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Hallmark Movie Review: Welcome to Valentine

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Hiya friends!!]ROAD TRIP ROMANCE TIME! Yay! Here’s a quick recap and my two cents 😉

Quick Recap

Olivia is a down on her luck artist who is trying to find a way back to her hometown Valentine, Nebraska for a big yearly parade, and her friend needs to go to Chicago for a job. Luckily, George (her friend’s cousin) needs to transport a car to from New York to LA and can drive past her hometown on his way. So, they all make an agreement to travel together.

My Two Cents

I love road trip romance movies! There’s so many Christmas ones. Like A Christmas Detour, Road Trip Romance, Cross Country Christmas, and I’m sure many more. When I found out there was going to be a Valentine’s road trip romance, I was pretty excited. Welcome to Valentine doesn’t trump the Christmas road trip movies, but it’s an okay runner up.

Why just okay? Well…I really enjoyed the first half of the movie. The opening scene at the gallery and spilling the soup on the gallery owner were fantastic. It had my romcom heart giggling and laughing like a school girl with a crush. I even enjoyed the scenes leading up to getting on the road and the rules of riding in Big Red.

Then I was a little let down. I was hoping for some fun roadside stories or events. But there weren’t any. We went straight to the Chicago drop off and almost immediately onto Valentine.

Not the end of the world, because Valentine is a super cute small town with all the wonderful traditions and love you would expect for a town with the name Valentine. I almost expected someone to have a catch phrase like, “That’s Valentine for ya.” I suppose they kinda did with “Hiya!”

Then the second half of the movie came along and I tuned out. I’m not sure why, but I completely lost interest. It was cute watching George develop relationships within the town and Olivia and her sister prepare for the parade. But I think things just started moving too slow for me.

Jeff didn’t care for it either. He came in shortly after Olivia and George landed in Valentine and he zoned out too. He enjoyed Pearl in Paradise earlier today a lot more. Honestly, so did I.

If you go into this movie with low or no expectations and you enjoy cute romcoms with small towns, then this will probably be a good fit. I think my expectations were a bit too high for it.

Give it a shot and let me know what you thought! Leave a comment!

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Hallmark Movie Review: Road Trip Romance

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

My mom is in town and I had the pleasure of watching tonight’s premiere with her! Yay! Sadly, I think she would give this movie 1 star. It wasn’t her cup of tea. However, I enjoyed it. Of the two of us, I’m definitely the cornier pun joke loving dork, which I think is necessary to enjoy this movie. I don’t think it’s going to appeal to all. A good portion of people will find it too corny and dull (Jeff and my family included). Here’s a quick recap and my full two cents. 😉

Quick Re-Cap

Megan is returning home to Wichita for her sister’s wedding. High school enemy Alden is returning home for his father’s retirement party. When the closest airport closes due to a baggage carrier strike, they team up to make it home in time for their events. Along the way, they begin to discover things they didn’t know about each other in high school.

My Two Cents

In truth I would give Road Trip Romance a 3.5, but like always I’m rounding up for the benefit of the movie. Lets hop into what it takes to be a road trip romance, because it seems there are a few rules to follow…

Rule #1 – lose the car you’re driving at least once and pick up an old jalopy that looks like it’s a hairs breath away from deaths door and/or drive the most wild and crazy vehicles possible. Remember that train, tractor, and wasn’t there also some sort of pet truck in Cross Country Christmas? Road Trip Romance doesn’t have vehicles quite as crazy as a tractor, but they aren’t normal by any means.

Rule #2 – you must stay overnight somewhere unexpected. Megan and Alden are forced to stay in Mckenzie during a renassaince fair. **Sigh** I love renassaince fairs! Seriously a dream come true! Unplug electronics and relax for a few days! Yes! Of course, I’m saying this while typing on a very non-renassaince device. 😉

Rule #3 – make it to where you need to be at the last possible moment and figure out why you can’t live without your road trip roadie. I’d say this is a spoiler, but it’s Hallmark. We know it has a happily ever after.

Road Trip Romance followed these three rules wonderfully. I also loved how sweet Megan’s sister was when her sister was late to all the wedding activities. That’s real love!

Look for the small awww moments and laugh at the punterific corny jokes and this movie might worm it’s way into your heart too. If not, then you might wind up snoring through half of it like the people I watched it with. LOL.

Have you seen it? What did you think? Leave a comment!

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