Accidental Engagement

What is this? I have never watched a Hallmark movie so poorly written. So poorly acted. So poorly directed. So poorly cast! Were they looking for the cheapest cast they could find? Even the wardrobe department sucks. The clothes and jewelry are pathetic.

Fourteen minutes on and I was already cringing at every word said in the movie. The female lead is not attractive not did she have any likable characteristics. The male leaf is the only actor that has any talent. The story line is laughable. Don't waste your time or your money.

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.

It's a cute, predictable movie about a down on her luck aspiring actress pretending that a Hollywood star actor is her boyfriend to impress her friends from high school at her best friend's wedding. The Hollywood star finds out about it and goes along with the lie since he has to cover up for a simplistic problem he's in and you already knows how the movie ends. The two leads are pretty good actors in a very simplistic plot with no stakes and manufactured drama resolved within minutes of occurring. There is no real conflict in this movie. However, the cast was good and they did the best with the small budget they were given. This movie is very generic but if you want to waste an hour and a half on a movie, it's a good movie to simply watch to waste the time.

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.

The studio producing this film was MarVista not Hallmark. It's on the poster of the movie with the two actors. Hallmark has its share of weak movies but let's not blame it for the movies it doesn't make.