nemman63

This movie avoided most of the tropes about someone's parents dying (though they did sneak in the old spouse dying), one of them returning to their hometown only to fall in love with an old flame, etc. Him being a secret Prince or a billionaire, her being a secret princess, one of them inheriting something significant etc.

I thought the male lead was good, and the female lead was below average, and somewhat flat and even unlikable at times. Her sister I liked a little more and wish that they swapped roles TBH. But she was stuck raising some man child, cupcake-binging husband to raise along with their kids. (Why do they do this? Are there really so many lovely, smart women who marry overweight schlubs who never grew up and are mentally 12 years old?)

I had some problems with the writing - like the female lead not liking a date because he took her to a place that had bad lasagna, but all in all it was better than average, and it passed the time during my treadmill workout pretty easily.

Adam was perfect for her TBH. All she focused on was her bakery and cupcakes. She didn't even interact with her sister's kid and only came over to whine about things to their mother. She was pretty self-obsessed herself, just like Adam.

Can't any of these movies have the leads be adults when a misunderstanding arises? Just ask questions instead of running off and vowing to never speak to the person again.

Man, after all that, why did I give it 7 stars?

I think the main reason I bumped it up a couple of stars even with the flaws was because of the firemen scenes. Having worked in a similar environment I can tell you they got that part right, right down to doing pushups off the back bumper when bored. The actors all played their roles excellently, looked and behaved accurately. It made me miss the old days TBH.

About halfway through as yet another scene played out without dialogue, with the characters looking as sad and listless as can be, I realized that whoever directed this movie was very seriously clinically depressed.

I later found out that it was the leading actress who directed and wrote it. In the film the only life and fleeting joy cam during sex, and most of the time not even then.

I thought something was off about the main male character, and unlike most viewers was not surprised by "the twist" or "the climax" as other viewers were.

He just accepted her cheating without even showing any emotion, and then when she casually announced she had an aborted her pregnancy with his child (maybe), he didn't even comment or talk to her about it, or express any emotion whatsoever. It was then that I realized he did not love her and was in the relationship for another reason.

I didn't like the movie, or find it very interesting. It was simply unpleasant to watch someone elses mental illness inflicted on the viewer.

I gave it 2 stars for at least being honest.

Saved the best for last.

I didn't read the books, so I was not hung up on hair color and bosom sizes being accurate etc. While watching. Not saying book readers don't have a valid complaint, but it just didn't enter into my judgment of the movie.

I thought "Web of Dreams" was the best of the series, and "Heaven" was the 2nd best. "Fallen Hearts" was absolutely HORRIBLE, and nearly made me stop watching the series.

Leigh (Angel) may not have been the prettiest, but she was very sweet and goodhearted, and looked quite lovely when she smiled.

I am not sure a twisted rapist like Tony would fall in love with her when her pretty on the outside, but hideous on the inside mother was where his tastes lay, but I could see a good and honorable man falling in love with her, and feeling protective of her very easily.

But I can tell you being from rural Virginia that the Casteel family as presented in this episode would not have been considered back woods trash. They just accepted Leigh with no judgment about her pregnancy, were kind and respectful of others, had all their visible teeth, and kept their yard tidy and free of junk vehicles and old rusty appliances, spoke good English etc. They would have been respected members of that community.

And they would be familiar with the tragic events concerning Luke and his wife, and WOULD NOT have just treated the children like worthless trash with no one trying to help them.

I guess Luke fell apart after she died, but still... the thought the entire family would be considered as trash is quite frankly ridiculous... So either this didn't match the book or VC Andrew had a thing about making people really nasty and overly judgmental and hateful of others.

Just like she likes writing about incest. Vain and horrible mothers, hot baths and rough scrubbings, fatal car accidents killing parents, horrible sibling rivalries, jealousies and resentments, based on events that they had no control over etc.

She certainly had some grooves her mind would slip into when writing these stories.

Finally Tony really did seem completely villainous, and not just tortured by pain from his past, and being too controlling because of a fear of being abandoned...

I am glad I kept watching after the dreadful "Fallen Hearts" because Web of Dreams closed the series out as decently as "Heaven" opened it.