This is the worst male lead in any Hallmark movie I've seen, and possibly the worst Hallmark movie I've seen.
The male lead is mean and openly looks down on women throughout the whole movie. He's just awful.
The movie doesn't really portray this as a major fault (it feels more like a minor misunderstanding, on about the same level as the female lead not really knowing about football). At the end, there's some attempt at an explanation/resolution, but he doesn't really seem to change. The movie seems to reinforce a lot of stereotypes about women, too.
The football puns are also incredibly off-putting. There are so, so many, and they're so uncreatively shoehorned into the script, that they're physically painful (even as someone who likes puns).
I wish I had given up on this movie.
The male lead is mean and openly looks down on women throughout the whole movie. He's just awful.
The movie doesn't really portray this as a major fault (it feels more like a minor misunderstanding, on about the same level as the female lead not really knowing about football). At the end, there's some attempt at an explanation/resolution, but he doesn't really seem to change. The movie seems to reinforce a lot of stereotypes about women, too.
The football puns are also incredibly off-putting. There are so, so many, and they're so uncreatively shoehorned into the script, that they're physically painful (even as someone who likes puns).
I wish I had given up on this movie.