Sweet Home Carolina

My wife and I streamed this movie on Amazon. When it finished she said, "That was kind cheesy." Well, even though it is NOT a Hallmark movie it is made pretty much like one. Two single 40-ish people are attracted to each other, there is a falling out, and in the end they mend fences to end up together.

I didn't expect more, just a pleasant evening distraction and it does that. My only real gripe is that the lead actress, Heather McComb as the executive Diane Lawrence, has a very pleasant normal speaking voice but she routinely falls into a very unpleasant "gravelly" delivery ( one reviewer calls it a "frog" voice) that is very annoying and difficult to listen to.

Anyway she is divorced and has two daughters, one is 19 and the other seems to be about 11. An old aunt back in South Carolina passed away and in her will left the house to Diane. With two stipulations, she has to keep the dog "Mr." and has to live in the house for a year.

Diane had visited there when she was younger, even had a serious boyfriend she left behind. Amazingly he is still there, he is still single, he owns a store in town, and he remembers her.

So the movie overall is really about people finding what they really want to do, and is a career more important than a loving relationship? Overall pretty well done. Except for the "gravelly" voice of the main actress.