Siempre en mi corazón

Scenery alone cannot carry a movie. This movie was DULL as can be. Nothing really happened. There was no tension or romance. The leads all felt like brother and sisters pecking each other on the cheek. The lead actor had a very bad Irish accent, and the rest seems dubious at best. The lead actress is usually someone I like in the Hallmark movies, but she did not have much to work with here. Hallmark needs some better writers and stories.

What is it with Hallmark and homely leading men? Made the movie somewhat difficult to watch when "Dave" was on-screen.

I found Jack Turner's (Charlie's) accent forced and hard to understand. I liked watching Roisin O'Donovan (Katherine) though. It seems they could have done a little better job making the actors look like they actually aged 5 years. Of course, the scenery in Ireland was beautiful and a nice change from the typical generic Canadian settings.

The story line is good and the scenery is great ... The Irish accent of your leading male actor is so far removed from a normal accent .. it is actually hard to listen to ... surely you could have got an Irish actor for your lead role.

Yes, it is another simple Hallmark made for TV romance themed film but Mrs. Shullivan and I are hunkering down during the Corona Virus 19 pandemic and we are a bit choosy about what we want to watch on TV. It was no surprise that we both enjoyed this simple little film as our own first trip together was to the beautiful country side of Ireland where the pubs are many and the food hearty and bountiful such as it was in this romantic themed made for TV film.

The two lead actors Merritt Patterson and Jack Turner certainly had feelings for each other but as in all realistic scenarios they had their own careers to follow and so they fell out of touch with one another through the subsequent years. We as all humans have a memory bank of both the good times and bad times we have experienced with some of our memories harder to forget than others. Such is the case with these two star crossed lovers Jenna Slade and Charlie O'Hanlon.

As life and time goes by, (and time stands still for no man nor woman), Jenna and Charlie have moved on, or so they thought until five years later they find themselves in the boutique hotel that Charlie's father owns and runs. Economics have not been good to the hotel or to the O'Hanlon's who have fallen on some recent hard times and Jenna takes it upon herself to help Charlie's father bring new life back into the hotel and maybe, just maybe rekindle some of the old feelings that Jenna and Charlie once shared in good times past.

As I am from Irish heritage I have a soft spot for any film surrounding the countryside of Ireland, and although actor Jack Turner's Irish accent left a lot to be desired the story is a favorable one, the romance rekindled and a happy ending in these troubled times (COVID 19) are always a blessing we all need.

I give this particular Hallmark made for TV romance a strong Irish blessing score of 8 out of 10.