This is a made-for-TV movie and we saw it on the Hallmark channel this week. It is about an ambitious and successful young woman who is a magazine editor, and is also engaged to be married to an older wealthy businessman who, among other things, owns the magazine. They seem to have "consistent goals" but we, the audience, don't see any passion in their relationship. It resembles a business relationship.
Just turned 40 Laura Leighton is 30-something Cate Madighan, never married, bright and successful business woman. We see in a flashback scene that after her mother died when Cate was only 9, her dad put her with relatives so she could grow up properly. He vowed to return to her, and told her to write in her journal every day, and she could read the entries to him when he returned.
But dad never returned and Cate meanwhile pursued her career in New York City. When she got the news her dad had died, she was sad, but the story really kicked into motion when her dad's ashes showed up in her office, along with the request that she scatter them at a certain place on an island off the coast of Massachusetts, while two old friends sang an Irish song.
Cate wanted no part of this, but then decided that she didn't want to follow her dad's lead, and be non-responsive, so she traveled to complete his final request.
This is not a particularly novel story, but the actors are good to watch.
SPOILERS: The trip "back home" opened Cate's eyes to a number of things. Her dad cared for her more than she ever realized after reading letters he had written to his friends. She also met Sebastian Spence as Connor Bailey, who had traveled the world then settled back in this small community to practice law because that was more important to him. Connor and Cate became good friends, then more. Cate realized she did NOT want to live the life she and the older man had outlined, including NO CHILDREN. It looked like she and Connor were destined to become a couple. A side story was Cate's need to settle an old feud between the two old friends so that they would agree to sing together again. Connor was helpful in that resolution.
Just turned 40 Laura Leighton is 30-something Cate Madighan, never married, bright and successful business woman. We see in a flashback scene that after her mother died when Cate was only 9, her dad put her with relatives so she could grow up properly. He vowed to return to her, and told her to write in her journal every day, and she could read the entries to him when he returned.
But dad never returned and Cate meanwhile pursued her career in New York City. When she got the news her dad had died, she was sad, but the story really kicked into motion when her dad's ashes showed up in her office, along with the request that she scatter them at a certain place on an island off the coast of Massachusetts, while two old friends sang an Irish song.
Cate wanted no part of this, but then decided that she didn't want to follow her dad's lead, and be non-responsive, so she traveled to complete his final request.
This is not a particularly novel story, but the actors are good to watch.
SPOILERS: The trip "back home" opened Cate's eyes to a number of things. Her dad cared for her more than she ever realized after reading letters he had written to his friends. She also met Sebastian Spence as Connor Bailey, who had traveled the world then settled back in this small community to practice law because that was more important to him. Connor and Cate became good friends, then more. Cate realized she did NOT want to live the life she and the older man had outlined, including NO CHILDREN. It looked like she and Connor were destined to become a couple. A side story was Cate's need to settle an old feud between the two old friends so that they would agree to sing together again. Connor was helpful in that resolution.