Alle lieben Jake

I enjoy this movie but it's so unrealistic that Ben doesn't always recognise his own beloved dog/bark. However I like that the characters try to consider everyone's situations.

This is standard Hallmark fare, which is to say that it's solid but not earth-shattering. It's like a comfy sweater that does its job. The two MCs have good chemistry. The dog puts in a solid performance - LOL. And it's not too, too Hallmark... which is nice. My only comment is that whoever edited the final product included some odd cutaways. But that's not much of anything... Enjoy the show!

As a starting point, we get the veteran of Hallmark, Candace Cameron Bure, who is, characteristically at times, overly high strung. Then we get Victor Webster who is awllllll man (and so much of it!) and who doesn't love that cutie pooch! Awwww Jake is adorable.

So we have a great playing field (pardon the pun) but then ... omg ... this show sent chills down my spine in a very UN-Hallmark way!

The way the two leads fought over the dog. If you have ever been acrimoniously divorced with a battle over child custody, you will most likely have complete sense of humour failure during this show.

The 'parents' openly yell at each other over the 'custody' (yes, of the dog). They pit the dog against each other by teaching the dog to act out whilst in the other person's custody and the tussle leads to heartbreaking scenes of goodbyes with the dog over and over again.

If these scenes were meant to be funny, then the scriptwriter needs to grow a heart.

This was a joy to watch! I thought the mom came off a little harsh in the beginning but the rest of the acting was superb and fun.

First I have to admit to some bias. I find CCB one of the worst actresses out there. She overemotes every scene that I have a headache from rolling my eyes so much. In this film, however, she wasn't given much to work with. A terrible script, zero chemistry between the actors, going from disdain to love with zero transition of their feelings, and ugh, Webster's hair-like he took some shears and tried to give himself a faux-hawk. Just awful all around. I stayed to the end just so I could write this review with certainty of no redeeming ending. The one star is for promoting animal adoption.

Total garbage movie.