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I managed to make it past the half century mark of my life before finally viewing this buzzy feature. Honestly, I was disappointed. The first day takes up literally half of the movie. I let out a sigh of relief when we actually got to day 2, but Richard's neuroses continued to wear on me. There are precious few other characters to break up the monotony of Richard and The Girl. The movie boils down to a lot of blabbering and a supposedly faithful husband who's trying to seduce The Girl. I understand that, in the play version, Richard is successful in his affair. I don't think I would have found that funnier, as I don't consider adultery a laughing matter.

Stunning family home in a gorgeous location. Fresh faces. That's about all this had going for it. I know that the offerings on UpTV are on a budget, but did they really have to sink so low as to steal a 6th grader's writing assignment? This was a master class in utilizing every tired plot point from the bridezilla to misunderstandings to not one, but TWO, montages. What a muddled mess with zero chemistry, cringey dialogue, unresolved story lines, and yet another POC best friend. Why can't we have POC be the main characters? I'd love to see a lot more color represented rather than every production be whitewashed. And I'm white!

I record and watch every single rom-com that airs on the Hallmark channels and UpTV. But even with the stinkers out there, I've never felt like I had no other choice than to fast-forwarded to the end--until this offering where I broke down at the hour mark. In the past, I've managed to have the movies going in the background while I do housework. But this was just such a muddled mess! And I love Lauren Lee Smith from 'Frankie Drake Mysteries,' but that's an example of actually GOOD writing. In this film, the dialogue is cringey, the storyline is all over the place, and characters just suddenly emerge in random scenes and you have no idea who they are. There also needed to be scenes with Kate actually working to create her custom pieces. It would have helped to support the notion that she really loves her "little store." And no offense to the actor playing Jamie, but he was not "leading man" material. He had no charisma, and his hair was so distracting (from the really bad cut/style to the oil slick slapped on top). He wasn't that handsome, and he struck me as more of a comedian in looks. I can't give a rating any lower than 1 star, so I gave 1 additional star for Lauren Lee Smith. The other star is for the one realistic element presented, which was the actresses' hair. As opposed to most of the movies where the female characters look like they just came from Hair & Makeup (which the actors did), the women in this movie had hairstyles that looked like how a normal woman would do her hair. (Yes, "Chasing Waterfalls," I'm calling you out on the perfectly styled hair on the lead which was AFTER she'd gotten her hair all wet swimming.)