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So many motives to be very critic about this film , from dialogues to unrealism of situations. But it has a great gift - the cast. When you see often Hallmark films, you have the privilege to discover same actors in almost same roles. So, a sort of routine. Real pleasant in the case of Sweet Carolina because the real provocative themes are superficial explored but the nice portraits of Josie Wilder, Cooper Avchen , parents of Josue, her boyfriend and the kids are just fair options.

I loved the advertising for water , American, becoming CZech. The flashbacks and, in same measure, the family photos . In short, little more than nice.

Please continue with a TV series of this excellent film. Great ensemble cast. Good plotlines. Drama with romance and comedy.

6/10 - a little more depressing than your typical Hallmark fare and the main characters' friends/family were the absolute worst, but it was nice to see Lacey Chabert add writing to her credits.

I looked forward to this for the week or two it was advertised. I am a fan of both leads as well as the actors playing the grandparents. Many years ago, Chabert did a touching movie about a man and woman who each lost their spouse and eventually formed a blended family. The Color of Rain was based on a true story. Despite this movie apparently being fictional, I had hoped for much the same emotional drama.

For me personally, the movie got off to a bad start with the Grandfather, Gregory Harrison, being what I thought was cruel to Josie. At one point, after doing many things to discourage her even more than the loss of her sister and best friend, he says "I love you" and I thought, no you don't - you just want what you want. Perhaps this was realistic, but it turned me against that character. And the overheard remarks contributed to later friction with the kids.

The burnt toast was a stupid attempt to show Josie wasn't a good cook.

Then Josie makes several very poor choices. One regarding the nephew was, to me, absolutely unbelievable. I really can't imagine any parent or guardian ever doing that. She makes a poor choice in her job which also affects the kids. She makes a choice, which I actually thought could have gone either way but flops, with her niece. Yes one of the themes of the story was making mistakes but out of love, yet for me these were poor examples.

Oddly, the movie was totally devoid of Josie having to enforce discipline which naturally results in resentment by the kids. This is where you would expect such problems in this type of situation. It was like the kids were perfect and Josie the bad girl.

The whole business with her job was unrealistic, but then Hallmark isn't known for realistic. Actually, her boss was incredibly generous to her.

There's one scene, which appeared in all the previews, of the family enjoying time together in the kitchen, but I wanted more of that.

I wouldn't call this a romance movie. Chabert and Tyler Hynes had definite chemistry. (I would think it hard for anyone not to have good chemistry with Chabert.) But the story was more about the family. Cooper's role was more to encourage Josie than to generate romance. As a result, the last scene felt like a tack on rather than flowing out of the story.

Perhaps I never got over my sour feelings about the Grandfather. The movie generated some positive feelings, but not as much as I hoped. With a new movie almost every week on Hallmark, they tend to run together. This was a different story, but I really wanted something that stood out more and brought me back in the future to watch over and over.

I enjoyed the movie and the family relationships. Lacey Chabert and Tyler Hynes are good co-stars. This could be a great new episodic Series.