A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

The sixth in the Aurora Teagarden Mystery film series made for television. The final film for now, until the next one comes out. Based on the book named 'A Fool and His Honey'. Fourth director to helm a film in the franchise. So far I've enjoyed all the films. They all were decent, as I say, for the small screen standards. Produced for Hallmark channel, surely the target audience is women. But the whole family can enjoy them, I meant including kids, since it has less violence.

Surely a nice storyline for a literature. The film too was not bad, but it depends on the viewers. For instance, if you take me, I've seen many similar films. I'm not talking about crime solving themes, but this same platform with different characters, locations and a style of narration. That's why it is a television film, aimed for those viewers who are less familiar with the thematic. But I appreciate the effort. The production quality to the writing, music, performances, all were better. Especially the Hallmark's common cliché, the romance had got ridden. You will be happy for that if you are a male audience.

Another case where Aurora did not choose, but it chose her. It was slightly different than all the previous ones. Because she did not know what she's looking for. A young woman with a newborn baby had come to her house saying she's her boyfriend's niece. But the twist was a few moments later, she went missing and a stranger dead on her front porch. The baby was left behind. It was closely linked case, due to her relationship with Martin. It's good that way, because intensifies the atmosphere and no room for mistakes.

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There was a basic flaw. It was where the whole platform constructed on. Only at the end you will realise that. That it all would have been solved easily by those involved in it, before dragging Aurora and others into it. Even if it is in a life threatening situation. Because of what we predict, those possibilities, the theories, particularly against those people, are not strong enough. It was those young people, who wrongly handled the situation. That's why the original source material rightly titled, calling a fool.

Everything's about the baby. The baby gives the reason for this story, and also to solve the mystery. From the opening to the mid- section, it was a nice film. They did all they could improvise the narration, but the end was average. The film flourished only for its suspense. The answers were all the time in front of us, in front of Aurora. The writers just dragged it with the kind of character design, with somewhat a convincing reason. The romance parts, either it was Aurora and Martin or Aida and John, did not go anywhere. Joining hands, doing the investigation, that's one way to improve their relationship.

This is not the best in the series. At least better than the previous one. A new director, though nothing much has changed. The regular cast steered it with their best. It was a better film series than I'd anticipated. I had a nice time with them in the last one and a half weeks. The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries giving a new dimensional entertainment for the home audience. I mean, can you name a few crime/murder mystery titles with rating General. I don't know when the next one is coming out, but looking forward to it. In the meantime, I would suggest it, but not for all. Just lower your expectation and enjoy it.

7/10

Another entry into the Aurora Teagarden mystery series on Hallmark. Hallmark is more popular than ever; in fact, I'm watching it now.

Martin, Aurora's boyfriend, played by handsome Yannick Bisson, is thrilled when his niece, her husband, and their new baby show up for a visit. Aurora (Candace Cameron Bure) is happy to have her stay in the house while she and Martin go out. Now, I should point out this is a house where three dead bodies were found previously.

When they return, all hell has broken loose. The niece is gone; the baby's father is dead, and they find the baby in the shower.

Unraveling this one leads Aurora to private adoptions, illegal adoptions, midwives who charge big bucks, nosy neighbors, and the search for Martin's niece.

All these movies are okay - harmless, family-friendly fun and sometimes the mysteries are pretty good. This wasn't hard to figure out, but it beats watching the depressing news any day of the week. And millions have found that out.

There is at least one scene in the movie where the baby is being put to sleep and Aurora and her mother use a blanket to cover him instead of a baby sleeper bag. Babies, esp. newborns, are not to be covered up with a blanket due to the possibility suffocation. I am surprised, and concerned, that this was overlooked. The movie itself is a typical Hallmark movie mystery, easy to watch and no worry about language or content.

We are back again with our librarian by day, and super sleuth by any time she finds it free to go investigate, Aurora Teagarden. This isn't one of the stories from the series that I really care about, it was ok, maybe lukewarm. I felt like plot was jumping around from wanting to add depth to Aurora as a character and having her own realization to the actual crime and mystery. While a lot of tv shows and movies do multitask like this, in this case it felt very half baked. There wasn't really a good resolution to it, it just happens and it felt very uninspired.

I do like though when the film itself is very self aware how ridiculous it is that dead bodies have been piling up around Aurora, the fact that Lynn called it flat out was funny.

Two things about this Aurora Teagarden story. First she spends minimal time at the library and none at all with her mystery book club. Secondly she makes several false starts in trying to figure this business out before she gets it right in the final half hour.

Candace Cameron Bure is back as our mystery solving librarian and her relationship with Yannick Bisson is going good and strong. But the two of them really play fast and loose with an obstruction of justice charge. In fact they conceal the presence of a person of interest in the case and get him shot later on because of it.

It all starts when an old friend of Bure's Sarah McKillip arrives with a husband and a baby and Bure agrees to put them up. Later on McKillip disappears, the husband is killed and she's left with the baby. And a mystery to solve.

It all has to do with black market babies and the intricate lengths people will go to avoid the lengthy adoption process.

But in the end Bisson and Bure decide that their babies will be done naturally.