Love at First Glance

This was a good movie, these other reviews you people are idiots.

I do love the actress (loved Twelve Dates of Christmas), but I didn't love the movie. It was mostly a bunch of smarmy stories (and I love Hallmark, so I can take most smarmy but this was over the top) put together about this way-better-than-perfect guy that she thinks she likes, except that she doesn't know him, who was conveniently out of the country for the whole movie. Meanwhile her male best friend/roommate (who is one of the regular cast of Hallmark guys) was being kind and supportive and always there for her. You know how in a Hallmark movie, even if there is an ex and a new guy and a guy best friend, it's always clear who the girl will end up with. Well, not this one. Does she fall in love with the perfect guy she's never talked to in person? Does she fall in love with the super nice roommate or best friend (I even watched the beginning again, and it didn't explain their relationship at the start of the movie)? I won't give spoilers, but I didn't know the answer until late in the movie. I was so unsure that I wasn't rooting for either of them, so when she picked, I actually didn't care.

Not your typical Hallmark movie, enjoyed the storyline which was a refreshing change. Love Amy Smart, and Jonathan Bennett as the gay best friend was great. Good performances all around.

While most hall mark movies have nearly identical plot lines that can be figured out within fifteen minutes, this isn't one of them. it is actually an original concept for a romance - the man and women see each other on a lightrail train where he forgets his phone. since the man is leaving for paris for a few weeks, he suggests she gets to know him through the contacts in his phone; the two don't actually meet until he gets back. for a hallmark movie, I give it a ten for stepping outside hallmark's comfort zone but for movies in general, an eight due to some story difficulties and complete lack of chemistry between the two in their few shared minutes of screen time.

Lovely to see Hallmark trying to vary what I suppose you'd call their 'standard format', and it made for a refreshing change.

This film isn't perfect, it has several flaws, but for sheer entertainment value and lovely performances being given (again, not by 'Hallmark' standard players') this was good fun, and touching too.

The people who seem to dislike it are those who perhaps prefer the 'standard format'.