mccabe-shannon
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The best part of this was the great chemistry between Kevin and Taylor. They look great together but there was a believable connection, not too overdone or scripted.
Another thing I liked about this one was that it was a hidden identity much like we get with secret royals and heirs in other movies, but this one didn't turn it into the 20 minutes left just before the 2nd to last commercial break conflict. In fact, that didn't really exist and it was so refreshing!
While it was big city vs small town there wasn't a huge issue on who is staying who is going long distance nonsense. It's purely that a small town can brighten the heart of the season.
They didn't do enough to explain really why he had to be the lawyer other than just tax breaks of gifting which he wouldn't need to actually help if that's the case. Also, cardinal rule of lawyers was broken- don't get romantically involved with your clients. I'll forgive it this time.
I thought all of the side characters were great, especially the mom and diner owner. The town is cute and it wasn't too over done town traditions (minus her as the elf but that wasn't too overplayed either).
I thought this was really well done for a hallmark movie. It was just missing a certain pizzazz that kept it from a higher rating that I save for my favorite of the year each year.
I would watch it again and I think the quality of the acting and absence of certain overdone cliches raise it above the average hallmark movie.
Another thing I liked about this one was that it was a hidden identity much like we get with secret royals and heirs in other movies, but this one didn't turn it into the 20 minutes left just before the 2nd to last commercial break conflict. In fact, that didn't really exist and it was so refreshing!
While it was big city vs small town there wasn't a huge issue on who is staying who is going long distance nonsense. It's purely that a small town can brighten the heart of the season.
They didn't do enough to explain really why he had to be the lawyer other than just tax breaks of gifting which he wouldn't need to actually help if that's the case. Also, cardinal rule of lawyers was broken- don't get romantically involved with your clients. I'll forgive it this time.
I thought all of the side characters were great, especially the mom and diner owner. The town is cute and it wasn't too over done town traditions (minus her as the elf but that wasn't too overplayed either).
I thought this was really well done for a hallmark movie. It was just missing a certain pizzazz that kept it from a higher rating that I save for my favorite of the year each year.
I would watch it again and I think the quality of the acting and absence of certain overdone cliches raise it above the average hallmark movie.
Overall I enjoyed this movie and I thought it was cast really well. Katie Findlay has started to do more HM movies and I really like her in certain things (the bridge movies were really great if you haven't seen those).
As a Chicago lawyer who happens to live in Elmhurst it added a personal level. But as one could assume, a lot of annoyances as well. Obviously, as with nearly all of these movies they don't film where they are set and as that's the case here, why not pick another town? First, many people who live in Elmhurst commute daily to Chicago for work, it's like 16 miles not hours away as they make it sound they have to make it a trip. Also there is no historic library. The downtown area is really cute and would make for a great movie! But this isn't a city vs small town decision, it's 30 min no traffic home from work 50k person town outside of the city.
The last few years there seems to be a bit more of this theme of what you may have missed out on type of thoughts and I really like them. This one does it well. For the high rating for Hm movies I'm surprised it's not on Hallmark+ or on demand or even played more often. It should be.
The overall production value seemed a bit lacking but it wasn't all too distracting in this instance.
Check it out.
As a Chicago lawyer who happens to live in Elmhurst it added a personal level. But as one could assume, a lot of annoyances as well. Obviously, as with nearly all of these movies they don't film where they are set and as that's the case here, why not pick another town? First, many people who live in Elmhurst commute daily to Chicago for work, it's like 16 miles not hours away as they make it sound they have to make it a trip. Also there is no historic library. The downtown area is really cute and would make for a great movie! But this isn't a city vs small town decision, it's 30 min no traffic home from work 50k person town outside of the city.
The last few years there seems to be a bit more of this theme of what you may have missed out on type of thoughts and I really like them. This one does it well. For the high rating for Hm movies I'm surprised it's not on Hallmark+ or on demand or even played more often. It should be.
The overall production value seemed a bit lacking but it wasn't all too distracting in this instance.
Check it out.