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We return to the Italian wedding veil saga. Our three college friends and art aficionados have now all married wonderful men wearing the beautiful Italian veil. (I loved how each had their own personal style and wore the veil in a slightly different way.) We head back to Boston to catch up with Avery and Peter. These two are still madly in love with Peter waking up his romantic wife (the most romantic of the three friends) with a rose each morning. They have purchased this wonderful old home that should be on a historic registry...but in the process of doing some remodeling and updating, discover leaks, cracks in the foundation, etc. To top it off Avery is putting together a new lace exhibit at the museum and has a new boss who she doesn't see eye to eye with. Can she find the perfect unforgettable moment to tell Peter they are expecting and is veil working it's magic on someone else?

I love, love, love this series. It helps that they have wonderful actors anchoring the cast, but I was happy to see the return of so many of the supporting cast. The overall story has been wonderfully done and what I truly appreciate is at its heart is this great supportive friendship between three college friends.

I can't wait to see the next two films...and I hope this is just the beginning of a long and storied Wedding Veil franchise! I highly recommend this to all fellow romantics out there.

6.7 stars.

From a glass half full perspective (quoted in this film actually), "The Wedding Veil Expectations" is a moderately below average Hallmark film. We are back to Chabert as the female lead. It's not as good as the first three, particularly the second one was my favorite. Reeser makes a movie special more so than most lead females of the Hallmark genre (I think Hallmark is its own genre). The reasons that I enjoyed the first two films, the first being a 7.5, was the mystery behind the veil, and it was the genesis of an odyssey of sorts. It was the first of its kind, pulling us into an adventure of the veil shrouded in antiquity (modern antiquity so to speak).

The second one which I rated at 7.8, featuring Reeser was abundant with wonder and mystery as she was trekking through Italy meeting the originators of the veil itself. Her journey and discovery of the provenance of the veil and the Italian family that created it, were intriguing and enjoyable.

The third installment, starring Sweeney, was a 7.2 star disappointment and was lesser than the first ones. Although it contained much of the same, it didn't fit the mold in several key aspects. Much of the mystery and discovery was absent.

This one, the fourth of the veil series, was more like the third except slower, lacking adventure, just very limited to a woman (Chabert) and her feelings about this and that. Basically, this is a film about her discovering she is pregnant. The rest of the film is about her determining how to break the news to her various family and friends; so you can see the letdown. It's not veil oriented at all. Then we are suddenly transported into a very strange and anti-climactic conclusion.

I am not eagerly anticipating the next installment in the series, in fact I was just about ready to call it quits on these films. Of course any Hallmark aficionado can attest that we cannot just watch 4 of the 6 wedding veil movies and leave it at that. I have Reeser to look forward to next, so if it fails to entertain, I'll be doubly disappointed. Ultimately, I have high hopes that the 5th installment will resurrect this down sloping trend of the third and fourth veil films.

I like this group of movies. I always like Lacey Chabert. What I really didn't like was the terribly unconvincing Boston accent from the male lead that came and went. It was very distracting. It bothered me in the first movie and even more this time. I can't think of a good reason for it to be used. The character's mother didn't exhibit it.

I like the enduring friendship between the three women, but wonder why the other husbands don't show up a bit more. It would help with the continuity.

I found myself feeling that the ending was taking too long to arrive. It wasn't my favorite, but I'll keep watching. (I have now met the Minimum character limit which had me trying to come up with more to say even though my first paragraph was really all I wanted to convey.).

I loved this movie!!! It's so seldom (if ever) we get to see what happens after "the happily ever after" of a movie but we do with this one. In my opinion this film is a must see because it does show the day to day life with all its challenges... plus with the acting of the amazingly talented Kevin Mcgarry and Lacey Chabert as well as the rest of the cast, it's well worth the watch; they really made it feel real as they went through the ups and downs of day to day life. That said, I also see so many opportunities in the plot for this to become a great mini series (ahem Hallmark). Either way, though I've seen it twice already and working on watching for the third time now, I'm discovering things I missed on the first two viewings and I know I'll watch it again. Congrats Hallmark cast and crew on a job well done!

Loved seeing a relationship after the wedding is over. The story was engaging and there were a lot of comedic moments and dramatic moments as well. Kevin and Lacey have great chemistry, which added to the appeal of the story. The acting was well done by everyone, especially by Kevin and Lacey. The women's friendship added to the story nicely, without taking over the main storyline. I liked seeing a continuation to a story that I really liked as well. It would be great if we could visit them again next year (hint, hint to TPTB). I really enjoyed this sequel to the Wedding Veil and would reccommend it to everyone, especially if you want to see something a bit different from Hallmark.

I agree completely with the other reviewers who said the story is all over the place.

I think that all the spontaneous explanations for verbal slips are supposed to be funny, but for me that were just childish explanations. Avery so excited about a new car? And a minivan no less. And that gag was beaten to death.

I wonder if the viewer is supposed to take Avery's side in her struggle with her new boss. Despite the outcome, this isn't promising for their future together because ... well he's the boss. If he and the Curator disagree so strongly, well good luck. And he wasn't wrong.

Like the 6th movie (I saw this last), the wedding veil legend gets shortchanged at least as far as any romance story springing out of it, again despite the outcome. It's just that the romance story got washed out by everything else.

It must be nice for the three friends to be able to drop everything and fly to another city at the drop of a hat. That is a continuing theme throughout the series. I will agree that it is great to see such devoted friendship.

I wondered about ballot box stuffing especially with so many 10 star written reviews against a weighted score below 7. I looked at 5 or more of those writers' histories and the ones I picked varied from the only review to a history of 25. None of theme had a deep portfolio of written reviews. A few seemed to favor Kevin McGarry movies and WCtH. The rating spread wasn't that unusual with maybe a tad more 10's than should be expected.

Even the relationship between Avery and Peter was a little thin as far as screen time in this movie. In general, there was just too many story lines.

One of the reasons I enjoyed the original parts of The Wedding Veil involved the art and the history that were showcased with the story. I wasn't sure what this next installment would offer me as part of the audience, but I found it even more delightful. It let us glimpse into the new marriage of Avery and Peter, and the negotiations and frustrations that come with marriage and the adjustment to another person in most aspects of life. Because of the previews, I didn't realize how much this story would focus on the two of them and their struggles together. It turned out to be a lovely surprise. The story was great, the acting, superb, and the overall production, simply wonderful.

It took me awhile to warm up to the original Wedding Veil movies. I liked them okay, but they weren't movies I was going to run right out and rewatch. I had no idea what to expect, coming into this one, but I absolutely loved it. We were told that these movies showed what happened after the wedding, and that's exactly what this showed. Avery and Peter were still in a very loving, healthy relationship, with life's normal bumps along the way. I typically don't enjoy Hallmark's movies about married couples, because they are usually about marriages in trouble. This was not the case, with "Expectations."

Their marriage was in a healthy spot, they shared a ton of sweet kisses, hand holds, cuddles, and authentic conversations within a marriage. I found this movie to be extremely well acted, incredibly romantic, and one of the best Hallmark movies I've seen.

I have read comments by people saying there was not a large enough plot point, but I disagree. What we saw was a healthy, functional, loving marriage. We were told we were going to see what happened after the wedding, and that's exactly what we saw.

In my opinion, it is the best acted movie, by both Kevin McGarry and Lacey Chabert, and I've seen them all. :-)

Watched the four parts of the series shown so far. The series contains the basic hallmarks of Hallmark, i.e. Simplicity and not loaded with suspense. Most of us don't want anything too loaded right now, especially not after the past two years and the price of gas. There are two things I like about the series. The second one is the fashion, the three friends have their own individual fashion, as different as their personalities are but the styles are trendy and unique, makes you want to watch. The number one feature of the series I like is the special friendship they have. Everyone needs a friend who will always be there, who understands them, who can read their emotions on the phone. The camaraderie and authenticity of the three leading ladies is enviable.

The whole movie is all about how happy they are to be having a baby, how excited they are to have a baby, how nervous they are to be having a baby, how anxious they are to be having a baby, keep it a secret, our lives are changing because we are having a baby, they are having a baby..., baby, baby, baby. So boring and predictable. I watched the entire movie with hopes of improving, but it was just a movie full of sentimental anticipation of the arrival of a baby. It really romanticized pregnancy. It would have been nice to see more of the backstory on mother in law's rekindled relationship of a firmer flame.

This movie was SUCH a delight, and made me smile, laugh out loud, and be silent with a content full heart so many times.

Kevin McGarry and Lacey Chabert have gotten even better as an on-screen couple. They have wonderful timing together, true warmth and affection and do a great job bringing these characters to life.

While they are living in a somewhat unrealistic dream world, they also encounter many every-couple challenges small and large. Examples of the unrealistic dream world: he gets up before her every day and wakes her up with a fresh rose, she wears romantic dresses and 6 inch heels almost every day, they have bought a classic mansion that is clean and furnished beautifully, they both are working their dream jobs and apparently have enough money to impulsively make large expenditures multiple times a week without looking at the budget. Examples of every-couple challenges: canceled meetings, casual full-coverage pajamas, unexpected house repairs (MAJOR ones), conflicting goals (in small stuff), spats, emotions, throwing decorative pillows on the floor and ordering take-out for dinner. She wants to nest and decorate. He wants to protect and bring the house up to code on earthquakes.

The friendship between the three ladies continues and I enjoyed their scenes in this movie more than I did in the first trilogy.

Karen Kruper brought life and depth as Peter Hasting's mother. I also applaud Hallmark for putting her story in this movie -- mature widowed women have wonderful interesting stories too. It was lovely to have a character-story arc for Kevin McGarry here -- many opportunities to tell a story of grief and growth on this part, and with a lot of comedy thrown in. A large part of this movie's success is due to his performance, although Hallmark would like us to think it's all about the ladies.

It's such a lovely movie and Hallmark has done a great thing by continuing this series with these great characters.

I would love for the Wedding Veil Trilogy to become a yearly series -- a new trilogy of movies every January, following these characters through decades, would be lovely and the fanbase would show up for sure.

Love that the trilogy is continuing and The Wedding Veil Expectations was a solid continuation of Peter and Avery's love story. What happens after happily ever after? This is it! I appreciated the Hallmark-style bedroom scenes as well. Not something we usually see!

This honestly felt more like a pilot for a series to me but it was jammed into a 2 hour movie instead. Lots of good stories but it felt like some were given more focus than others. In particular, Grace and Clark's story didn't really have much depth.

I'd love to see this series ongoing, perhaps with a mystery surrounding a different antique each time. But I also wonder if maybe this universe is better served as a 10 episode series than 3 movies a year. There are just so many characters now with lots of different stories to tell. It's clear that the actors and creatives enjoy working together and it's a great mix of talent.

I would also love to see Kevin McGarry back on a series with creatives who love and appreciate his immense talent. I've seen all of Kevin and Lacey's prior movies and this is easily the best pairing I've seen for both of them. More of this please.

Nice story line after the first wedding veil movie. The acting by Lacey and Kevin was good - not overdone, very natural and his expressions were good. Hope they do another sequel next year. Did not like the storyline on the new guy in charge of the museum though. The costumes was so nice. The heigh difference between Kevin and Lacey was quite funny, but Lacey is a very petite woman so she looks small even with other actors. Nice movie to start the year 2023, i hope the rest of HM movies improve as i have no seen a good HM movie for quite a while. Kevin is my favourite Hallmark actor and hope he does more movies.

There is no chemistry between Peter and Avery. They both came off as wooden and cold and not like two people in love. Also, the actor who played Peter wasn't professional enough to keep a Boston accent going throughout the movie. I had the same problem with the character of Peter in the first Veil movie. I was hoping his acting would improve this time around, but it didn't.

I watched the first three Veil movies, and the only one I loved was the 2nd one set in Italy. Those two leads were so much fun to watch and actually looked like two people crazy in love. Their chemistry was off the charts.

It was like watching paint dry. It was a slow painful process and thought it would never end. Was hoping it would pick up and maybe a little action.... didn't happen. Just like writing a 500 required character review and noting else to say. Other than it receives a 1 because there was not a lower number. What is up with the same actors and actress in every movie? Are they the only actors in the Halmark filming radius? The one thing is they know the plot ... used in every movie. At least change things up please. I like the question does the review contain spoilers? Don't need a spoiler, same plot every time down to the minute. Well I meet the review requirement, thank goodness.

So looked forward to this movie because I loved the first movie and yet still blown away! The storyline was wonderful and very believable and to see their lives continue after their wedding was so fun! Kevin McGarry's talent was incredible and he and Lacey set the bar very high for this second trilogy! The range of circumstances and emotions evoked by the wide range of acting was so enjoyable and heartfelt. I could easily see a sitcom come from this 4th movie, even more than I wanted one for the first! I absolutely loved it and the nod to When Harry Met Sally outtakes were the icing on the cake!

Loved this movie . We see Avery and Peter on married life with the love and stresses of a couple newly married. The comedy and emotion and love shown on screen is a testament to a great scrip and Lacey Chabert and Kevin McGarry incredible performances. The friends and other cast members added to the plot lots of emotional moments and the Director Peter Benson gave us incredible scenes . Cinematography was just beautiful . All characters were developed with very distinct personalities and the three friends are so close and so different. It is a delight to see these friends support each other and this couple welcome a new baby with all the fear and love and expectation .

Highly recommend !