I looked forward to this because I have enjoyed some Hallmark movies by each of the leads here. But at 37 minutes of the 2 hour broadcast time I looked at the clock and thought - give up or stick it out? Fortunately the torture didn't go on much longer after that.
I guess obnoxious stupidity passes for humor, but it just turns me off. The characters even noted how obnoxious Vanessa was acting. It's one of the more commonly overused themes that one of the leads has a job on the line, so that didn't help.
Then all of a sudden, Vanessa starts acting a little more normal and Martin becomes far more charitable to her than I would have been. The writers justified this because Martin needed help with his Founder's Day event (another overused theme). He unloads the token embarrassing task that she's not dressed for it, but then they hit it off.
From that point the stars got a chance to connect at least a little and the story gets better. Still no real highs or lows. There isn't a lot of tension other than each of them dealing with career things.
As the two of them advise each other on life choices, we meet another overused theme. Go for your dream. Wish I had a nickel for every time that one comes up or for that matter every time any of these overused themes are crammed into these movies.
To sum it up, after a horrid start, the movie gets so-so and is saturated with the same old subplots as all the other Hallmark movies. Very disappointing.
I guess obnoxious stupidity passes for humor, but it just turns me off. The characters even noted how obnoxious Vanessa was acting. It's one of the more commonly overused themes that one of the leads has a job on the line, so that didn't help.
Then all of a sudden, Vanessa starts acting a little more normal and Martin becomes far more charitable to her than I would have been. The writers justified this because Martin needed help with his Founder's Day event (another overused theme). He unloads the token embarrassing task that she's not dressed for it, but then they hit it off.
From that point the stars got a chance to connect at least a little and the story gets better. Still no real highs or lows. There isn't a lot of tension other than each of them dealing with career things.
As the two of them advise each other on life choices, we meet another overused theme. Go for your dream. Wish I had a nickel for every time that one comes up or for that matter every time any of these overused themes are crammed into these movies.
To sum it up, after a horrid start, the movie gets so-so and is saturated with the same old subplots as all the other Hallmark movies. Very disappointing.