Blind Date Book Club

I was really wanting to like this movie, but I just couldn't concentrate. Erin Krakow is such a pretty girl, but her hair was just so disruptive. The short hair just doesn't work. I know nothing about women's hair, but her hair in this movie just bothered me through the entire movie. It just needed to be longer - even if just to the shoulders. Things were just out of balance. The fact that I was thinking about it through the entire movie tells me it was wrong. I just had to mention it because I hope this will be a consideration in future movies. This is just one guys opinion.

I think I am going to have to watch the movie again to try to focus on the actual story.

I would like to know who the artist is and the name of the song that played for 2min and 22 seconds toward the end of the movie. I can't find it listed in the credits some of the words that are repeated offen are"on my mind" she has a nice voice would like to get a copy of it, Hallmark was no help , in fact they were rude at my request. I am guessing that questions might not be appropriate here but worth a try. It was a very good story line. The characters were well matched. I also liked the scenes and scenery. It was a beautiful believable story. Would like to see more like this produced by this production company.

I started out excited about this movie. It seemed to be a little different than Hallmark's typical and boring formulaic fare. (Notice how you rarely see a HM movie rated above 6-ish?) The male lead was great. He was likable, genuine, real. Very good and would like to see him in more HM movies. The Nantucket backdrop was great (though we saw very little of it, at least we saw lots of boats.) The bookstore was pretty and inviting and the side-kick Alice was pleasant. Plus, it was great to see TWO pregnant women! Both Alice and the lead male's sister were pregnant. Refreshing!

At first I liked the female lead. She seemed a little different, but cute and pleasant. Sadly, her persona changed and she became unlikeable. So much so that I don't know how or why the male lead could be attracted to her. I'm not familiar with the actress, and maybe the director coached her to be this way, but I found her dull, emotionless, boring. She rarely registered anything other than a blank stare. I think the movie might have had more spark of life to it if she was played with more personality, or by a different actress. Also, what was with the retro wardrobe? Shirts tucked at the front and left untucked everywhere else? That look is at least 15 years old. Come on, Hallmark. Get some better hair, makeup and wardrobe people.

Also, the name of the movie didn't make a lot of sense and no doubt confused viewers as much as the characters in the movie.

Overall, this could have been a really good movie. REALLY good. If not for the lifeless performance of the lead female, the creepy aunt, and the bizarre, poorly-written scene after the book club members review Dylan's book, each of which dragged it down. It could have been so much better. It seems Hallmark never gets it right. I'd love to see them hit a couple out of the park. I don't suggest holding your breath.

Very rare I write , about a Hallmark film, Ilike it. But in this case , this confession just well works. Sure, difficult to be different reaction about a film with books, Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley, not ignoring Glanys Davies and Faith Wright.

But the reactions - debates in book club are the basic good point of film. Sure, not exactly surprises or revelations but for a tsundoku like me, few significant beautiful moments. And the art of Robert Buckley to offer coherence of his version of a kind of Clark Kent.

In short, for not be too enthusiastic, I consider it pretty nice Hallmark . Off course, the blind book package has its contribution to this.

It's refreshing to see Erin Krakow in a Hallmark movie that isn't a period piece. She and Robert Buckley (of "One Tree Hill" and "Chesapeake Shores" fame) are both big Hallmark guns, and are both well cast in an original and well-written story (no tired tropes or cliches to be seen here!) set on Nantucket, but filmed - like most Hallmark movies - in British Columbia.

The chemistry between Krakow's Meg, a book store owner, and Buckley's Graham, a writer suffering from that terrible affliction of writer's block, is on point from their very first scene together. It's this chemistry that makes the movie so good.

I enjoyed this one. Hope we see more movies with Krakow and Buckley starring together.