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The cast was good, the acting was great, slightly weak story, improbable, but enjoyable.

It is a decent film for family viewing.

My advice - watch this movie, just don't overthink it.

Despite the other reviews, it's a cute movie. Hallmark movies aren't for provoking serious thought and everyone that watches these types of movies knows this. We know we are getting a happy ending in some form or another. That's why we watch these movies. There is no risk of being let down. That being said, there is not much chemistry between the wife to be and the lead Male. That part isnt very believable but if it were, we wouldn't want them to not work out, now would we? Anyway, it's a lighthearted movie and the lead female is adorable. It's worth a watch!

Jocelyn Hudson and Ryan have good chemistry together. They are great together. I really didn't care for Kelly's acting, she has a flat affect, she wasn't into her part.

Surprising is to not can be very critic about this Hallmark film. In my case, the main virtue of it remains the tree house .And the cake. And the realistic story of friendship, preserving the scent of memories from childhood. The second good point is the fine chemistry between Jocelyn Hudon and Ryan Paevey. Not the last, the nice job of charming Derek McGrath. And , sure, the way to reflect the motives of the relation between main characters.

It is a beautiful film for emotion , first.

So, just a very good surprise.

The leads were good but the story was slow. The main male and female leads were great. The bride's friends were too stereotypical but you certainly don't like them which was the intent

My husband and I watch nearly every Hallmark movie and some are definitely better than others. We thought this one was refreshing mainly due to the acting of Jocelyn Hudon. She played her part very well and it was nice to see a relatively new face. We hope she becomes one of the regulars.

Ryan Paevey is a very familiar Hallmark face (a veteran?), and one of the better actors that the network has in it's ever-expanding stable of stars. Jocelyn Hudon is one of the up-and-coming Hallmark stars, a kind of new generation after the likes of Lacey Chabert, Cindy Busby, Nicki DeLoach and company, and very easy on the eye.

The two are great in 'From Friend to Fiancé' which tells the story of Jess (Hudon), a wedding planner extraordinaire, who is called upon to plan her best friend Ted's wedding. It turns out that Ted (Paevey) is marrying the high school mean girl, played by Kelly Kruger. It turns out that Jess might have feelings for Ted, which complicates the situation. For a change, the "other woman" was actually not mean and quite relatable: definitely not the caricature that these roles seem to turn out to be. Special mention to Derek McGrath, who was great. Good chemistry between Paevey and Hudon.

A different approach to the standard Hallmark film, and enjoyable.

Here's the thing.. I liked Jess and Ted and I love the actors that portrayed them. But this story/script would have been of more use to me if I set it on fire to light kindling in my fireplace. Real talk. I should have known when I paused it an hour in and got distracted by TikTok and YouTube for an entire hour before I remembered I was watching this. True story. I know Hallmark's formula is to wait until the last moment and 99% of the time I'm totally on board with that. But this was unacceptable. I didn't watch a romance. I watched a friendship, a sham of something that was supposed to resemble a relationship, then a 10 second flash forward clip of what we should have been watching for at least the last 30 minutes of runtime, if not the last hour of runtime. This movie is an absolute joke. And I love for their to be some actual conflict in Hallmark movies but this movie overplayed its hand. Fire whoever wrote it. Ugh. I should've hard passed on this one. Regrets.

I liked all the characters--the three leads, in particular, but also the older adults that added to the story. Surprising to see so many disappointed reviews. This is Hallmark Movies! They assure me that romance & love is going to win. And the actors were good, the chemistry was right where it needed to be, and it was just nice! I like the "feel good" it gave me!

Hallmark. What are you doing? You're supposed to be 100% cringe 100% of the time. And yet here I am, having just watched one of your movies without the taste of bile in my mouth. Not only did I not hate the leads in this movie - I actually liked them! Well, I liked the female lead, anyway - the male lead was kinda just okay.

The main characters of this movie are Jess and Ted. Ted, overall, is just sort of there throughout most of this movie. He's a nice guy, and I don't openly despise him, which is a far cry from most of the male leads in Hallmark movies these days - don't get me started on "Pervert Max" in "I Do, I Do, I Do." He is, admittedly, kind of an idiot, wanting to marry a girl he's been dating for all of five minutes, but at least he doesn't gaslight or degrade the female lead.

Jess is the most likable Hallmark heroine I've seen in a long time. She's quirky, funny, and all around sympathetic. She DOES over implement the juvenile phrase "LIKE like" far too much, but if that's the worst thing I can say about a character in one of these movies (where the female lead if often desperately in love with whiney, self-absorbed, entitled man-babies), then she's doing something right. The actress, Jocelyn Hudson, does a great job of portraying the character as sweet, a little goofy, but overall very likable.

Without getting into spoilers, the movie DOES wrap up in a sort of unsatisfying way, mostly because it seems rushed.

Overall, for the first time ever, I can say about a Hallmark movie, "I didn't hate it."

This one was terrible and truly unbelievable. How, oh how, can two of the bestest of best friends be such best friends that one can be in a relationship long enough to propose - while the other has no clue what's going on? No idea! What? No. That was just one of the many puzzling choices that went into this movie. Besides a major lack of chemistry and intimacy that would be between two of the bestest of friends who each secretly loved the other. There are better, so, take a pass on this one.

I believe someone saying that Jess stating over and over that she had no feelings is the typical lazy writing from hallmark writers. I don't think you can mix it up with these two because their acting range was limited at this time. I believe Jocelyn whom i have started to watch more and more is growing as an actress. Her recent performances have been much better so i believe she is starting to feel comfortable leading a movie.

I don't like the June Weddings theme and everything related to it, but decided to give this a chance because Jocelyn Hudon is a new face and we'll get to see her soon in the new When Calls the Heart spin off, so...

I didn't love this exactly, it was a different plot. I loved the idea that the main characters were best friends, but some things are just not believable. How did he get engaged and she didn't even know he was dating? Seriously... too much soap opera for me. Kimberly's minions? Come on, Hallmark you can do better.

I personally really liked Jocelyn. I'm getting tired of the same 2 or 3 actresses having ONE movie PER SEASON (and by season I mean, Christmas, June Weddings, Summer, Valentine's etc. Jen Lilley, Danica and Lacey, i'm looking at you). I didn't hate Ryan Paevey but his character was "meh", he was not interesting, at all.

I did get me in one part. The fact that she was willing to let him go... it killed me. And there were some meme worthy times too.

So, I don't get why the reviews are SO negative. This is still Hallmark, you can expect believable and trashy scripts, but it wasn't neither that bad of some award-winning performances.

I love Hallmark movies. I don't mind the predictable plot lines. The acting can sometimes be mediocre, but this movie takes the cake. The script sounds like it came from a high school theater class, and the actors deliver the lines they also came from high school theater. The lead male character has done other movies and was not this bad. Unfortunately, he didn't have much to work with.

I couldn't even handle finishing this movie. Maybe it got better towards the end.

Sometimes Hallmark casts actors that are well paired looks wise but here they got it right. Jocelyn Hudon and Ryan Paevey look good together. She is pretty and has a Rachel Bilson like charm.

The story is quite watchable and avoids cliches in the way things unfold and how the characters behave and talk especially the mean girl. This is hard to do in Hallmark romances which often go over familiar territory. A lot of other romances in Hallmark have been a little predictable but this one you want to see how things unfold.

It's a more realistic version of My Best Friends Wedding with a well written ending.

Worth watching.

How can you call it a romance when it has absolutely no passion, no "spark", no chemistry, and is a really dumb story. The actors did good work and the girls were pretty. I prefer a rerun of a REAL Hallmark romance.

This is the worst Hallmark movie I have ever seen. So wrong in so many levels. She's annoying and trying to steal the groom. Stupid storyline. Everything in this movie with no respect and no boundaries.

Loved it. Perfect Fairytale!! Need a part two!! Typical hallmark movie but that's what I want when I tune in. They have great chemistry.