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This was a disappointing effort and even the amazingly handsome, charming Christopher Russell could not save this one. Jen Lilley can act but why is she constantly given these roles of giggling, silly, insecure women. She was so rude and obnoxious to her best friend and pretty much everyone else in the movie. And a note to Hallmark production staff - hire a tree specialist! You cannot tap a cedar tree and if you could we would be awash with maple syrup here on Van. Island. Ours comes from Quebec. Sugar Maples grow in the East. Also, in many of the Christmas movies they had Douglas fir growing/sold in Eastern towns. This tree grows in the Pacific Northwest. And you cannot just walk through the woods and find a perfectly cultured tree. It takes years of clipping. How hard is it to get this information correct?? The ending was predictable and from reading the other reviews, most of us were quite happy when it was over.

I like Lilley in most her movies, but this character is just ... not great. She barely strings together complete sentences, fumbles and bumbles her way through the movie nervous as a Chihuahua, never quite making her point known.

Fortunately, some of Lilleys natural charm comes through but not enough to save the likability of Mac.

Christopher Russell is fine, but not enough to make up for his on screen cousin, Morrisons whiny and close minded Olivia.

Just missed the mark here, whatever they were trying to hit, they missed.

I wanted to like this movie because I like the two leads but the story was soooo bland. I watched all of it which was painful but I was just hoping it would get better.

Unfortunately, it never did. These leads have to learn to turn down bad scripts and save us from these dumb storylines.

Is Nelson Wong always someone's assistant?

Either way, not a good portrayal this time.

Not a surprising plot, or ending, but definitely a less-than-stellar production.

Actually seemed like a waste of talent for a couple of usually watchable lead actors.

This is my first review, and I have been watching A LOT of Hallmark movies during the pandemic. I understand that certain things can get overlooked when researching a movie; however, if you are making a movie about maple syruping, you might want to tap a maple tree and not a pine tree. Maybe that's why her dad's farm is facing foreclosure.