Signed Sealed Delivered

Shane (Kristen Booth) is getting her dream job, she thinks. This young lady has been sent to revamp the Postal System's dead letter office in a Western town. But, when she arrives, she learns that it is NOT the job she was promised. Andrea (Daphne Zuniga) the overbearing boss tells S too bad, a transfer takes six weeks. Yet, once Shane actually meets the crew that deals with misplaced letters, Oliver (Eric Mabius) and his two assistants, she learns these folks may have something going in their old-fashioned ways. Most importantly, the group stumbles on a love letter that should have been delivered a year ago. What's more, the woman who wrote it may have a fatal illness and not be able to meet the gentleman she wrote to, making plans for An Affair to Remember type re-union. As Shane and Oliver start to track this woman, they uncover more and more secrets. Since when is the DLO a detective agency? Since always! This darling film was offered from Hallmark and made into a series. Who else in the world is making such great romantic comedies? NO ONE! As the two principals, Mabius and Booth are just terrific but so are the entire rest of the cast. Likewise, the costumes, script, settings, and direction are blue ribbon winners. So, you feel abandoned by Hollywood, right romcom fans? This viewer does which is why she says HOORAY FOR HALLMARK. May this company NEVER disappear from the earth, not with terrific films like this coming time and again.

Both my husband and I enjoyed this movie very much. We didn't know until after we watched it that it was the pilot for a series. We are looking forward to seeing more entertaining stories with this wonderful cast. I don't know if the US Post Office actually has a Dead Letter Office, but the portrayal of this concept was charming.

It is so refreshing in this day and age to have something interesting to watch that doesn't revolve around violence and crime. It had great writing with enough little twists and turns to keep things interesting. We have seen Eric Mabius in other Hallmark movies. He does such a great job. All of the actors were perfectly cast. We highly recommend this movie.

I just watched the movie on DVD and loved it. It was fun and thoughtful. It was also clean, intelligent and entertaining. I actually have relatives who have worked for the Post Office so I could relate to it and the characters both. This kind of movie is a rarity in today's world. (If I hadn't given up T.V. years ago, I might have watched the series.) I usually find Hallmark movies too light and syrupy and unrealistic...but this one was well done. I highly recommend it.

I am excited to have found a little unknown gem like this one, but am extremely bummed out by the fact that nearly no one has experienced this. This, in my opinion is how more films should be, great plot with interwoven stories, great and likeable cast, and just an overall well written and fun film. After seeing this film I remember why I watch all of the mediocre and bad ones, it's to experience something like this. I'm overall just really satisfied with all aspects of this movie. 8/10, if we could go into decimals I might even go so far as to give it an 8.5/10, but I think 8 is a pretty fair score nonetheless. I'd recommend you watch this film if you like stress-free movies, the Mystery genre, or Romcoms.

I love quirky shows. The Librarians. Eureka. Warehouse 13. They take the edge off in an increasingly edgy world, especially in 2020-21. This franchise is definitely quirky, although with this movie it starts out a little more on the normal side than what it is later.

The four principle actors are so good at their roles. If you've seen Eric Mabius in a Hallmark romance movie, you might not recognize him. Oliver is a man of rigid principle and faith. Shane is a woman with tenacity. She too has faith, she just doesn't know it yet. There is a definite future for these two because Mabius and Booth have great chemistry. So many people love Crystal Lowe and she deserves it. I said you wouldn't recognize Mabius in a "normal" movie. Double that for Lowe. Yet she is great in both kinds of roles. Rita is unique. And quirky. Geoff Gustafson has a difficult role because it's not quite clear who Norman Dorman is yet, and even all these years later his character is evolving.

As much as I loved the regular cast, Laci J Mailey and Benjamin Hollingsworth blew me away. Their chemistry was nitroglycerin. I'm really sorry Mailey hasn't been more prominent on Hallmark in recent years, beyond her role on Chesapeake Shores.

There's a mystery to be solved, and the as yet unnamed Postables are on the case. The viewer gets far more information than the Postables should have, but somehow they are more privy to it than should be given the size of the letter. Even the viewer can't quite see everything yet, but the outcomes are predictable. But even if predictable, the viewer can't wait to see it unfold.

There are plot holes galore. I let them pass over me, but I will mention a some. Charlie's lawyer acts like you have to prove innocence rather than establish doubt. Then things don't process through the criminal justice system nearly as fast as it did here. I'm pretty sure all postal employees have a union so Andrea's threats exceed her actual authority. And of course, every episode of SSD is followed with a disclaimer that the movies aren't consistent with USPS procedures. It would be easy to get hung up on these, but if you are willing to let them pass, there is a lot of fun to be had.