Coup de foudre au ranch

Nothing too unusual about the plot and a typical Hallmark movie, but I got a bit bored half way through.

Maybe the chemistry wasn't there but I found it hard going, opting to watch in two parts.

I didn't like the ranch much either.

Maybe caught me on a bad day.

Typical Hallmark, which I like. But don't say the main lady performed dressage riding and then have her flop around on the back of a horse. Dressage riders post, not flop.

I was wondering how often this ranch has been used in, that tree where she uses the phone, that background is becoming as more recognisable than my back garden, but it is beautiful.

The ranch is too clean and polished to be real, but then again aren't all Hallmark films like that. It doesn't matter if all you want is escapism and a feel good feeling. I could watch Wes Brown in anything.

I really liked this one. The actors played their parts very well. The people who complain about Hallmark movies being the same should maybe stop watching Hallmark movies. I think that most movies have the same formula when it gets down to it. It really depends on if you believe the characters are real. It was good stuff.

Or as some people say sappy. I expect Hallmark movies to be sappy and unrealistic with too many things wrapped up all in a bow, but this movie does all that in spades.

The story is a way overused trope where the family business is in jeopardy and a junior executive of a large corporation, Booth, is sent to scout buying it. The whole story is so cliche, or is it? Through most of the movie, I was thinking this premise is ridiculous, and much of it was, but hold off on that judgment because at least some of it makes more sense with a little twist toward the end. One small silly thing that stuck out though was "mucking the stalls" where the hay is already pristine and then they throw it at each other.

It seems that some people are annoyed by Lindy Booth, but not me. Yes her voice is a little out of the normal range. In this movie, she did do a lot of standing around and smiling prettily. It's too bad that she was relegated to that because this woman has a bubbly personality where the joy comes out all over her if given a chance. In this movie, she held that bubbly personality in neutral or maybe just in first gear a little too much. She still played a woman with a very winsome personality. She and Wes Brown connected well.

A couple of supporting actors were also appealing as Cherion Drakes and Dean Redman had a nice secondary romance going and Natalie Lisinska was Josh's friendly sister.