Beverly Hills Wedding

I usually like the leads but this movie had no redeeming qualities. I don't know who was more annoying, the bride's sister or the whiny groom. Maybe the groom's brother should have married the bride. They were the only normal people in the movie. It took until fifteen minutes before the end for anyone to "see the light". The bride's sister wasn't just a typical, domineering older sister. She was a pushy nightmare steamrolling everyone into a wedding she had no real reason to want for them. The groom was petty and deliberately boorish. Who demands beer instead of champagne at their wedding? Why not just ask for both? Who demands cobbler instead of a wedding cake? I doubt most guys care that much about those details. And poor Matthew MacCaull had to play this over the top wedding planner straight out of Father of the Bride minus the charm of Martin Short. They didn't even get costume details correct. The bride's dress did NOT have a sweetheart neckline. All it would take is a Google search to find the correct name or don't say what kind of neckline it has. Hallmark should start paying attention to the viewer reviews in IMDB. A lot of them are saying they need better writers and they're spot on. The writing on this movie was terrible and the actors suffer for it. It's impossible for them to give a good performance with such a lousy script.

Fight, argue and dislike between the two main characters is the new Hallmark way! Every single movie this season is the same. This film holds true to the new cookie cutter style of movie, except for the last 4 minutes of course. I can't watch many more of these!

There was a nice beginning with the sweet proposal and setting up the photos to catch the moments. There was a sweet ending, but I won't describe it. The middle was absolutely cringeworthy.

I have loved Brooke D'Orsay since Royal Pains and everything she's done on Hallmark. She should have stayed home for this one. I thought her acting was poor, but maybe that was what the director wanted. Her overreactions to Cory in the early scenes were terrible. She probably got whiplash. The character of Molly was probably what the writers wanted, but between Molly's being pushy and Jordan's negativity it made the middle of the movie drag badly for a Rom/com. Usually the bride is the zilla, but in this case it was the maid of honor. I'm a little surprised the wedding planner isn't a little more sensitive to what the bride and groom want, but maybe not in Beverly Hills.

I prefer this type of movie to give more screen time to the lead couple growing, or renewing, their relationship. There was far too little of that. D'Orsay and Brendan Penny probably could have had chemistry, but between Molly's whiplash and too little positive screen time, I didn't see it.

I did like Emma Johnson.

For once there was a story that didn't have every formula trope known to rom/coms, but having a couple is unavoidable.

This movie had potential in the actors, supporting cast and diversity, set location. However it fell short because of the poorly written story with lots of gaps and editing that left more to be desired. The leads, and entire cast, were owed more.

We couldn't believe how bland this was. Almost no emotion from anyone. Dialogue was nearly monotone from every character. I think the father and aunt were the only two who smiled before the finale. Definitely not an annual valentines watch.