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Hallmark Movie Review: The Wedding Cottage

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It’s been a few weeks since I sat here and felt like reviewing a movie. But I’ve been watching them and I hope you have too! There’s been a few must see movies that I’m glad I didn’t miss and The Wedding Cottage was a sweet movie to bring me back to writing. Here’s a quick recap and my two cents 😉

Quick Recap

After years of wedding planning, Vanessa wrote a new guidebook called Tying the Knot. To celebrate the release of her book, she’s planning a free wedding for a Veteran and his fiance. They pick The Wedding Cottage as their venue. Unfortunately, The Wedding Cottage is no longer a wedding venue. But that won’t deter Vanessa from trying to reopen it for the wedding!

My Two Cents

I’ve been very busy the last few weeks and by the time the Saturday night premiere movie started, I’ve been too exhausted to consider writing or the movie was so underwhelming that I didn’t finish watching it. But this was a great movie to bring me back to my happy place; writing reviews and watching sweet romance movies.

The Wedding Cottage captured my attention from the very beginning! I especially liked when Vanessa shows up at the cottage and Evan shoots down every attempt she makes at using The Wedding Cottage. Eventually her tenacity makes Evan agree and that one agreement leads to 5 weeks of them working together and becoming familiar with each other.

It wasn’t just the plot that made this movie special. I really loved Brendan Penny and Erin Krakow together in this movie! Their chemistry was on point throughout. Their characters fought, laughed, and fell in love and I felt every moment of it. It was classic Hallmark at it’s finest!

This movie might be up there with my other favorites like Love on the Sidelines and A Country Wedding. If you’re an It Was Always You fan, I think you’ll definitely like this one too. It had a lot of the same feels. So, if you’re looking for a sweet and cute romance movie to settle down with for the evening, definitely try this movie.

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Hallmark Movie Review: In Merry Measure

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A movie with good music and 80’s/90’s references? Yes please! Here’s a quick recap and my two cents 😉

Quick Recap

Darcy was a one hit wonder singer. She’s come home to spend time with her family for Christmas. While there, she discovers her niece wants to sing for a local choir, The Herald Angels, but isn’t selected to join. The choir coach, Adam is very selective on who can join the choir, because it’s won a local competition 6 times and he wants to continue the winning streak. So, Darcy creates her own choir group from the people who weren’t selected. Only one choir can participate in the competition. So Darcy and Adam decide to compete to see who will go to the big competition.

My Two Cents

Do you ever have those nights where all you want to do is crawl into bed? That was me tonight after working all day, taking care of a sick child, and cooking a few different dinners. I wasn’t even going to watch this movie tonight, but it sucked me in!

I really empathized with Darcy. It must be hard to be a child pop star who becomes who had one hit song and then couldn’t find further success. She kept putting her heart into her music, but kept being rejected by different studios who expected her to be in the same box she was 20 years ago. Yet she kept trying!

I also loved how down to Earth she was. She genuinely wanted to help her niece. She even helped the other kids become an amazing choir in a short period of time. Completely unrealistic, but hey – it’s Hallmark.

Then there was Adam. I enjoyed their enemies to lovers dynamic. He was super sweet to Darcy by the end. Wasn’t he? How about that Coach t-shirt? Super cute! And Darcy preparing for her date was hilarious. Freaking out like a teenager and doing the Macaulay Culkin “aaahhhh!!!!” face. Loved it!

I loved these two together. They were fun and cute. But I also loved Gretchen, the niece, and other kids. Actually, I enjoyed all the casting! The principal was funny too!

I think this movie will have a fairly broad appeal. It has a mostly upbeat/happy feel that sucks you in. Of course it also has the Hallmark happily ever after where everyone has the perfect ending. Give it a try!

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Hallmark Movie Review: Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I’m torn on the rating for this movie. I’d call it a solid 3.5, but since half stars are a pain in the butt and I can’t do them for books, I’ve rounded up for this. Here’s a quick re-cap and my two cents. 🙂

Quick Re-Cap

“Jane” is involved in an accident that causes amnesia. She has one clue to who she might be on a newspaper article for a tree lighting ceremony in Charleston. So, she decides to drive across country to see if she can find the person she was suppose to meet there. Paul, the nurse watching Jane, decides to assist her on the trip while he visits family in Georgia.

My Two Cents

This morning I caught Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas on TV and realized this is kind of a series. Of course, I’ve seen them all before. So, I’m not sure why I didn’t notice this. The names are all super similar and it seems like they’re doing one every year.

As a tribute to Time for You to Come Home for Christmas, they did an Alison Sweeney cameo! There was another Jamie screaming at the TV moment. I’m glad y’all weren’t here to hear that tonight! It’s just me and the puppies, but they don’t even bother looking at me anymore when I scream at the TV. I guess it’s too regular of an occurrence. Haha.

Okay, going back to this movie…I always love Jessy Schram!! She is adorable in everything she does. I love her when she has funny/comedic roles, but this was good too. Even in this serious movie, she managed to bring a smile to my face and make me laugh.

Which was needed when they started talking about Paul’s brother, Ben. That hit too close to home and I understand where Paul was coming from. Everyone grieves in their own way.

Overall, I liked this movie. I don’t think it belongs on my Countdown to Christmas must see list, but it’s a solid romance. It might make you tear up at the end and at a few spots in between. Give it a try! Let me know what you thought! Leave a comment!

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Movie Review: A Little Christmas Charm

Rating:

 4/5

I’ve now watched this movie like 5 times. Not because I enjoyed it that much, but because I kept seeing bits and pieces of it and it never thrilled me enough to make time to watch the whole thing at once.

It actually reminded me a lot of The Christmas Ring that played a few weeks ago. I didn’t review that one, because I also watched it in bits and pieces and it didn’t thrill me all that much. If I see it again, I might do a review on it, so I can compare the two for you.

In the mean time, let’s discuss A Little Christmas Charm. There’s not much to this movie. Holly works in a shop during the day, but creates jewelry on the side. She discovers a charm bracelet in a coat that was donated and decides to find the owner, because she knows how important the bracelet must be to the owner who lost it. Greg, a journalist, discovers Holly is trying to do something selfless, and wants to document it for a Holiday Heroes news piece.

I really enjoyed how they investigated each clue and discovered it’s meaning. It was like watching a non-gory CSI or NCIS episode!

I enjoyed the train scene a lot! How cool would it be to dress-up like you’re from the 1930’s and go on a train ride or spend an evening with others dressed the same way. It would be like you’ve gone back to the future.

Then there was the gala where they dressed up. I loved Holly’s red dress, but I don’t recall Greg having one of those drooling moments over her. Where was the chemistry? He should have been complementing her and giving her more looks than what I saw.

In fact, I didn’t really feel chemistry between the two leads throughout the majority of the movie. They had a joint goal and they worked well together, but I didn’t feel passion from them.

Despite the chemistry issue, I really enjoyed the ending where we hear the full explanation of what the charms were and how they came to be. They wrapped up all the loose endings nicely. The kiss at the end? Eh. I wasn’t running to find my husband to reenact that one.

If this movie is on you should give it a shot. It’s entertaining from the investigation perspective, but don’t expect much in the romance department. I hope you enjoy it a little. Happy movie watching y’all!