Perfectly Prudence

This was a terrible Sequel to the great Dear Prudence 2009 Hallmark Mystery movie. This movie has absolutely zero to do with a mystery . Plot was so dul and boring and except for Seymoure and Lando the acing was lackluster. Seymour and Lando did not have the chemistry they had in Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. They were unable to capture the "magic in a bottle" they had in Dr Quinn. By apppearances and plot it appears this was a low budget movie. Not a good production from Seymour and Jane Keach which was surprising. Their other tv movies of the week, etc.. have been great. Long story short--don't waste your time on this movie. Stop with Dear Prudence and lets hope they will eventually pick up the mysteries again.

Jane Seymour enlivens this Hall Channel TV movie sequel to 2008's DEAR PRUDENCE about a Martha-Stewart-like TV personality. This time there's a corporate takeover and an attempted makeover of the show and an old lover who reappears. Valerie Azlynn is quite funny as the ditzy weather bunny who is being foisted on the show in order to improve the -- harrumph! -- demographics.

Director Paul Schneider fills out the piece with some nice auctorial comments; as Miss Seymour and Katherine Flynn as her daughter and producer walk and talk about how to present a particular guest, they finish by noting it will be a 'walk and talk' and the camera offers the audience a nice flourish to let us know that is what we've just seen. A pleasant setting and competent actors make this one that is worth seeing.

This movie is still good in spite of how hard they deliberately tried to ruin it.

"Dear Prudence" was great, a woman who gets dragged into being a detective by circumstance. She was assisted by a young lad, somewhat reminiscent of the "Hettie Wainthrop" series starring Patricia Routledge.

So how did they try to ruin it? First of all, Prudence is no longer a detective. This was the main point of the entire show, which has now been eliminated completely. Kind of like making an episode of Miss Marple where she turns out to be a knitting instructor on TV instead of a sleuth. I was at about 1:20 in to the film when I finally decided that nobody was going to get murdered.

Second, in "Dear Prudence" her assistant was young, perhaps teenage, cute, shy and geeky, with lots of personality. In "Perfectly Prudence" they have replaced him with a late-twenties, pudgy, unattractive geek with the personality of clammy dumpling dough. Removes half the reason to watch the show.

The other half of the reason, though, Jane Seymour, is quite delightful. She is still looking very good.

Unexpectedly, the movie is stolen by Valerie Azlynn, who has a real flair for comedy. Her crying scenes are particularly hilarious.

I think it's very ironic that the plot of "Perfectly Prudence" is about the network executives trying to ruin her TV show, destroying everything it stood for and totally revamping it purely for the sake of money, when that is exactly what they did to "Dear Prudence!"

Jane Seymour gives a fun performance as this fiery Brit who knows what she wants. Her love interest is great too, as a cynical man who slowly uncrusts and reveals a good heart. There were some funny moments in the movie. And I realized after watching for the first time that the entire thing takes place at this rural mansion.

The boss' son is obnoxious (with no redeeming value). The show's premise was worn out 20 years ago. Prudence's daughter is very unattractive and an amateur actor. All the actors should be embarrassed to be a part of this disaster. Jane Seymour, a normally talented actor, must not have read the script before signing up. They reference cracking eggs; this show is a broken egg! Was it written (and don t forget bad casting) by a real loser or what? Yuck! 4 cracked eggs is my generous rating.