A Scottish Love Scheme

I liked. Very much , in fact, surprising for me because, except location, not illusion about same recipe, in new forms , with the same content.

The motif of good impression is represented by credibility offered to their characters by Jordan Young and Erica Durance and the lovely charm created, in fair manner, by Juliet Cadzo and Jo Cameron Brown.

No doubts, the Scotish landscapes are a precious spice in this case but the wisdom and the fair crafted story, the smart way to give inspired traits to her Lilly by Erica Durance are just useful virtues for a different romance, in which the water of past are not symbolic or hurry sketches.

So, just a pretty beautiful film.

This one was so disappointing. I loved the idea of middle aged actors, but there was no chemistry between the two main actors. Aside from that, while the plot was something I have loved in so many books, it was terribly translated in this movie. Hallmark has done such a better job with similar plots. I don't know why this bombed...it was definitely more than the actors, as aside from the chemistry, they were fine. I really think they were hindered but the writing. Do better, Hallmark. More detail as IMDB seems to require it...location was nice, I like that Hallmark has middle aged main characters, but do better with writing and plot.

7.3 stars.

Scoping out my thoughts, looking in from the outside, honestly I'm not in love with 'A Scottish Love Scheme'. The love factor is very minor, it's more like this should be named 'Girls trek to Scotland'. The girls are a mom and daughter combo, traveling to Scotland to see mom's old friend and family. Mom grew up in Scotland, has a full blown accent, there is no question about that aspect. Daughter (Durant) tags along, meets the old best friend lady and her family, falls in love with one of her three sons. What's not to love about this movie? I don't know, it's a bit too slow and maybe a mite depressing, if I'm being honest. The love portion is too clunky, maybe the leads lack attraction for each other, it's just not very believable.

I enjoyed this sweet story, and it was nice that is wasn't the same cookie-cutter Hallmark movie. The scenery was lovely and made me want to visit Scotland. Unfortunately I was not a fan of the main character Lily, who came across as emotionless to me. That may have been because her entire face was immobilized by Botox, and she had literally the same expression when showing surprise, laughter, and sorrow. It was very off-putting and I found it hard to concentrate on what she was saying. I enjoyed the sincerity of the male lead and his son, and there was a lot of chemistry with most of the cast.

I felt the energy/chemistry was fine between Erica Durance (LILY) and Jordan Young (LOGAN). Since Lily just had her life upended by a divorce and Logan was still grieving the loss of his wife I wouldn't have expected sparks to be flying. Especially given logan has a son to protect and and Lily's going to Spain for six months they aren't looking for a relationship. Both admit that they are cautious about taking their friendship anyplace given where they are in life. I would expect given that they're middle-aged that they are sensible enough not to jump into a relationship but take relationships seriously. I felt the casting was great and especially loved the moms: Jo Cameron Brown and Juliet Cadzo.