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Christmas Au Pair (2021)
This would make a great drinking game.
Every time Kayla Wallace is filmed in full profile, showing off her bubble butt, everyone takes a drink. The director should be ashamed of himself, it was so clearly shot that way intentionally.
Kayla is awfully cute in the role though and does a good job in this. Hope to see her in more movies like this. The kids were not overly obnoxious as is typical in romance movies. A very watchable feel-good movie.
Overall it was fun 90 minutes and we will watch it again next Christmas. With drinks, of course.
An Unexpected Christmas (2021)
Great chemistry between the lead actors
This was a good one. I especially like the cookie scene early on.
You know you've watched a lot of Hallmark when you notice another Hallmark lead do an uncredited walk-on in the middle of the movie.
I enjoy reading bad Hallmark movie reviews on IMDB. They're fun. I mean if you don't know what you are getting at the start then then you are the fool and if you care enough to take the time to bag on it, then you're most likely a dude and is just upset that your wife made you watch it in the first place hoping you'll get a hint. Cracks me up.
Angel of Christmas (2015)
Good, fun movie. Jennifer Finnigan is cute as a button.
Hallmark formula done well. Fun movie. We giggled a bit when it looked like Jonathan Scarfe was going to eat Jennifer's lips every time they kissed, but all's good.
Hallmark should put Jennifer Finnigan in literally everything.
Romance in the Wilds (2021)
So bad it was great!
We had queued up a bunch of Whose Line is it Anyway on UpTV while they were advertising this movie hard. Just the ads cracked us up, especially when the plane blew up, so we were stoked to see this one.
Didn't follow the normal formula, even the opening was confusing as the timeline went out of order. Movie did not disappoint, the laughs continued throughout. We had to keep rewinding because it was so funny at times we wanted to capitalize on the hilarity. The FX were pretty bad, so more laughs there too. It is hard to believe that the FX, writing, acting, on again-off again injuries were all intentional, that this was really a spoof of cheap disaster flics (which we love).
So fun!! Can't wait for the sequel. Seriously.
A Perfect Match (2021)
Unexpectedly really good.
I like this genre, so if you don't, stop reading (and don't bother leaving a review).
Emily Alatalo is just so cute and playful that who couldn't fall in love with her. That's the thing - I knew all along that they were going to get together in the end but I almost wanted to fast forward to the end to be sure because I couldn't stand it if they didn't.
Movies that follow the Hallmark formula so often leave out closure. Any closure, even if it is just a little, usually it's just final kiss and credits. The filmmakers didn't leave me disappointed here. Thanks.
Love, for Real (2021)
Fun. Loved it. Shot on location. Not the usual HM.
First, the litany of bad reviews typical of HM movies I believe are from dudes who's wives made them watch the movie out of desperation. Mainly because they can turn on Fast and Furious 18 without thinking about but haven't turned on their wife in ages.
Love, for Real was fun because it wavered slightly from the formula and it was shot on location with beautiful visuals. It was also written with wit, humor, and some good dialogue.
The two female leads were adorable, but it was Chloe Bridges that was somehow allowed to act outside of the HM norm and played a real person that you might actually know or meet in real life. She balanced a tough exterior and a vulnerable side with real people flaws that made you root for her all the way. She had good chemistry with the male lead and her best friend, I'd like to see her in more movies.