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Hallmark Movie Review: Wedding of a Lifetime

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Yes! I’m in ROMCOM heaven over here! I wish there was a new romcom every week! Here is a quick recap and my two cents 😉 

Quick Recap

Darby and Jake are childhood sweethearts who have been engaged for 10 years. Unfortunately, life kept getting in the way of them marrying. Now, their entire town nominated them for Hey Good Day’s competition, Wedding of a Lifetime. With their businesses failing, they decide to enter the competition in hopes of saving the town’s small businesses.

My Two Cents

I was a little worried when this movie started out sad and heavy. I wasn’t in the mood for a sad/heavy movie tonight. But when the competition started, so did the fun. I absolutely loved Darby and Jake together!

Also I loved all the familiar faces! So many of the supporting cast have been in other movies! Did you notice them? Wish I knew some of their names, but it’s often difficult to get full cast lists. 🙁

Holy fun competition! I wish Jeff and I could do something like that. I like to think we would kick butt. Even if we didn’t, we would definitely laugh 99% of the time and love it. For Darby and Jake, I loved how every game brought them closer together. They had a significant advantage, because they had been together the longest, but they wouldn’t have done so well if they didn’t love each other.

I loved when Darby and Jake sneak out of the hotel and go to the pie shop. Pie for a meal should really be a thing. Sometimes I have dessert for dinner where I eat a hot fudge sundae or cake for dinner (don’t judge, I’m sure most of us have done this at some point in our lives!). I would happily eat pie if we had a pie place, but there is a disturbing lack of pie stores where I live. 😊

Fan picked wedding my butt. I highly doubt the fans would have chosen anything that wound up in their wedding. I’m glad that worked out the way it did. If I had walked into my wedding like that, I would have put an immediate end to it.

Despite the weird fan picked wedding and the sad/heavy opening, I really enjoyed all the romcom and funny moments sprinkled throughout. Jeff and my son even enjoyed quite a few parts. So, I think most people will like this too. If you enjoy silly romcom’s, then give this a shot!

Did you watch this movie? Let me know what you thought! Leave a comment!

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Movie Review: The Christmas House

4/5

Wow! This movie had so much going on! There’s a few minorish spoilers listed, so read at your own risk. I try not to give away too much, but for this review, I need to give you some details to explain myself.

I feel like Hallmark tried to do too much in one movie.

    • Mom and Dad selling childhood home
    • Mom and Dad potentially separating
    • Mom retiring
    • Mike possibly losing his job
    • Mike’s love interest in Andi
    • Brandon and Jake trying to adopt
    • Brandon and Jake are opening a bakery

Is it real life? Yes. Do I get why they did it? Yes. But do I want real life in a Hallmark Christmas movie? Not really.

Don’t get me wrong. They did this really well. All of it, except for maybe Marvelous Jim, was real. You know, because he was magical. Haha! – We will blame this lame attempt at humor on the late hour I wrote this.

There was so much to enjoy about this movie.

    • The brothers little contests. Racing to the rental car. Racing to get the most boxes into the moving truck. They perfectly captured sibling contests.
    • Mike’s promotional video for Andi’s business with Noah. It was sweet that Mike embraced Noah so openly.
    • Mom with the whistle going over the plans for the Christmas House – this made my type A heart pitter-patter.
    • The Dynamic Duo of Majestic Mike and Awesome Andi. It was sweet watching the flashbacks with the magic scenes.
    • The Dad jokes!
      • What do you call a spruce tree that knows kung fu? Spruce Lee!
      • Here today, gone tamale
    • The final Christmas House. It was so amazing! It’s like every child’s Christmas dream come to life. I wish every town had a house that did this. Maybe even a travelling Christmas House, so each family could put their own spin on it.
    • That ending! Oh man, the ending is like waking up on Christmas morning and having all your wishes come true. It’s Hallmark Gold. 

This movie took me on a roller coaster ride of emotions. I was feeling really glum around the middle of the movie when it felt like everything was going down hill for everyone, but this is Hallmark! I should know by now, it’ll all work out.

I’m giving this 4 out of 5 stars because I really felt like Hallmark tried too hard to put too much into one movie and they tried to hide too much, e.g. selling the house, parents separating, the adoption, etc. This is still a great movie and I think it’s well worth watching. Give it a try! Happy movie watching y’all