Hearts of Spring

While I like the idea of Hallmark doing it's own twist on classics like, Shop Around the Corner and You've Got Mail (a remake done right), it's hard to look past the horrible choice of lead actress. Her exaggerated, over-acting makes it excruciating to watch. Worst movie I've watched in a long time and I don't mind an occasional so-bad-it's-good kind of movie. Definitely a forgettable, never watch again movie, so don't bother.

I do not think that Lisa Whelchel was too old for this role and that he, Paul Shanks should be cast with someone waaaaay younger, I really don't agree with you.

Geesh, she was ONLY a 53 year old mother to a 18 year old daughter! AND I'll do the math for you: she was ONLY THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OLD when she had this fictional child!

LIKE WOW, GIVE ME A BREAK. Or moreover, give us women a break, unless you are a woman, and then shame on you.

BTW, If the subject of women aging is the only thing that you can put most of your focus on, it's gotta be a touchy subject for you, yourself.

Bye Felicia.

The leads are likable. Michael Shanks is great, as always, Lisa Whelchel does a good job, and the supporting cast is strong. The main problem is the writing which is sophomoric at best, with one dimensional characters, contrived conflicts, no chemistry between the leads, shallow parenting advice from both sides, and more trite clichés than I can count. I have seen many Hallmark movies, I understand the genre, and I am generally lenient in my criticism, but this is one of the worst, if not THE worst, that I have seen. I'll give it three stars only because the cast really tries, but they simply cannot rise above the insipid writing.

They have to stop casting Lisa with younger guys! Love Michael Shanks and watch everything he's in but casting him as the love interest of Lisa is all wrong! She is 7.5 yrs older than him but looks even older than that! He's good looking and seems younger than his age! Please cast him with someone good looking and someone nearer his age! Obnoxious kids and would be suitors did not endear this movie to me. Start casting Lisa as the mother of adults and a grandma---she would be better suited for those roles.

If you can watch this movie without yelling, "Get over yourself!" to the leads then you are a better person than I am. Besides somewhat unlikable leads, I think the other pitfall of the movie is that it relegates many of the interactions between the leads to online exchanges. Does anyone enjoy a split screen of characters typing to each other?