Wedding Planner Mystery (2014)

Wedding Planner Mystery follows the exploits of a quirky but lovable event planner who makes murder as fun as can be. Homicide doesn't follow our heroine; she seeks it out. Using her circle... See full summary »

Director:

Ron Oliver

Writers:

Deborah Donnelly (novel), Darcy Meyers

Stars:

Erica Durance, Andrew W. Walker, Brandon Beemer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erica Durance	...	Carnegie Kincaid
Andrew W. Walker	...	Aaron Gold
Brandon Beemer	...	Holt Walker
Rick Ravanello	...	Detective Borden
Julian Christopher	...	Eddie Breen (as Julian D. Christopher)
Chelan Simmons	...	Nicky Parry
Gabrielle Rose	...	Clara Parry
Karen Holness	...	Lily
Oliver Rice	...	Lance Solveto
Zahf Paroo	...	John Nevin
Billy Mitchell	...	Doug Parry
John Treleaven	...	Keith Gutherbridge
Kevan Ohtsji	...	Ray
Laura Soltis	...	Dorothy
Chelsey Reist	...	Diane Parry (as Chelsey Marie Reist)

Storyline

Wedding Planner Mystery follows the exploits of a quirky but lovable event planner who makes murder as fun as can be. Homicide doesn't follow our heroine; she seeks it out. Using her circle of contacts, her friendship with a reporter and the same research skills that enable her to plan distinctive events - if an unsolved murder occurs in Seattle, Carnegie will find out about it.

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Veiled Threats

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

WPM Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

If Carnegie thought the business card case had something to do with Nikki's car crashing she should not have kept touching it without gloves on, and she shouldn't have had her friend touch it, either.

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Connections

References The Waltons (1971)

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Soundtracks

Silent Auction
Written by Peter Allen

User Reviews

"When women marry for money they have to work for every dime."

A bridesmaid dies in a suspicious car accident after leaving a wedding party in a fit. The wedding planner (Erica Durance) is apparently in danger of being blamed for supplying alcohol at the party. Legally, I might add, so I don't see what the crime was but okay that's what gets this off the ground. Anyway, Erica investigates the case to find out if the girl was murdered and gets herself in deeper and deeper trouble.

This is from a series of books I'm unfamiliar with so I can't make any comparisons between the two. One of the things the movie does that I really didn't like was an irritating book-style narration. I assume this was to tie in with the books somehow but I found it annoying. I watched this for Erica Durance and she's great in it. She's lovely as ever and has the most charisma of anybody in this. In the movie's most adorable scene, she investigates wearing cat makeup. Chelan Simmons, of Final Destination 3 fame, is the bride-to-be whose wedding Erica is planning. The rest of the cast is made up of very forgettable and bland Canadians. The worst is Gabrielle Rose who hams it up with glee, no doubt influenced by the ridiculous wig they had her wear. The reporter love interest for Erica is underwhelming. The two have a friendly banter but I didn't see any sparks. It also appears all of the actors were responsible for their own makeup.

About the time Erica's brakes went out in her van I realized this wasn't going to be breaking any new ground. It was very easy to spot who the bad guys are. They're the ones acting shady and suspicious, doing everything but twirling their mustaches and saying "Muah-ha-ha!" One of the bigger selling points for this is also one of its drawbacks. I'm speaking of the comedy. The movie has a lighthearted tone, despite being a murder mystery. The problem with that is that due to the comedy, which shows up at inappropriate times, it's hard to build any suspense or ever feel our heroine or her friends are in real danger. Someone locks her in a room by gunpoint and there's some kind of Laurel & Hardy music playing. It's too silly to be taken seriously. It's not terribly fresh or suspenseful but it's very watchable. Honestly, it felt less like a movie and more like a TV pilot. Perhaps that's because they intended this to be the first in a series of TV movies based on this character. Fans of Erica Durance will enjoy it just for seeing her. If nothing else, she proves here she could knock it out of the park with better material.