Blind Date Book Club

Meg and Graham have a great chemistry.

Very interesting concept a " blind date, book club."

Purchase a book without knowing what the book is, and then show up in person at a later date to discuss your perceptions of the book.

In addition, participate in some theme of the book. For instance, a book concerning wine tasting would include wine tasting during the discussion, or a book concerning Flower arranging, would include Flower arranging during the discussion of the book.

The owner of the bookstore, the aunt of the main character, needs to liquidate her ownership of the bookstore. This puts the leading character in a quandary. Does she purchase her aunts bookstore, or does she go back to selling real estate?

The parallel plot is the male lead who has successfully written seven young adult books, and must produce an eighth on a specific timeline, but wants to write in a different genre. His new product is under a pseudonym, and is not being well accepted.

Very cute dialogue great acting good directing great writing..

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.

8.0 stars.

Been some days since a Hallmark movie was a pleasurable experience for me. Krakow usually makes for a decent film, and this was no exception.

How does this movie utilize the usual bag of tricks for soft romance? Actually, it doesn't fully. What I witnessed was something a bit off the beaten path. Sure it contains the usual ingredients, but there is a distinct feeling evoked watching the main characters interact. The romance seems forced, yet more authentic than most. It's as if the two leads are actually playing their parts with as much passion as possible, but doing their best to hold back. It's hard to explain, but I was actually impressed by their portrayal of two conflicted people.

He is a bit of an adventurer, but lackadaisical in his pursuit to take a detour with his writing career. In doing so, he produces something way below his standards, but seems oblivious about the ramifications this may have on his career. She, on the other hand, is the perfect female for his situation and with this particular dilemma. She has a passion for books, although it's not her primary goal to own a bookstore, and she would rather be doing real estate. But we can see that her true passion is him, she just doesn't realize it. He knows immediately that she is his match, and he formulates a plan to casually charm her.

I feel like the theme is that sometimes fate knocks us on the head to course correct our lives back to the status quo. They both belong right where they've been for a long time, yet both feel out of place. They simply needed to meet each other.

This film is not a masterpiece, but as I'm writing this review, I realize the writer had something memorable in mind, and I caught it (even though I may have overanalyzed a bit).

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.

Meg is a bookshop owner that hosts the "Blind date with a book club", which has become popular enough to be featured on the radio. One listener, Graham, travels to Nantucket to convince Meg to put his book on the list for said club.

Big shot writer from big town travels to a small town in pursue of a bookshop and has a meet cute with the owner. Who doesn't love a cliche?

Hallmark knew what they were going when they put these two together. Erin is definitely a fan favorite who manages to have chemistry with every single one of her co-stars. Put Robert in the mix who is so very charming and you have a hit.

I really liked the movie. There were a few silly things that had me rolling my eyes, like they didn't think anyone would see his picture in the back of the book? But hey, this is still Hallmark and we like it for it.

It's true it was kind of slow at times and definitely something we have seen before but it's definitely worth the watch alone for our two leads.