Feeling Butterflies

Except for Kayla & Kevin I thought the movie was a bust...but...we surprisingly made it all the way through.

The CGI of the butterfly's was terrible. The movie was too juvenile in nature, even being portrayed by the leads, but their chemistry made up for much of the negatives.

Everyone watches movies thru different lenses, I get it, and my viewing lense is different as well, that being said I was surprised with all the "10" ratings yet at the time of my review the movie only garnered an overall 6.4. I usually overrate movies so I was surprised with myself with my lackluster poor review.

But, we made it all the way through.

7.4 stars.

I've hit a dry patch lately. Not a whole lot of decent Hallmark in the past week or so. Most of them in the 6 and 7 range, not many over 8 stars, I need 8 stars. This was a good movie, not a great one, the leads are wonderful together, she is a breath of fresh air as this character who loves butterflies, lives butterflies, knows all there is to know about them. She is an insect scientist who also does butterfly shows and releases them at weddings, birthdays, other events. She is drop dead gorgeous as we all can see. She has an assistant and he's a fun character. Kevin McGarry is the usual Hallmark male, and I'm afraid he's a one trick pony. He is the same person in every story, be it this one, or the Wedding Veil series... He needs a kick start, but on the other hand why would he care, he's worth over $100 Million. What, where did he get all that money? Maybe these Hallmark people are burnt out, look how many things they have to do every year.

I am so disappointed because I love Kayla and Kevin and think they are both great actors. I can't believe I am evening saying this but I didn't feel like there is chemistry between them, which is odd, considering they are a real life couple. I have seen them in other things with more chemistry than this portrayed. So I blame the story. I thought it was a cute concept but then it didn't go anywhere for me, there was so depth, the character development was lacking all the way around. And I felt yucky watching him be emotionally unavailable and leading her on and her pining after him. I thought we were done with those story lines, Hallmark. I definitely want to see them in more movies together and hopefully better stories!

Clearly the production team has someone posting fake reviews on this one.

The movie itself overdoes it on the Hallmark sound effects -- every line is accompanied with some annoying music to tell you how to feel. The characters are awkward. The main rival is a mustache-twirler, the lead's best friend can't help but smile during every line, and the lead's father is overly invested in marrying off his daughter. And butterflies -- not sure where they came up with that idea, but it makes the whole thing feel silly.

But if you're dying to watch another woman fall in love with a rich good looking guy who just happens to be available and never has to work a day of his life so he can instead spend all of his time focused on the lead woman then this will do the trick.

To highlight the positives, it had an interesting storyline, the actors and the special effects were great. I enjoyed the comedic relief, but I think what was missing was the believability and genuine joy you get from observing these creatures in its natural habitat and its beauty of transforming. I was expecting something quite magical and I think it fell flat for me. It didn't hit the mark or give me butterflies but it was an okay movie to watch on a wet day.