Blame this on Jake Helgren - he wrote and directed this film. It is the "Plan 9 from Outer Space" of Hallmark movies and Helgren is its Ed Wood.
Almost every scene involves characters who stand in one spot, unmoving, with their arms pressed against their sides as they talk. The result is a movie that doesn't "move;" which contributes to the coma that the viewers slip into. It is terrible DIRECTING. Incredibly amateurish.
And Helgren's screenplay? The bride is a shallow neurotic fragile woman who is unlikable and whom no man would want to be married to. The romantic leads (Best Man and Maid of Honor) have no chemistry, and even worse, have no personality. Their dialogue simply moves the story forward but is boring to listen to. The change of heart by the bride, which saves the wedding, is based on a stupid idea and simply lacks any authenticity or believability.
This movie didn't deliver either of the two essential virtues of a Hallmark film -it had characters that we didn't care about and there was no sense of "fun" as the film progressed through its predictable plot. I don't recall a single scene that had any emotional power - no joy, no sense of romance or happiness or anything.
I gave it 2 stars because the scenes were well lit.
Almost every scene involves characters who stand in one spot, unmoving, with their arms pressed against their sides as they talk. The result is a movie that doesn't "move;" which contributes to the coma that the viewers slip into. It is terrible DIRECTING. Incredibly amateurish.
And Helgren's screenplay? The bride is a shallow neurotic fragile woman who is unlikable and whom no man would want to be married to. The romantic leads (Best Man and Maid of Honor) have no chemistry, and even worse, have no personality. Their dialogue simply moves the story forward but is boring to listen to. The change of heart by the bride, which saves the wedding, is based on a stupid idea and simply lacks any authenticity or believability.
This movie didn't deliver either of the two essential virtues of a Hallmark film -it had characters that we didn't care about and there was no sense of "fun" as the film progressed through its predictable plot. I don't recall a single scene that had any emotional power - no joy, no sense of romance or happiness or anything.
I gave it 2 stars because the scenes were well lit.