awhile...and it had a few things working against it...like a mental health story and a dyslexia side story, but the overall story and chemistry made those minor dislikes insignificant.
The story is about an American college professor of literature, Joss, who I think is trying to get tenure and has two weeks to turn in her research paper post revisions. She receives a gift of a trip from her deceased mom who passed away just a year ago and from which Joss hasn't really recovered...she still feels like she is missing a piece of herself.
"Loss is a terrible thing, it never completely goes away."
Joss suffers from severe anxiety stemming from the car accident that took her father's life when she was a child. She makes the trip to Cornwall, staying at a sheep farm that her mom grew up on and her grandparents owned...but now she is a guest staying in the old mill house. The current owners are a single father and his mother. His daughter is struggling a bit in school...but is the most precious thing in the movie! She is a real scene stealer and I could listen to her for hours. Her grandmother is a bit cantankerous and is fighting a battle with her son over updating the farm. The son is the love interest who has wonderful chemistry with our lead actress. These two make a wonderfully soft spoken and lovely couple.
My three favorite things about this film were 1) the battle over the proper way to do tea 2) the scenery-which was truly beautiful and 3) the literary references from Oscar Wilde to William Wordsworth!
"It's what you read when you don't have to that determines who you'll be when you can't help it."-Oscar Wilde.
My favorite was the reading of the Wordsworth poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud", the description of daffodils was perfectly suited for the timing here in the Pacific Northwest where the daffodils are dancing in the wind so cheerfully this time of year.
Thank you for this breath of spring and sharing beautiful literature in this romance.
Highly recommend...you will not be sorry if you are a romantic.
"You know how scary that would be?"-Joss
"I know, but you'd have the best wingman."-Daniel.
