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My wife Pamela and I enjoyed this film. Quirky, funny and strong characterisation. Would have thought the diners might have given it away. As well as a woodcutter's cabin.....Good watch in South Australia Corona Virus times. Look after those you love and be friendly to those you meet.

In the realm of hallmark movies, I rate this one as better than average. Sure, the premise was dumb--in real life it is not controversial to be a man who's a nurse. But if you can get past that then I thought the two leads really did develop some chemistry together and I was convinced that they cared about each other. I'd say the acting was better than average for hallmark too. The female lead had a big role in the show Parenthood, and I think she's a good actor. The ending was a little cringeworthy because hallmark thinks you always have to wrap things up with a big public romantic gesture, which kind of kills a lot of movies, but oh well. You could do worse if you're looking for a film to pass the time with on this station.

On the most part, while uneven, the 2016 Countdown to Valentine's Day Hallmark batch was not bad at all. 'Dater's Handbook' was the only real misfire, with 'Valentine Ever After' being particularly good. The premise for 'Anything for Love' didn't really sound that promising, actually it sounded dumb and unrealistic, but still it anyway as a Hallmark completest who saw plenty of good and more 2016 Hallmark films and who likes Paul Greene in most of his work.

'Anything for Love' was not bad at all and actually quite enjoyed it. It is far from perfect and doesn't completely avoid the traps that the premise had, but it surprisingly did not turn out as over silly and unrealistic as it sounded on paper. As far as the 2016 Countdown to Valentine's Day films go, it is not on the same level as 'Valentine Ever After' but it is infinitely better than 'Dater's Handbook' (not that that is particularly hard, a film would have to be near irredeemable to be worse than that).

There are things that don't quite come off. The story is admittedly often very silly and some serious suspension of disbelief is needed. Especially in the contrived final act, where a lot of awkward and forced dialogue can be heard and where some characters are at their most frustrating in their vague and rash decision making.

Did find a few characters annoying and less than subtly played, particularly Reggie, and the ending was unpleasantly syrupy and far too neat (undeserved too). The story can be very predictable and can drag at times.

However, the acting is fine on the whole with very appealing performances from both Greene, amiable and subtly charismatic as ever, and Erika Christensen who isn't robotic or affected. Their characters aren't too perfect or have overblown flaws, and their chemistry is genuine and sweet while not exactly on fire. It is well filmed with lovely scenery, while the music isn't too constant or over-scored.

Enough of the writing is fun and light-hearted as well as charming and heartfelt. The story is very flawed, but doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't treat the subject as too much of a joke. Did appreciate how it covered some very relevant and important issues, not many Hallmark films tackle prejudice/discrimination but 'Anything for Love' does and more than decently.

Concluding, decent if unexceptional. 6/10.

No matter who we are, we all experience prejudice. This movie covers issues I see a lot - sexism, agism, singleism, jobism, statusism and financialism. Yes not all those are proper words, but they should be because, as we see in the film, prejudice has a negative effect on all kinds of people. I really didn't enjoy the start and nearly gave up, but it is necessary in order for the middle to be so warm and the ending to work.

In Chicago, Katherine Benson (Erika Christensen) is a driven CEO of a successful family property developer company. Everybody is concerned about her dating life. She has been nominally dating Charles Hodges but she figures that he wants to take over the company from her and her father. Jack Cooper (Paul Greene) is a charming honest guy. He's happy to be a nurse but all the girls look down on his job. Kate gets pushed into internet dating by her assistant and switching profiles with her. Jack decides to do the same but his immoral friend changes his profile. They fall for each other but the lies are inevitably uncovered.

It's Hallmark. The leads are beautiful. They would make beautiful babies. The premise comes out of some sort of sitcom misunderstanding and awkward lies. It's not the best. It would help if Kate isn't dating that jerk. At the very least, she needs to break up with him. The attitude about male nurses seems very outdated and oddly universal. Once the father goes to the hospital, there is no reason to not tell the truth except it is needed for story construction reasons. The best friend Reggie Le Duca is annoying and Debbie is completely out of his league. The obvious move is for him to lie about his job and Debbie falls for it. The movie doesn't do that and I hate it even more for it. It could have tied into the original premise. The premise is problematic for many reasons, mostly since either person could have told the truth at any time. His reasoning after discovering the truth is problematic as well. It's all a little problematic although I do like the two lead actors. There are surprisingly deep moments like Kate accidentally sideswipes Debbie with a comment. Even that scene could have done more. Despite liking the actors and the characters, there is lots that need some massaging.

Disagree with others bad reviews. This movie works !! I throughly enjoyed this one. It has heart! Hallmark got it right on this movie!

Erica Christensen as Katherine and Paul Greene as Jack Cooper were incredible together, the chemistry really works. This is first movie I have seen with Erica Christensen in it but Paul Greene always shines.

This plot was interesting it moved along at a brisk pace. The music did not overpower the movie.

No complaints here, everything was good. Roxie the dog did a great job too, her character development was spot on, great job of portraying a dog Roxie.

My advice: I highly recommend this movie,

I've watched dozens of Hallmark movies but this was the first one that made me angry. It's 2016 and no one realizes that men can be nurses. The movie makes women look like shallow gold diggers. It refers to nurses as "less desirable" than physicians. I gave three stars because the actors did the best they could with this offensive writing.

Anything for Love is the normal saccharine Hallmark rom-com made for Valentines Day but as always just a bit below average with Vancouver standing in for New York or any other major American city.

Katherine (Erika Christensen) has a top role in her father's company but most of her dates are intimidated by her high powered position. She has a half hearted relationship with her boyfriend. Her assistant suggests that she goes on a dating website and puts in her profile something less high flying such as an Executive Assistant.

Jack (Paul Greene) is happy as a hospital nurse but his best friend thinks this puts women off and changes his dating profile to that of a doctor.

Both Jack and Katherine are matched up to each other and get on very well when they date but the little lies they have made up about each other threatens to derail their relationship especially as Katherine's dad ends up in the same hospital where Jack works as a nurse and then Katherine boyfriend finds out that Jack is actually a nurse and might only be interested in Katherine for her money.

It is a sweet but inoffensive film with appealing leads but do not expect anything more.

This is a good movie more on that later. My nitpick is not with the movie but some of the reviews that say being a nurse is nothing to he ashamed of and at no point is he ashamed of being a nurse. His friend is the one who lied which fed the plot.

The point in the movie is that women given a choice prefer a doctor who makes at least 5 times what a nurse makes there is a scene with a balding doctor with giggling women to show the point. And men generally prefer women who are below them financially and work wise so she plays down her abilities. Or they use them to climb the social and corporate ladder

Now the movie it's hallmark acting and plot are ok and reasonably predictable they however make you feel good. Plot points errors etc get over it, these are fictional stories don't over analyse just enjoy.

No point saying too much given that the previous commenter practically told the entire tale, but it is dull. Typical for Hallmark to make successful business women unsuccessful in love and it takes someone of lower social standing (no offence to nurses) to make her a "real woman". All of that makes for the typical Christian driven hallmark garbage.

The other absurdity is sending the message that women are shallow and stupid, and won't want to date male nurses. Seriously, who writes all this rubbish?

No chemistry between the actors for the "romantic" couple. Everyone comes off contrived, fake and stiff. I couldn't stomach it so I fast forwarded to the end, put up with the ridiculous drippy syrup ending between two actors who are mismatched. Gag gag gag.

This is one of those rare Hallmark films that I've actually enjoyed watching over and over again! The story is a good one, and the casting is EXCELLENT! Erika Christensen is wonderful playing uptight CEO Katherine Benson, a businesswoman who is way too wrapped-up in corporate affairs to have a dating life. Meanwhile, Paul Greene is perfect as an all-around likeable male nurse named Jack Cooper. The two become acquainted after meeting on a computer dating web-site. Also exceptionally well-cast are Jack's best friend Reggie (Patrick Gilmore) who works as a hospital orderly, and Katherine's pretty secretary Debbie (Ali Liebert). While most Hallmark films are overly predictable, this one does an enjoyable job of moving the plot forward in a believable way that only makes you like the characters more as it progresses. I really enjoyed watching this one!

She's never been to Wisconsin.

Really. A rich white woman from Chicago?

Not even Lake Geneva...?

8.2 stars.

A female CEO is tired of being in a mediocre relationship with a shallow rich man, and her assistant persuades her to try online dating. A male nurse is likewise tired of his desolate love life and he joins the same dating site. They are matched, however it's under false pretenses as both are feigning to be someone else. Is this couple doomed before they meet?

This is an adventure of two people from different worlds forming an unlikely connection and having a strong mutual attraction. It's a bumpy road and some powerful people are working to sabotage them at every opportunity. Now that they are falling in love, will their relationship be stopped dead in its tracks, or are they destined to be together forever?

This is a wonderful and immensely enjoyable love story between two appealing actors. The chemistry is out of this world, and there is nothing we desire more than for them to be the right fit for each other. "Anything for Love" is a must see romance start to finish, and there is not a dull moment.

This is on my yearly watchlist, although at this point my list is becoming too long.

While I like both actors, they have zero chemistry. Also felt it was slow-moving. So disappointed in this one.

Hallmark congratulations... A strong female lead in a wonderfully developed story. And the character was in the mid range of the 30s in age. So maturity was central to the theme of this movie. So few characters today and movies for women are mature and successful and strong. Please hallmark please develop scripts for women of all ages not just the young and "innocent". And please let's not have scenes where bosses their employees to acquiesce to their wishes with a promise of promotion in order to get what they want. That's almost like forced labor. We need employees to be appreciated for their gifts and celebrated for their talent.

The stories based on one of the leads hiding a significant truth from the other is always hard for me. Should it be doubly so if both do? The viewer knows at least one thing that is going to happen and that is that at least one of the lies is going to come out at an awkward time. There are couple of interesting things that go along with how the truth comes out here and they involve the dad and the wannabe boyfriend and business associate. As far as I was concerned, Kate was far too forgiving of Charles. The fact that she and dad both overlooked it shows that these rich people really are snobs and doesn't bode well for Jack's long term relationship with either.

Erika Christensen and Paul Greene had a nice chemistry. On the other hand Christensen didn't play Kate tough enough to be a CEO of a large corporation, but then everything about her approach to the situation with Debbie bossing her around was just as unlikely. I also thought that the excuses for both Jack and Kate putting off the truth grew more lame as time went on.