Moriah's Lighthouse

An OK Hallmark movie. A bit of a better story line than the other Hallmark movies The only drawback was the "French" accent, or lack thereof. The female lead sounds like a transplanted American.

One of the reviewers complained about Luke MacFarlane's acting as he is gay and acting a romantic goofy guy in love with a woman isn't plausible. The reviewer is probably too young to remember Rock Hudson, who played a goofy romantic. That is what makes Luke a good actor.

The scenery was incredible. I had to check that indeed it was filmed in France, and not somewhere in Canada. I was relieved it was.

I like these two, two of my favorites but they didn't sell this very well. It seemed forced. Her French accent was horrible. At one time she was painting furniture with a brush and I was thinking that should be stained, with a rag. And then in another scene, she WAS staining it with a rag. The production wasn't the best.

But, I enjoyed it, wish I could have rewarded it with higher rating.

Good dialogue. There are a lot of funny lines. Luke Macfarlane is good as the foil for a lot of jokes.

Macfarlane and Rachelle Lefevre have great chemistry. They connect both in comedic moments and serious ones.

The early part of the story revolves around a crazy assumption that a property would just sit empty until Moriah saves enough money to buy it. It generates a lot emotional energy which in my mind is wasted because it is so unreasonable. This is too bad because otherwise, the story and the movie have so much going for them. The rest of the story is quite good, although the ending is a bit cheesy.

The font for translations of French lines is ridiculously small and sometimes lost in the background.

Could've been an 8 if Rachelle Lefvre's accent hadn't been so bothersome and inconsistent. The secondary characters were French and it showed in the dialogue. Otherwise I liked the leads a lot enjoyed the story well enough and loved the beautiful scenery. So nice to see a movie that reflects the actual location.

I'm ok with the actresses French accent, which worked ok for me. The actress, R. L., is at least from the Quebec, Canada, so maybe she has some French Canadian accent exposure.