Reviews

Brant and Kimberly Daugherty are one of my favorite movie couples!

I found this film to be very relatable and on trend with how people are currently living their lives. Many people are now taking time away from their busy schedules and opting for away trips where they can enjoy the peace that being in nature brings. And with the allure of "glamping" more people than ever have been attracted to and are enjoying the great outdoors.

Being in the great outdoors might not be for everybody like the main character displays, but as this movie showcases no matter who you are with a little effort we can all learn to see the value of nature and respect it. I love the deeper message this movie has to offer.

Also, loved the dog at the end!

My favorite quote from this movie is "So on a scale of one to ten, how excited are you for this hike? And why is it a ten?" I thought that line was incredibly charming especially as a way of putting someone at ease. It's an original line and kudos to whoever wrote it.

I love how the movie started and ended with the same words being spoken. It ended on a peaceful note. And the music playing throughout the movie makes me nostalgic for a hometown I didn't grow up in.

All in all I think this was a good movie. It didn't move as fast pace as I would have liked, but that wasn't the point of the film. The only real issue I had with the film was that some parts were hard to understand. Like how did K. C. originally meet Senator Atwood? There was a lot to take in during that conversation and it made me feel like I missed something important.

And I won't give away too much, but I did think the movie had the best ending for K. C. and Tyler's relationship. That's exactly how I would have wanted it to end.

And props to the person in charge of giving a title to this film 'Cosmic Radio' is the perfect fit.

I'm so glad I didn't listen to the negative reviews. I think this movie is absolutely adorable. I don't know much about indigenous culture and folklore, but I'm glad I'm taking the time to learn. I think the characters had depth and quite a few reminded me of people I've come across on my own path.

From the very moment when the tribal shaman rejected the plea of his fellow tribesmen and forcefully said "remember the spirits speak to me" while the rest of the tribe went hungry and had no idea that he was the reason they had nothing to eat due to him upsetting the spirits I knew I was in for a good movie.

The music throughout the film is also really peaceful and made me feel at ease. The story itself is an inspirational one and I'm glad I took the time to enjoy it!

My favorite part of this film was the scene where one of the characters becomes a teapot and all the kids are trying out different potions to help make them human again. I thought that was very funny, creative and unexpected. There are actually a lot of scenes in this film that are completely unexpected and it holds your interest because you end up wondering how is this going to play out.

I also loved the genealogy aspect of the storyline where a single photo can unravel new insights and endless questions. The only way the main character was going to ever understand her current situation was to understand the past.

Having traveled to Waiheke Island myself this is such a beautiful film. I loved all the incredible views of the island. The actors were wonderful. And the main character and her two best friends seemed like they had a really good friendship bond.

I will add that in the beginning it did appear like the main characters friends were using her when they asked her to plan their entire wedding. That was shocking since the friend was already overworked and that's a huge task to place on someone. But this movie made it work by continually adding that being an event planner was her dream career that she was trained for and that her friends were trying to push her in that direction.

I really did enjoy this movie and I would have given it a 10, but I feel absolutely heartbroken for the ex-fiancée. Toward the end it's hard to root for the main couple to fall in love, when the guy just broke up with ex-fiancée and canceled their wedding days before the event. He kept saying the breakup was mutual, but it didn't look to be that way.

The wedding details at the end were stunning! It was very creative and I loved how everything came together. I did enjoy how the main character got incredibly close with those who worked at the vineyard and invited them to the wedding. The wedding felt more complete with them attending.

This was a very cute Christmas movie. I believe the cast went perfect together! I loved the bond between Ivy and Max's mom Judy. His mother really opened up her home to Ivy and made her feel like one of the family members. The whole family really came together to take care of Ivy and see to it that she got her Christmas wish!

I also really enjoyed the backstory of Max. It reminded me of the film 'It's a Wonderful Life' where the lead actor also chooses to stay behind to help out his family in need rather than to further along his career.

I loved how Max's family didn't take Ivy and Max's bickering too seriously in the beginning and even joked around about it. His parents could tell from the beginning that they had the potential to form a romantic partnership.

The ending was my favorite with both families sitting around the dinner table and Judy announces that she wants to invest in Ivy and open up a restaurant with her in town. That was a really special moment. I'm glad I watched this film.

I really wanted to like this film, but it did take some turns that I wasn't expecting. When watching the movie trailer I had no idea this was going to end up being a movie about domestic violence. I did feel like this film makes a mockery of women who are in abusive relationships. I was emotionally hurt by the twist in storyline of this weird fantasy that women in abusive relationships are really just psychotic, actually self-harming themselves and abusive to the men that they are with when this couldn't be further from the truth. The ending of this movie and the way that abused women are portrayed as liars left me heartbroken. It's not any of the actors fault, they did a great job and the quality of the film was well done, but I wanted to speak on the storyline itself.