Un'estate romantica

I watch all of the Hallmark movies, and I almost always finish them and like the vast majority. This started so flat that I decided to come here to see what others had to say. Dismal. I still gave it more time, but it was not worth another 90 minutes of my life. I will pick another. The acting was stiff and amateurish. The dialogue was boring. The scenery was pretty. Hallmark movies all follow the same premise, they are clean and always end with the one kiss. Formula, yes. But at least most are interesting

Most of what other reviewers are saying is correct. Bad acting. Bad Writing. Zero chemistry between all the characters that are supposed to love each other. The male lead is particularly bad although this is not that uncommon in a Hallmark movie.

The only upside is that it is actually shot in some place that looks like Florida instead of the generic Vancouver suburb that Hallmark uses for most of their movies.

I made it about 1/2 way through and that was because I had high hopes for the female lead. Unfortunately she can't float this boat anchor.

Two hours of this was too much; a 30-minute version would have been preferable. It seemed more like a group of actors trapped in what they knew would be one of Hallmark's mistakes, but for me, the most uncomfortable observation was that I thought the father and daughter were actually married to each other when I first turned on the movie about 15 minutes in; their dialogue seemed more like husband and wife. A good cast in a poorly edited, poorly written, poorly paced movie. The scenery was nice, though.

Except possibly for the natural scenery and a soundtrack that doesn't get in the way, there isn't anything good about this movie. The acting is stiff all around. I agree with the reviewer that said Emeraude Toubia isn't ready for the lead in a movie like this, at least not based on this performance. Don't get me wrong. She is charming and fairly energetic not to mention beautiful. She has no chemistry with Tom Maden, None of the actors are particularly good except Shawn Christen.

Dialogue and story are lame. The dialogue delivers stupid lines and conversations over and over. The very first scene seemed like a movie by the numbers scene and so did the last scene and several other plot points. When Evan and Alana are walking and talking about their future together, Evan's attitude is just plain stupid and again, delivering the lines was stiff. How about this for stupid - they keep complaining that they have a week to get the inn ready and they keep taking breaks in the middle of the day. And there was nothing interesting in the story. Scenes that should have delivered a spark fell flat. There was a key plot development that came way too early in the movie.

There was one little piece of information being kept from Alana and the audience. Is there anyone who didn't figure it out in the first half of the movie?

Painful? Yes maybe a little. Worst movie ever? That's saying a lot and I can't go with that. Usually for me that means something offensive or disgusting. It is one of the poorer Hallmark movies and I watch them all. What I'd say about this movie is that it's just plain flat.

Émeraude is a beautiful young woman with no game. She needs to get more acting experience before carrying a full length movie. Wooden performances all around. The story was so weak I didn't care what happened by the end. The story seemed to take forever. The writer did a great job with "Miss Christmas" - so what happened here?