Accidental Engagement

She is a struggling actress waitress who feels a failure. He is a star hoping to get a cover for an affair with a married woman. Through a series of pretty well played out misunderstandings they pretend to be engaged, but of course you can guess what happens - they develop real feelings. There have been other romance movies where fake romances turn real but this one is alright.

The actress is played by Lexi Giovagnoli. She is cute in a Kaley Cuoco way although not very beautiful she has a likability. Brant Daugherty of Pretty Little Liars is the heartthrob. He is quite suited to the role and is getting to be a more convincing actor especially when not grinning too widely.

There have been worse Hallmark romances than this one.

I think the lead male is Matthew Bomer in a few years. He will make the perfect Hallmark Male for a lifetime of sappy romantic movies. (And I mean that with all respect)

Some of the acting is solidly ACTING. It makes me feel like the director must have been holding an acting class and said, "For extra credit, I want you all to come and be in my movie!".

(Is that wrong?). 😁

I came across the trailer for this movie on Netflix and decided to check it out. By the time i rented it (which was 5 freaking dollars) the edible kicked in. I honestly felt like i was reading a vivid FanFiction written by a twelve year old

The story was fine. Actors fine. Too bad all the females looked like they were being strangled by giant necklaces. Worst costuming I've ever seen for one of these made for TV romances. The huge clunky home party jewelry paired with ill fitting tacky clothes was massively distracting. Young women in their early 20s do not dress like 45 year divorcees on a cruise. I don't care about high fashion or trendy clothing at all so for me to notice how incredibly bad it was is saying something. It would have looked better if the costumer got everything at Target.

I typically love this kind of movies, and I'm usually generous with my ratings compared to others reviewers, but this was terrible due to the acting/directing.

In all fairness, Brant Daugherty was believable and natural. Lexi Giovagnoli, who played Clarissa, was dull, stiff, and had no personality. Nthenya Ndunda playing her friend Veronica was barely understandable, and she just jumped around and giggled.

It was laughable when the main characters would walk into a room, and everyone just stared or looked at each other without saying a word.

I kept thinking to myself that this is not up to Hallmark's standard and checked IMDb for the company credits. This movie was not produced by Hallmark, and it showed. Yes, I know many think Hallmark movies are overly cheesy, but I love them.