My Boyfriends' Dogs

Excellent example of the Romance Genre. There are no coy, misleading, misspoken or misunderstood words or deeds. It is easy to follow the love story, you see where the problem is and she solves it. Just like you would.

It's almost like real life. The characters develop and reveal their good points and bad points, nothing is contrived and sprung upon the viewer out of nowhere. I laughed at her mistakes, just as she did.

A thoroughly enjoyable movie and it would be nice to see the next chapter (nope, not going to tell) as walking off in the rain is not the same as riding off into the sunset.

((you know, along the lines of; will she learn to follow her heart? is HE the one? How many more dogs is she going to collect? Will her students finish Wuthering Heights? Can she get her money back on vol. 1 of Proust's 'in search of lost time' or is she doomed to have a 700 page book, of which she cannot get past page 5, haunt her book shelves forever? True it will stop any caliber of bullet up to a .308, but is that enough to keep a book on your shelf?))

This was a cute little Hallmark movie, following a Runaway Bride theme and aimed at dog lovers. Its an easy watch, the story is fun, if obvious and the acting decent especially for a made-for-TV movie.

It follows Erika Christensen as Bailey Daley (yes really) an English teacher trying to meet Mr. Right but failing because she keeps trying to be who she thinks Mr Right wants (jazz enthusiast, jock, golf pro, boring classics reader) not who she really is.

The movie opens with her running down the street with 3 dogs in tow in the pouring rain wearing a wedding dress. Baily finds her way to a diner where she proceeds to tell the owners her long history of romantic woes, explaining she's only found unconditional love from the dogs she's adopted as each relationship ended.- Loved seeing Joyce DeWitt on screen again here.

The story is told in flashbacks with Baily making bad decisions with men but gaining some great dogs along the way. As a viewer it was fun to witness her obvious character flaws and await her opening her eyes to the man that's been there all along.1/24/16

I'm usually a sucker for these kind of movies, until this one. I don't know which was sappier. Her irritating merry-go-round ride looking for Mr. Right, despite her Mothers sound advice, or that predictable ending.

Erika Christensen stars as a high school teacher eager to meet Mr. Right, but her search proves futile as she realizes her choices are not the best. The movie opens with Christensen running through the rain with three dogs in tow. She comes upon a small diner that just closed and-- looking pathetic and drenched, the owners allow her in. The movie is told through her recounting of how she came to the diner dressed in a wedding gown. Christensen is a lovely actress who fits this role perfectly. Central to the story are some cute little dogs, always a nice addition to any movie. Shot in a small idyllic town somewhere in California, this movie was actually filmed somewhere in Canada (Toronto likely, or Vancouver) and is filled with several fresh Canadian faces. This is a nice 2-hour diversion for the romantic at heart.

Bailey Daley (Erika Christensen) finds shelter from a rainy night in a diner. She's in a wedding dress with three dogs as she recounts how she got there. She's a high school teacher and French teacher Amber is her best friend. Dina is her widower mother. She dates new gym teacher Wade who has golden retriever Adam. He moves to Seattle with another girl and leaves Adam with her. Pet store owner Cole is running dog adoption day. There's meeting artist Jonathan who has dalmatian Eve. He's a snobby British vegetarian. They break up and he gives Eve to her. Finally, there's Eric. He is reluctant to adopt a dog from the store. His rich family picks out a pure-breed Shih Tzu. His dislike of dogs threatens to tear them apart.

Erika Christensen is an enchanting actress. Tyron Leitso could have been a solid companion. They could have solid romantic chemistry. The problem is that they don't spend enough time together. This is a Hallmark movie and the expectations are not that high. However, they need to give a romance time to cook up. All her other guys eat up screen time. There is a solid formula to this type of movies and this is not it.