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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another solid movie for Hallmark this Spring! Yay! I feel like this is another movie you can put on when you feel like it and enjoy. I caught the last 15ish minutes during the premiere, and they made me excited to see it tonight! Here’s a quick recap and my full two cents. 😉
Quick Re-Cap
Addie and her family are in Hawaii for her sister’s wedding. Addie has a ring her Grandma gave her that is suppose to bring luck to her family. When the ladies go out into the ocean, the ring falls off Addie’s finger and is lost in the ocean. She goes back to the hotel to find out if anyone can help her find the lost ring. Hannah tells them about Jack, the diving instructor, who is also a great finder of missing things. Addie and Jack team up to find the missing ring.
My Two Cents
Oh Jack the Jerk…I loathed him in the opening scenes. Sure, Addie probably shouldn’t have jumped on his boat, but what a turd to take her phone and refuse to turn around! Plus, the way he spoke to her…I would have slapped him!
Traditionally, I like meet cutes with more humor and sweetness. But by the time Addie and Jack have lunch at the food truck and have their heart to heart, I was totally smitten with both of them.
I hope Hallmark brings both of them back for future movies. Especially Hunter King. She’s super cute! Hunter is too young for me to develop a crush on, but have I mentioned that I love dolphins almost as much as horses? I loved the sideline for Addie with the marine biology. If this movie had just been about the ring, I think it would have been missing something. With this sideline, it kept the story moving and threw Addie and Jack together an extra time or two. 😉
I also love scavenger hunts!! I wish I had a bridal scavenger hunt on Hawaii for my wedding pre-events. LOL. Maybe I’ll organize a scavenger hunt for one of my kids birthday parties in the near future! Once when I was a kid, one of my friends have a murder mystery birthday party. Maybe Hallmark could do a murder mystery romcom (not with a real murder like Mystery 101 or Aurora Teargarden, but like a game of clue with a fake murder). How fun would that be?!
Random rant alert!! The jeweler in me cringes at the thought of a pearl engagement/everyday ring. Pearls are fairly soft and scratch easily. The ring in this movie is a priceless heirloom that Addie wears full time. It would be scratched and maybe even chipped or broken if it’s been in the family that long and worn daily. BUT I’m not going to lower my point value for that. This is Hallmark and it’s magic like the ring 😊
While I’m on the rant wagon, I also want to rant a little about how the ring ends up being returned. I like people who want to help people out of the niceness of their heart. Not people who want to take advantage of other people’s misfortune. If this had to happen, I wish we could have seen the bad karma catch-up!
I didn’t have too many awwww moments in this movie, but something about it kept me interested. I think it’ll appeal to most people. It has that IT factor with cute fresh faces and beautiful scenery. Give this one a try! Let me know what you think! Leave a comment!
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