It’s the first Hallmark movie of 2021!! Woot woot!! Who else was excited to see this one?! Not only is it our first movie of the new year, but it also has two of my Hallmark favs…Alexa PanaVega and Luke Macfarlane!! These two couldn’t have been cuter together!
Ryan is a hockey player who had an injury that wouldn’t heal. He tried everything the doctors requested, but his injury persisted. Enter Jenna. Jenna had the same injury and overcame it with a ballet protocol. So, Jenna becomes Ryan’s therapist.
I had several flashbacks to The Game Plan and watching Dwayne Johnson play a football player who did some ballet with his daughter. There’s a great scene in that movie where Dwayne is drowning in sweat and can barely breathe, but the ballet instructor is calmly sipping water and explaining the next move. Haha! I have a thing for buff/macho men doing ballet and yoga and watching them fall apart. Never mess with a ballerina!
Ryan had a similar moment where he wonders why he can’t walk after spending an hour with 5 year olds doing ballet. Watching him walk like he just got off a horse was hilarious!
Sadly, it was missing a half naked ripped body, but luckily it was missing the sweat dripping off his brow. Missing sweat is probably just my personal preference; I’m sure plenty of women would be lining up to wipe it off 😃
Really though, besides my obvious Luke ogling, there were so many wonderful moments in this movie…
- Storm Snacks – I will be keeping these in my house!
- An adult sleep over – Was this a Hallmark first? I can’t actually remember seeing this one before.
- Power Outage Game Night – we do a form of this with the dogs and bring out treats during thunder and fireworks. It helps make them less worried. This was a good idea of something to do with the kids!
- Watch the movie to see more!
Beyond the cute moments, there were so many quotes I wrote down. These were some of my favorites…
- “You’ll find a flannel man someday” – Jenna’s friend. Side note: I giggled a little when Ryan wore flannel! I love flannel! Always have.
- “Backup plans are for people who expect to fail” – Ryan
- “Backup plans are for people who do everything right but sometimes things happen that are outside of their control” – Jenna
- I tend to agree with Jenna on this. I always have backup plans. Sometimes I have backup plans for my backup plans! Haha!
- “There’s always a million reasons to say no, but if you can find the courage to say yes, great things can happen” – Ryan. This was so encouraging and true! Focus on the positive!
After talking about all the positives, I want to take one second to talk about the negative in this movie. There wasn’t much. The ONLY negative I found was at the very end. I wanted to know what happens with the ballet studio. I can imagine what happens, but I really wanted to see it. You know? Maybe they’ll do a sequel? I wouldn’t mind seeing these two together again! I’ll cross my fingers and hope for that. I’m not taking away any stars for this, because I feel like that’s some of my type A personality coming out. They didn’t tie up the loose ends! Ahhhh! **Jamie slaps herself** Feeling better now…Moving on…
I’m really glad this was the first movie of the year. It delivered on many levels. Comedy, heart, growth, and more. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you give this movie a try! Happy movie watching y’all!
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