Accidental Engagement

I think people are expecting too much from movies these days. We're all too spoiled with these multimillion-dollar films. This was clearly an ultra low budget movie. They didn't have a big production and they also didn't have a very interesting plotline. The movie was super poorly written and horribly directed. It was exactly what you would expect from your average film school grad student which is exactly what a movie with a low budget can afford. want great acting and awesome cinematography? then don't watch cheap hallmark tv movies! duh. And yes, as everyone has already said it - the acting was just stupid. But when you have such basic production, terrible script, and boring storyline even the big hollywood stars won't be able to do much with it. i watched this just because i am a filmmaker and i was curious to see some low budget movies and i have to say - i feel like they did what they could with what they had.

The story was fine. Actors fine. Too bad all the females looked like they were being strangled by giant necklaces. Worst costuming I've ever seen for one of these made for TV romances. The huge clunky home party jewelry paired with ill fitting tacky clothes was massively distracting. Young women in their early 20s do not dress like 45 year divorcees on a cruise. I don't care about high fashion or trendy clothing at all so for me to notice how incredibly bad it was is saying something. It would have looked better if the costumer got everything at Target.

What is this? I have never watched a Hallmark movie so poorly written. So poorly acted. So poorly directed. So poorly cast! Were they looking for the cheapest cast they could find? Even the wardrobe department sucks. The clothes and jewelry are pathetic.

Fourteen minutes on and I was already cringing at every word said in the movie. The female lead is not attractive not did she have any likable characteristics. The male leaf is the only actor that has any talent. The story line is laughable. Don't waste your time or your money.

She is a struggling actress waitress who feels a failure. He is a star hoping to get a cover for an affair with a married woman. Through a series of pretty well played out misunderstandings they pretend to be engaged, but of course you can guess what happens - they develop real feelings. There have been other romance movies where fake romances turn real but this one is alright.

The actress is played by Lexi Giovagnoli. She is cute in a Kaley Cuoco way although not very beautiful she has a likability. Brant Daugherty of Pretty Little Liars is the heartthrob. He is quite suited to the role and is getting to be a more convincing actor especially when not grinning too widely.

There have been worse Hallmark romances than this one.

The studio producing this film was MarVista not Hallmark. It's on the poster of the movie with the two actors. Hallmark has its share of weak movies but let's not blame it for the movies it doesn't make.