Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

dkscore Hallmark movies tend to call over and over on the same catalog of actors and actresses, and in this case, it's Arielle Kebbel, who might not be new to a lot of viewers, since the last time she appeared in "A Bride for Christmas", with the same opposite lead, Andrew Walker. It seems sort of beside the point that the plot is lame, the lines are limp, and the outcome is entirely predictable - for me, I simply like to watch a beautiful woman pretend she's playing a role of some consequence. She may have some acting talent, but I'm not watching her for the same reasons I would be watching a movie with Bette Davis or Katherine Hepburn. I've made a list of some of the women I see over and over again (or perhaps would like to see again), and it includes Amy Acker ("Dear Santa"), Alicia Silverstone ("Candles on Bay Street"), Kerri Russell ("The Magic of Ordinary Days"), Brooke Burns ("The Most Wonderful Time of Year"), Lacy Chabert ("Elevator Girl"), Teri Polo ("Straight from the Heart"), Catherine Bell ("The Good Witch"), Candace Cameron Bure ("Moonlight and Mistletoe"), Kellie Martin ("Smooch"), Kimberly Williams ("Follow the Stars Home"), Carla Gugino ("Season for Miracles"), the list goes on and on, and most of them have appeared in multiple Hallmark movies, not to mention other TV and big screen productions. It's no coincidence that these women are all extremely attractive, and a study might be done, if objectivity were even possible, to compare the prospects of an unattractive woman trying to get a start in screen careers today, compared to 80 years ago. I don't think it's any revelation that these movies are popular, at least for the reason that they have attractive people filling the roles, even if the roles are only marginally believable, if not a complete fabrication from another planet. I wonder what Arielle will be doing in another 10-20 years when the bloom of her youth is at least somewhat gone.

caseybones The good: The scenery is wonderful and I'd love to see it in person.The bad: pretty much everything else. If you couldn't figure out the ending in the first ten minutes, you've never seen one of these insipid Hallmark movies.Every character was a caricature, the work-possessed fiancé, the evil mother-in-law to be, the perky heroine at odds with her future, the too-good-to-be-true hero (her soul mate, naturally) and the cutesy mom and pop. And all of this overlaid with nonstop, constant, loud, cutesy music. There isn't five minutes of this flop that has silence in it. Hasn't anyone at Hallmark heard the expression "less is more"?This is 2 hours of my life I will never get back. What a waste.

edwagreen Why I wasn't exactly thrilled with this film? When you think of it, snooty Jaclyn Smith got exactly what she wanted when this marriage didn't come off. It is as if it is a victory for the wealthy snobs against the everyday people. Yes, it is fact that such a marriage was destined not to be, but this is how I feel.I just loved the way our doctor gave in when his bride to be called things off. It was as if he couldn't wait to jump ship. Working together for 4 years, you would think that the doctor and nurse would come to realize that something wasn't just right about them.In very typical Hallmark fanfare, she meets her true love while at the resort and how convenient that our good doctor's time is taken up.

data_male What is it with Hallmark movies and female protagonists marrying the wrong guy? In Bridal Wave, beautiful and intelligent George Anne is engaged to her handsome, brilliant plastic surgeon co-worker, with whom she enjoys such a rapport that they both comment on the fact that they've never had a fight. So naturally, she will meet up with a complete loser, and fall in love with him instead. Luke is a non-conformist architect who refuses to play by anyone's rules. We know this because he wears flip-flops everywhere, and refuses to take any job that requires him to socialize with clients, yet he somehow has enough spare change to afford a house next to a five star wedding destination hotel, and make beautiful hand-crafted wooden benches to leave in the middle of nowhere. Naturally, the mother-in-law is overbearing, and George's mother is smothering in her attempt to live out her wedding vicariously through her daughter. Predictably, Luke and George will wind up together, despite the fact that he is an unemployed, anti-social jerk.