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A Lifelong Love

  • TV Movie
  • 2023
  • TV-G
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Andrea Brooks and Patch May in A Lifelong Love (2023)
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While trying to reunite her grandfather with his lost love, Annika teams up with college sweetheart Ryan to create a book about the experience, documenting different love stories along the w... Read allWhile trying to reunite her grandfather with his lost love, Annika teams up with college sweetheart Ryan to create a book about the experience, documenting different love stories along the way.While trying to reunite her grandfather with his lost love, Annika teams up with college sweetheart Ryan to create a book about the experience, documenting different love stories along the way.

  • Director
    • Nicholas Humphries
  • Writers
    • Caroline Portu
    • Aliya Kamalova
    • Kim Seltzer
  • Stars
    • Andrea Brooks
    • Patch May
    • Tom Young
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    525
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nicholas Humphries
    • Writers
      • Caroline Portu
      • Aliya Kamalova
      • Kim Seltzer
    • Stars
      • Andrea Brooks
      • Patch May
      • Tom Young
    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Andrea Brooks
    Andrea Brooks
    • Annika
    Patch May
    Patch May
    • Ryan
    Tom Young
    Tom Young
    • Abe
    Averie Peters
    Averie Peters
    • Ellie
    Michael Strickland
    Michael Strickland
    • Rory
    Brenda Gorlick
    • The Ruth
    Solange Sookram
    • Tia
    Judith Harper
    • Ruth #1
    Rachael McLaren
    • Ruth #2
    Dutchess Cayetano
    Dutchess Cayetano
    • Luisa
    John B. Lowe
    John B. Lowe
    • Gilly
    Elena Anciro
    Elena Anciro
    • Mrs. Duffy
    Benjamin Krawchuk
    • Young Abe
    Colleen Furlan
    Colleen Furlan
    • Young Ruth
    • Director
      • Nicholas Humphries
    • Writers
      • Caroline Portu
      • Aliya Kamalova
      • Kim Seltzer
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    3cgvsluis

    Great premise that never really lived up to it's promise.

    A Lifelong Love had a great premise, two former college sweethearts where going to team up to write a book about romance as that track down the high school sweetheart of one of their grandparents, interviewing people they meet in the way about their love stories.

    In probably the laziest writing I have ever seen on a Hallmark romance....they set up the interviews along the way, but then never share the live stories. That was a true bait and switch in my opinion...to walk you up to the story and then go to commercial never to follow up on the actual love story.

    Also, very little time was given to either main love story...the grandparent's or the former college sweethearts. Then there was a poor twelve year old girl who is drug around for the process and struggling because her parents were separating? Was that necessary or pivotal to this romantic plot?

    I am not going to waste anymore time on this hallmark romance and my advice is that you shouldn't either.
    1lorijhicks

    Epic Failure

    I love watching Hallmark movies, however this particular movie was horrible. It was slow, they did not left you hanging about the interviews because they never showed them. Andrea Brooks (Annika) and Patch May (Ryan) are the most boring actors I have ever seen. There bantering makes me cringe because they are so horrible at acting, at least in this movie. The first kiss they show was sickening, there is no chemistry between these two actors, and this movie should have been stopped before it ever started. I am so disappointed in Hallmark on this movie. This was the first time I ever turned a Hallmark movie.
    3luvrestrooms

    A waste of a good premise

    I love these types of movies but honestly, it was very poorly cast and directed. There wasn't much chemistry with any of the cast. It seemed as if they just pull these people off the street. I don't think I've ever given a back review but as much as I had waiting in much anticipation, it couldn't be over fast enough. The scenes from the past weren't congruent with the present, either. The woman and the man weren't old enough to have been of age in the 50's. It was just unbelievable from beginning to end. To be technical, the lighting wasn't realistic either. I didn't feel any passion or chemistry from the leading man, who o didn't find right at all for the part. I wish this had been finessed, it could have been a very sweet movie.
    3hilife-1

    Turned it off after 15 minutes

    I started watching because the premise was interesting. However the execution was fifth grade. What a terrible cast and production. This movie expects the viewers to be 5th. Graders with no mentality. How Hallmark can put out this garbage is beyond me. Yes the network that features Lacey Charbet and Autumn Reeser putting out such junk. Hopefully Bill Abbott will make a go of it with GAC. It does not take a genius to compare Abbott's Hallmark with the current garbage they are including. I have no idea how they chose Andrea Brooks and Patch May to star in this "movie?". Although I don't think any actor could have saved this one. My advise don't even try to watch it.
    5Jackbv123

    Oil and Water

    The premise is another quest story. The four main characters are seeking a lost love of Abe, Annika's grandpa.

    Annika is annoying. She is just an over-planner, but she is kind of neurotic. Despite being a planner, she is also irresponsible. "Oh, it will be OK." Ryan is almost as bad to the other extreme. He has no plan for anything.

    Ellie is fun but not enough to save the movie.

    There is some banter between Andrea Brooks and Patch May but I don't think it translates into chemistry. There is a bit too much of an edge in the banter and the personalities of Annika and Ryan are like oil and water.

    Annika is a poetry writer. She and Ryan tell all the prospects they meet that they are writing a book about love stories. Putting a love story into prose is one thing, but I don't understand how you do it in poetry, at least not with way too much work for a two week project. Ryan is set as a partner to Annika, but his contribution appears to consist solely of snapshots of the people they meet - no artistry at all. The whole development of the quest for Ruth is weird and doesn't really make sense.

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Hallmark Channel
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ljubav za čitav život
    • Filming locations
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Capturing Love Pictures
      • Cartel Pictures
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      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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