Heart of the Matter

I watched this again, well part of it. The male lead character is written as such a pathetic clod, I just couldn't stand to watch it. Why any woman would be pining after him alludes me. The more he revealed, the less appealing he became. Don't waste your time thinking it will get better.

I will watch Jason Dohring in anything. I first saw him on Veronica Mars and then Moonlight, Ringer, and numerous other tv shows and movies. You can see the emotions revealed in his face. Sometimes his expressions can break my heart. I enjoyed this movie and would watch it again.

IMDB tells you "Portrait of Love" is a rename of "Heart of the Matter", which is now available on Amazon through PixL, but beware, "Heart of the Matter" is a castrated hollow shell of "Portrait of Love".

I cannot tell if the reviews here on IMDB are for "portrait" or "Heart". But "Portrait of Love" is worthy of every good thing said here. "Heart" is worth the trash can. "Heart of the Matter" is a lame, inferior, incomplete cut. A waste of time compared to "Portrait of Love". You want the original "Portrait of Love" or nothing.

This movie has attractiveness going for it, I will say that. I've never seen anyone in this movie in other things, other than Frances Fisher. Why she is in a film like this is befuddling. The lead actor has the emotional range of a wet sock, other than the over-the-top crying scene towards the end. Chemistry is fine between the two, but I think it may be more because of Williamson's acting than anything else. I only wanted to write a review because I wanted to express how weird I thought it was for April to invite her date into the home of her ex-boyfriend. Really. Who does that?

Portrait of Love is fine. Watch it if there is nothing else on.

I had 0 expectations about this movie. However it turned out very okay. There were a few mistakes regarding the camera and the movements of the characters that one can see very easily. The female lead was pretty good, but the guy... I don't know, I like him, but I was waiting for the moment where he would scream or something!

What I loved about this was the fact that they had history: there was a moment in which they were arguing and for a moment I thought I was gonna cry. Pretty realistic the way these characters treated each other considering they had a past, but I would have loved to know more about them. You know there is this one smart elder person in each movie that guides the leads towards each other? There wasn't one in specific here, but that was the girl's job - who did an amazing job even though she could be quite loud and annoying sometimes - and I really like that!

Not Hallmark's best, but I actually enjoyed it!