I caught this movie when it premiered on Hallmark (11.14.09) and while I expected the typical Hallmark/Lifetime (well maybe not Lifetime these days), I thought the pacing of the movie was too fast. I know they've got a block of time to fit the story, but it's really hard to buy a marriage at the end of the film after what 2 dates? It's the standard story: girl is alone, all of girl's friends are married, girl wants to be married, girl has meddling family member, girl meets two men who are polar opposites, girl has to decide btwn the two, girl chooses. The endings to these types of films are predictable, so in the end, it becomes about the execution. For example, in Hallmark's other new movie Always and Forever, while it's clear what the end will be, the execution of it all and the pacing of the movie made it all believable. I think movies like this work best when the script shows that time has past..that the characters have really gotten to know each other. For example, the guy Stephen, was holding a big secret. We eventually find out why he was so secretive, but there's really no way I or most other women would have let him dodge the subject soooo many times and not said screw it.
I don't want to give any major spoilers, so I will just say that it's an easy-going movie, the cast was great, lots of familiar faces. I just felt that better pacing would have gone a long way to help fill out the storyline.
I don't want to give any major spoilers, so I will just say that it's an easy-going movie, the cast was great, lots of familiar faces. I just felt that better pacing would have gone a long way to help fill out the storyline.