Stop the Wedding

I would have enjoyed this film a lot more, if only Rachel Boston would stop shouting her lines excitedly and waving her arms about - which she seems to do in all her movies. The story was passable though.

7.8 stars.

One of those "I don't understand why all the bad reviews" sort of moments for me. I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish. A woman and a man are both very hesitant to let their parents get married. More specifically, it's her aunt who raised her since her parents died, and it's his dad. Both have been previously married, but there has been much past drama which is a major obstacle to this being a good idea. Well, this story is all about the two leads trying to stop the wedding, but in the meantime, they fall in love. It's refreshing, it's fun, the acting is totally on point, the writing is adept, the direction is well done, the dialogue is witty and comedic. What's not to like? Look at the cast, this film is littered with actors you have seen many times. There are several Hallmark regulars, the whole band showed up for this movie, and as a bonus we have Alan Thicke. Not too shabby and he's Canadian too like so many other Hallmark actors (go figure).

This movie was so good I couldn't even pause it to go to sleep! Acting was great. Chemistry between all characters was fantastic. A must watch romantic movie! James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 6/4/21.

The big problem is the high unrealism of story. Sure, good intentions, a lot of cliches, Alan Thicke reminding, more, an character from Young and Restless,David James Lewis and the short appearences of Nelson Wong as charming employee as good points.

Two not very mature young people looking for stop the weddings of relatives. Las Vegas once, Las Vegas twice. And the recipe seems to work. In wrong direction because the bridge between the first and second part seems non existent.

So, only good intentions. Not bad ones but far to give some credibility.

The entire movie felt strung together with no real direction. I read the novel this was based off of and noticed many things were changed about the setting and the plot just for the hell of it. The plot itself seemed to be abandoned halfway through the movie in favorite of clichés and wacky hi-jinks. The reasoning behind Anabelle's need to stop the wedding was flimsy at best but she soon got over it upon watching a short video of the couple together.However since there was still an hour left to fill the movie random plot points, hi-jinks and misunderstandings were thrown in as filler to stretch out the running time.Hallmark, please stop adapting novels! You do a terrible job bringing them to screen.