Love in Harmony Valley

Emma is coming back home to visit her best friend of 20 years, they both had an accident a few months ago and after that, Emma just fled town. Will, Emma's childhood friend and Tracy's brothers blames her for the accident and for leaving afterwards.

That's all you need to know to go into it. Once there, you discover Will and his buddy want to re-open the winery of the town and modernize it as well. So, they present a project to the city council. Emma helps them a bit with said project.

I enjoyed this movie. It reminded me of the first movies of this kind that I watched around 5 years ago. It's also quite different from what Hallmark and Lifetime offers. It's not centered around romance, which I don't mind but... here goes my main problem: I understand that Emma and Will had known each other for 20 years but before confessing feelings I would have liked for them to spend more time together, all we got was a montage and 2 scenes. It's not enough. It would be more believable that way. They cannot create a relationship out of thin air.

Unlike Hallmark, the plot IS more believable, I can see this happening in real life. I understood where the Grandmother was coming from even though she was wrong.

It was my first time watching Amber Marshall. I liked her. I might watch more things with her (should I watch Heartland? I've had my eyes on it for a while). However, I have my doubts with Eric Hicks. I didn't disliked him but I would have liked for his character to be more cheerful, at least towards the ending. And honestly, I'm still confused about the chemistry, they did not have enough scenes (again, it's not centre around romance).

I think it is worth a watch, the first hour of the movie flew by, I was truly entertained and it was 12.30 in the morning.

I've been a fan of Amber Marshall's for a long time I new going into this move that she was in amazing actress but wow to see her playing a different character then Amy on Heartland was great Amber was so amazing playing Emma she really did I have to be honest this was my first time ever seeing Erick Hicks in a move I was so impressed by him I will definitely be watching more of him When I can sit down with my wife in too kids in watch a 2 hour program in not having to worry about profanity that's great Love in Harmony Valley was a great family program there's just not enough of them out there any more my hat's off the writers they really knock this one out of the park Amber Marshall you never feel to impress me Erick Hicks your a great actor I will be watching more of you to the rest of the cast great job guys God bless you all and thanks again for such a great Move

6.3 stars.

I like Marshall, she is one of my faves, taking into account a couple of movies, but mainly due to the show she is most noted for. If you haven't seen that show yet, give it a shot. I'm not going to name it, you can look it up and see for yourself. The title rhymes with "parkland".

This is an odd film with sad faces, disappointment, strange people...the performances were off. The male lead is abnormal in his presentation, almost like he's trying to be someone he's not, and it's off-putting. Trying too hard is the impression I get. The other fellow was just too secondary to have any impact on the story, his personality is absent. The grandmother was inconsistently nice, but unforgiving, and angry, and then maybe reversed? I can't put words to the way each character was portrayed, but it's a mess. Ms. Marshall's character comes off somewhat depressed and scared and hesitant, maybe that's intended, but not fun for a main character to be this way throughout a film. The only person I enjoyed was the injured best friend, and we don't get to see nearly enough of her. She's uplifting, cheerful, fun, full of zest. Rethink the final product next time, director.

Decent Storyline. But as for some of the character actors/actresses, I feel they should have found people who have better chemistry with. Ex: Amber Marshall plays Emma which was a great choice, Amber is an excellent actress and people know her from Heartland. Eric Hicks plays Will, Emma's love interest. But the problem I see with the casting is neither Amber or Eric had any kind of chemistry together. It seemed like the relationship between them was forced and awkward, As characters they just didn't seem right together. Which in turn takes a toll on the outcome of the film. In my opinion, they should of found an actor to play Will who has or had better chemistry with Amber who played Emma. I'm in no way saying Eric Hicks isn't a great actor. I'm just saying he really didn't have any chemistry with Amber Marshall and it definitely showed.

I have seen this actress before. This time I wasn't as impressed. The one thing that bothered me the most was the horrible make-up she used! Way too much and too heavy. Her hair wasn't the best either. I know she likes long hair but, sorry, It's not her best feature. Her acting was okay. I, too, liked the bouncy, smiling attitude of her best friend. Every time she was around, things weren't so depressing. Will's friend felt like an afterthought. The story line was good, but I think it could have been done better.

There were lots of little things that were just "off". The Grandmother's attitude went from a lot of anger to sweet many times. In one part I swear she was the bad guy!

All in all, the movie was, at most, mediocre.