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Love the movie and actors overall, but there was one thing I had a hard time getting over. Sam always had a little too much make-up and nice hairdo to be working on a ranch. Plus, the hat just did not look natural on her. (Just my opinion though)

This Hallmark romance has a much-used plot: city slicker comes to the country where he meets a woman and encounters a way of life that transforms him. Still, I enjoyed this film, mostly because of its cast. Ryan Paevey plays the part of the New York suit, Richard Belmont, who sidles up to cowgirl Sam Walker, played by Erin Krakow.

When they first meet, Sam is suspicious of Richard's intentions. She is also dealing with existential financial decisions for her Bighorn ranch. Richard eventually warms to the cowboy way of life.

The manner in which director David Winning portrays the Bighorn lifestyle makes me want to live there myself. And that is, in large part, what makes this film so enjoyable.

No big surprises on the storyline. Hallmark loves to rehash previous stories & revamp them for different settings. This one was in beautiful Montana & the scenery was spectacular. The difference here was the great progress of Ryan Pavey's character from a city slicker businessman to one who embraces the outdoor ranch life. He gave a great performance & the chemistry between him & Erin Krakow was very believable. Like others have mentioned, a sequel must be commissioned real soon !

We all have seen this plot before, it's nothing new. We all love Erin (can the name her Queen of Hallmark or something?) and Ryan always delivers with his characters. In fact, I believe he was the best part of the movie, watching him unfold this new side of Richard, learning that new lifestyle, and embracing it was fascinating, I just wish it was me doing all those things.

The scenery was beautiful. The chemistry was great. While I wouldn't watch it again, I would definitely watch a sequel: Sam and Richard developing this new idea of hers at the ranch.

Erin Krakow of When Calls the Heart plays a female rancher who has a struggling ranch. Her love interest is played by Hallmark regular Ryan Paevey as a city guy sent to buy the ranch. This plot is vaguely familiar. What makes this better than average is the stars are charming and look good together. Their dialog doesn't feel forced or artificial. It's cute at times especially when she dresses him like a Ken Doll cowboy.

Okay for a watch.

Sure, it would have been more realistic if Erin Krakow looked like she got up at the crack of dawn, with little to no make up, and got sweaty and dirty as she really worked that ranch. And she probably would still have looked quite attractive. Either way, pretty actresses are one of the reasons I like Hallmark movies and I'm OK with a luminous looking Erin Krakow. Plus, once a handsome stranger showed up and was invited to stay, is it so hard to believe she might take a few extra minutes in the morning to feel good about how she looked? Most people have some level of vanity.

But if viewers want to discuss how realistic this movie was, that discussion should probably focus more on an assessment of what, exactly, the ranch did to be financially viable. There was no evidence of any apparent income streams. We were left to assume that, perhaps, horse owners paid to have their horses boarded there, but there was no indication that they ran riding lessons, held camps, functioned as a B&B, or ran any kind of income producing ranch operation. And milking a cow into a pail suggested this was no dairy farm.

Also, much was made of the fact that the ranch had been in the family for generations. And yet there was a mortgage? If the father had run low on operating capital, and needed a mortgage, one would think there would have been some sort of business plan before Erin Krakow took over and, apparently for the first time, started thinking about coming up with one.

And the hotshot Harvard grad, who made a presentation about acquiring the ranch to a large meeting with the board/officers/management of his father's apparently very successful business, somehow learned about the ranch's private financial affairs and that they were 3 months behind on the mortgage? That information doesn't just get posted online. It only becomes public when a lender records a notice of default and starts taking steps to foreclose on the property, and that process (which did not appear to have started) can take at least 5 months or more. And yet, in Hallmark World, everyone knows everyone else's finances and family businesses and homes often suddenly face foreclosure in a matter of hours or days after being given wildly insufficient notice. THAT'S unrealistic, annoying, and just a lazy writer's way to create conflict. As was the unannounced visit by two subordinates.

And a big NY company's merger and the success of its business somehow rested on the acquisition of a little ranch in the middle of nowhere with lousy cell service? Really? Talk about unrealistic.

And "camping" next to a small fire, without a tent, blankets, or sleeping bags, after hearing what they heard, during a cold Montana night? Really?

And I get frustrated with Hallmark's compressed timelines where people meet, fall in love, and make life changing plans because of that love, all in a matter of days. Would it be so hard to write a more believable story line? With maybe a few return visits? Stretched out over weeks and months instead of a few days? I've seen it done. In better Hallmark movies.

Still, despite all this lack of realism, the movie was a nice celebration of nature and small town kindness mixed in with a pleasant romance between 2 attractive and pleasant characters. For us Hallmark movie addicts, who like romantic movies with happy endings, much can be forgiven. But this was a 2nd tier offering.

I absolutely love this movie .hope their is a part 2

Erin Krakow plays a ranch woman in this movie who applies her make up like she is behind the cosmetic counter at Macy's. She brags that she gets up at 5am to do the chores. And one of those chores is getting her face on. In general I think most Hallmark actresses wear too much make-up. But at least many of the characters they play meet the public as shopkeepers, are on television, or have important jobs in big corporations where professional dress and at least an effort to keep up appearances is part of the image you want to project.

But a woman who does physical labor all day outdoors? Who in an average day only meets her 2 employees and their little girl? Why the 3 shades of eyeshadow, lipstick, and heavy blusher? Wasn't she afraid those false eyelashes put her in danger of toppling over into a haystack? And she has the nerve to mock Ryan Peavy for his inappropriate outfits? And call him a city slicker? Look in the mirror, lady. And what's with the tops that are so tight, she looks like she's going to bust out of them any second? Again, OK for some professions, like weather-girl or presenter on ESPN, but a rancher?

We've all rolled our eyes at old-timey historical dramas where the actresses' hair and makeup remain contemporary. Come on, Hallmark. This isn't Death Valley Days or Bonanza. We know better now, don't we? Many popular Hallmark actresses are rapidly approaching or have stepped over the 40 year old mark. That is not a bad thing, unless they are dealing with circumstances more in line with a 25 year old character. All the make-up does not disguise their age, it just emphasizes that they are trying to hide something. A natural fresh face=youth, to state the obvious.

Other than that, thanks to the gorgeous scenery and Ryan Peavy, this was a fairly pleasant diversion. Erin was OK. She is a pretty good actress despite her usual mannerisms. The plot was right out of the Hallmark "save the _______ from the big corporation" playbook.

I agreed completely ..... This Move should have a sequel. It was outstanding and the chemistry between the Stars was perfect. Definitely the Best of Hallmark's Summer Movies!

My wife and I enjoy the occasional Hallmark movie, they are sweet stories with no foul language, no killings, and the closest they come to sex is touching hands while on two blankets out in the wilderness.

Erin Krakow has become Miss Hallmark, here she is Samantha Walker, friends call her Sam, and after her dad died she became the owner and operator of a beautiful 2500 acre ranch in Montana (actually filmed in British Columbia). But the ranch is struggling and her mortgage is in arrears.

A development company knows this and have their sights on the land to develop a resort and golf courses. So young and handsome, Harvard educated son of the owner flies his own plane from New York, lands to find out the runway will be reworked so he has to spend a few days in the area. The only hotel is full for a yearly festival so he is invited to stay in the guest house on the ranch. He tries right away to buy the ranch from Sam, she says she has other possibilities in mind.

All that happens early in the movie, most of the run time is the two getting to know each other. Even though it begins abrasively we know they will warm up to each other and mutually find a way to save the ranch.

My wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library, we enjoyed it as a nice, well-made typical Hallmark movie.

This story in this movie is an uninspiring mish-mash of tropes we've already seen too many times which also means it is utterly predictable. How many times have we seen the wall-street baron waltz in and clash with the pretty heroine whose family ranch (or any other fill-in-the-blank family business) is in jeopardy because of debt? One, or in this case both, characters appear a little arrogant at first and proceed to try to show-up one another. In this case, the cruel Richard really isn't that mean as we see by an a brief early scene his generosity. Sam brands him with the nickname JR intending to belittle him, but he takes it in stride. We all know what happens next and for that matter all the way through to the end.

One new concept in the story that I liked was the cowboy code which may or may not have been made up, but it was the one thing in the story that stood out.

For most people, this movie will come down to how they appreciate the performances of Erin Krakow and Ryan Paevey. With these two Hallmark veterans, there is a good chance to save the movie just based on watching their relationship. Paevey and Krakow sync and it is enjoyable as far as that goes. As a man, I love Krakow and I wish I thought her acting was stellar, but I see too many of her patented expressions over and over in everything she does. Krakow achieves her goal, at least for me, but it is more of a passive effort rather than exciting. Paevey was his usual. I felt sorry for Lucie Guest, whom I have always loved as a supporting actress. Her role, as well as the other corporate assistant, was totally undemanding and was even a bit sad in its futility.

This is not the first time that I, along with many other reviewers, wonder if Hallmark has sacrificed quality for quantity by presenting a new production every week. They have lost any freshness especially in the stories and dialog. I'm sure most of these movies are more appealing to those who don't watch them all but merely sample them from time to time.

This is a sweet hallmark romance between actors Erin Krakow and Ryan Paevey of When calls the Heart and General Hospital fame. Ryan Paevey plays Richard or Just Richard (no nickname...nicknamed JR), who comes to convince Sam Walker, the owner of a beautiful but indebted Montana ranch to sell to his family run development company in order for them to level it to make two luxury golf courses with a mall in the middle (why would anyone want to go to the middle of Montana for that?). Much to JR's surprise, Sam is a woman...played by Erin Krakow. Sam has her own ideas about how to save her family's ranch...involving turning it into a Dude Ranch. One problem...she doesn't know how to write up a business plan and just when you think Sam and JR are finally on the same page, his employees show up with the news that JR's company has not only purchased the mortgage for the ranch from the bank and are calling it due, but they are stealing her Dude Ranch idea as well!

Classic Hallmark City learning to appreciate the country...and Ryan Paevey not only looks good on a horse, but in cowboy duds as well.

Lighthearted and sweet with some hardworking follow through cowboy advice and scenic countryside to go along with it.

I don't know if it is truly Harvard level advice, but I liked the idea of tossing a coin and then catching it mid-air and going with what you were hoping for before it landed.

There are some amazing Hallmark movies and some abysmal hallmark movies. This is neither. The set they use randomly for some of the outdoor scenes is strange, considering all they had to work with isn't nature. Also, Bighorn is a county in Montana, so one would assume their fictional town of Big Horn would be in that county - which is the Crow Reservation. In fact, Montana's diverse population has a large majority of Native Americans, and it's just wrong to see a film that doesn't reflect that (especially one set in a fictional town on a reservation...). Finally, on the Montana side, some of the actors oddly employed southern accents. I know Montana is south of Canada, but we aren't southern. The main actors didn't do it, if anything they perfected that slight western drawl that you can find in small towns. Naming the Sheriff "Lonny LAWson" was a little silly, too.

Other than their terrible research on the location, the story is cute. Erin Krakow does a great job as the reluctant ranch owner, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear she's been west. Ryan Paevy is one of Hallmark's weaker actors, but with the right costar he does better. He can be charming in this one. The story is sweet enough to earn higher marks in spite of its blatant insult to the state it's meant to be set in. (It's better than the Royal Hearts beginning set in Bozeman. Um, no).

Very beautiful movie. The view of rancho is so beautiful. Rayn Peavey and Erin Krakow are very cute together. Their chemistry looking national and real. So good together. They need too do another movie together.

Have not liked Erin Krakow and Ryan Paevey in every role they've been in, and the characters themselves contribute hugely to that problem, but when they are good they are very winning. Both of them have hit and miss filmographies, with most being watchable. Was very interested in seeing how they would work together chemistry-wise, as their styles of acting are quite different with Paevey being more laid back. Only liked 'Love and Sunshine' of the previous 2019 Summer Nights films (reviews to come soon), while being mixed on the others.

'A Summer Romance' is one of the better 2019 Summer Nights films in my view. It is nothing special in terms of the basic story and it is one of those films that is not hard to criticise, but there was a lot that was appealing about 'A Summer Romance'. A great film it is not, but it is also a long way from terrible in my view, somewhere around high middle in ranking Hallmark's films for that year, which was a very up and down year one (especially the Christmas output).

Story wise, 'A Summer Romance' is very formulaic, with everything in the story pretty much mapping out exactly as one would expect from any Hallmark film set on a ranch. Hallmark films tend to finish too neatly and 'A Summer Romance' is not an exception.

Did find too that the editing was at times choppy, so there was a bit of a jumping about feel at times. Krakow's character took a little while to warm to, coming over as on the self-absorbed side to begin with.

Krakow however looks glowing and gives a very charming performance that warms and charms the more her character grows and softens. Paevey has the more interesting and more consistent character, the character that develops the most, and there is an easy going natural charm in his performance without being too laid back. While the two don't scintillate together, the chemistry between them seemed genuine and the relationship is not rushed or underused. Any conflict is less contrived than usual.

The supporting cast are solid, though did wish that Lucie Guest had a bigger and better written role. The characters are typical but are not ciphers and they neither bore or irritate. The script doesn't come over as too cheesy or schmaltzy and is both fun and sincere. The story is far from special, but it goes at a good pace and is heart-warming while not taking itself too seriously. The music fits nicely and isn't used too much or overpowers, while the direction is well above routine level. Other than the leads, the best thing about 'A Summer Romance' is the production values, which are beautiful to look at. Despite the lack of authenticity, the scenery is still breath-taking.

Overall, not a wow worthy film but a nice diversion. 6.5/10.

Not sure what that other review is referring to, because the acting and sentimentality were its highlights. If you are a fan of quality Hallmark movies, then this is one for you.

I loved this movie, two excellent Hallmark stalwarts and my favourites, a really good supporting cast and fabulous scenery, what more could you ask for!

Beautiful scenery, fine actors, but fell flat. Erin seemed stoic at best. Ryan was great as usual. Wish they had more chemistry, stunning views though.

Loved this movie. Erin Krakow and Ryan Paevey were great together. Laughed through out the movie. Needs a sequel.

Yes its a similar Hallmark story, Richard, (Ryan Paevey) a real estate developer goes to Montana to see about purchasing a ranch that can be turned into a resort. The ranch was inheirited by Samantha, "Sam", (Erin Krakow), the property is experiencing money problems and has fallen behind in payments that are overdue. To earn his room and board, Sam makes Richard go through numerous challenges, to show him what life is like on a ranch. As Richard embarks on this journey he falls in love with the magnificent scenary and ranch life, and starts to have feelings for Sam as well. However, Richard feels the pressure from his company to close the deal, while Sam is torn between accepting the offer to sell, or whether to try a plan she has to make the ranch profitable.

Ryan Paevey is one of my favorite Hallmark actors (heard he's taken a break from acting at the moment) he really becomes the character and you feel like you are on the ranch journey with him. Erin Krakow comes across as a little cold, I can understand it in the beginning, but she's a little late in warming up to Richard's character, I would've liked to have seen her show just a little bit more feelings as Richard reaches out to her. She does develop this more as the movie goes on. Yes, its one of those familiar and predictable movies, but Ryan, the script, and scenery will hold your interest. A delightful movie.

I really enjoyed this movie! Gorgeous scenery, great chemistry between the actors (as well as just great acting in general), and a super nice storyline. I hope there will be a sequel!