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My wife and I love the B grade Rom com movies like this but this one actually surpassed our expectations by quite a bit! Good writing, really well acted and very very sweet! Good chemistry between the main characters and certainly a level above what you would expect from this kind of Movie. It's still a basic Rom com it's not up to the A-grade level of Notting Hill, Love Actually or anything like that, but it was really nice and well worth a watch. At the start we just thought it was going to be another standard Rom com and we just decided to watch it and see, but it turned out to be quite a bit better than we expected.

This movie is fine, especially considering filmed during the pandemic, but two things make it less rewatchable for me: 1) the plot is a mix of too many others I watch a lot 2) whilst I do like the relaxed feel to many scenes, it is sometimes shattered with upbeat pop tracks.

Fun plot, relationships are respectful of each other, great gifting idea for anyone. No fowl language or embarrassing sexual scenes. Rated 16+ Actors are actually in real life relationships. Filming during Covid Pandemic.

The premise of couple who dislike each other thrown together as bridesmaid and groomsman is common enough, but somehow this one was accomplished nicely. Olivia was somewhat blinded by her own self-interest, but the emotion was legitimate given how it brought back so much memory of her mother. Brian was actually fairly reasonable even if he reacted a little too strongly. But after the setup, their relationship developed nicely and with chemistry between the actors. The resolution for the main couple was obvious and in fact I think it's been done at least once in another TV movie.

I have to remind myself that rom/coms and reality do not fit well together so as ridiculous as the way the bride and groom's troubles developed and solutions approached, I just went with it. The point was that it was a vehicle by the writers to bring Olivia and Brian together.

I liked that the main couple's brunch conversation was fairly real rather than silly or overly invasive. The continuing mix-ups resulting from their peacemaking efforts were mildly funny.

This was a hard movie to get through. Stupid plot. Bad acting. Typical UpTV movie. Not good. Not engaging. Bad chemistry. Stupid plot. Not enjoyable. Plus ... not a Grayston Holt fan.