7.5 stars.
I saw Emily Osment in 'Young and Hungry' several years back. I was wondering where she went, so it's nice to see her again.
I like this movie because the leads have good chemistry, and all the cast are superb. It's good that they utilize so many characters to tell the story, it adds to the variety. The director was meticulous getting this one to come out just right for the audience. Everything meets the usual Hallmark standards, and I'm quite satisfied. Initially my impression was 8.0 stars. But as time progressed the overall rating was reduced due to several minor annoyances.
That being said: the ending was really awesome, and I really appreciated the character development of all the main personalities. If not for the few bothersome factors, this would be a yearly watched movie.
Hallmark was one of the last bastions where I could see something that doesn't have to make a statement for political correctness. If you feel that gays are under-represented, then at least make it proportional. I hope people realize that putting a gay couple in half the Hallmark productions is not realistic. Gays comprise about 2% of the population of western culture (according to some articles).
The next unrealistic representation and the exact opposite of "woke" is the ridiculous notion that the groom-to-be would change the wedding venue as a surprise. In the western world this would never happen. Maybe it happens in places like India where arranged marriages are still a societal norm, or in communist nations where equality is NON-EXISTENT. In a despotic country the word "woke" might pertain to a tyrant allowing a human to say something in public other than "God save the king". In that country humans have no freedom or rights whatsoever anyways. Meanwhile we have nothing better to do in western society than to fight for freedom to call ourselves by our preferred pronoun? People are dying 'round the world for food, and freedom. If you want to represent something in Hallmark films, then make it for those poor souls who actually understand what it means to suffer.
I saw Emily Osment in 'Young and Hungry' several years back. I was wondering where she went, so it's nice to see her again.
I like this movie because the leads have good chemistry, and all the cast are superb. It's good that they utilize so many characters to tell the story, it adds to the variety. The director was meticulous getting this one to come out just right for the audience. Everything meets the usual Hallmark standards, and I'm quite satisfied. Initially my impression was 8.0 stars. But as time progressed the overall rating was reduced due to several minor annoyances.
That being said: the ending was really awesome, and I really appreciated the character development of all the main personalities. If not for the few bothersome factors, this would be a yearly watched movie.
Hallmark was one of the last bastions where I could see something that doesn't have to make a statement for political correctness. If you feel that gays are under-represented, then at least make it proportional. I hope people realize that putting a gay couple in half the Hallmark productions is not realistic. Gays comprise about 2% of the population of western culture (according to some articles).
The next unrealistic representation and the exact opposite of "woke" is the ridiculous notion that the groom-to-be would change the wedding venue as a surprise. In the western world this would never happen. Maybe it happens in places like India where arranged marriages are still a societal norm, or in communist nations where equality is NON-EXISTENT. In a despotic country the word "woke" might pertain to a tyrant allowing a human to say something in public other than "God save the king". In that country humans have no freedom or rights whatsoever anyways. Meanwhile we have nothing better to do in western society than to fight for freedom to call ourselves by our preferred pronoun? People are dying 'round the world for food, and freedom. If you want to represent something in Hallmark films, then make it for those poor souls who actually understand what it means to suffer.