Yellowstone Romance

There is not a serious minute in this fun and funny city slickers meet ranch-life comedy. It was very well cast and the actors made this even more likable than it had any right to be. Christopher Russell was perfect in a role that fit him like a glove. And when CR is on point, he is the bomb-diggity. Recommend this when only something light will do.

7.6 stars.

I'm not sure this is actually Yellowstone. I think they said her friend was moving to Wyoming, so that would be the Yellowstone factor, however, the romance that supposedly happens in Yellowstone doesn't. In fact, it has nothing to do with Yellowstone. So why the false advertising? I think they were actually in Colorado, because the father says something about her not being from Denver, so that's a clue, but maybe I missed something. Now that's out of the way, here's my thoughts about the film. The lead female is despicable at first, indeed very easy to dislike, but as you will see, this changes ever so slowly over time. She does become somewhat endearing eventually. But she's not a daisy, she still retains some fire. She's an assertive and opinionated city girl, after all. But her true colors flash now and then and she's predominantly likable. Of course the lead male is to die for. If I had to choose the hottest, rugged men of Hallmark, he would be in the group along with Donovan, MacFarlane, Walker, Hynes, Polaha, Rosner and Paevey. I'm a dude and even I can tell who the ladies dig. The story is standard and there is nothing new, so we have to rely on whatever originality the actors give us. The city slicker mentality is awkward in a backwoods cowboy town, so that was nice and tense. Otherwise, it's just a simple love story between a blond bombshell and her very own cowboy. There is some competition with the female ranch hand, which added some drama, but not enough.

This movie was enough different from the formulas to be fun. Still no great highs or lows or surprises, but it made up for that with fun.

The NYC slickers made fun of the stereotype. Throw in some silly karaoke and dancing.

But there were less frivolous romantic moments too. Stephanie Bennet and Christopher Russell had some quiet chemistry.

Another effort to be a little off formula, that moment before the climax where you expect overhearing something which creates a misunderstanding wasn't exactly a misunderstanding. Nothing lame, but real.

Olivia so fakey why do all the womem wrar such tight clothes.

The scenery is beautiful acting awful why do actors and actresses have to overwhiten their teeth so artificial.

There were several things I enjoyed in this movie. I am not familiar with most of the actors in it. Overall it felt a lot like a high school play. The only ones I recognized were Christopher Russell and the actor who played his father (sorry, I don't recall his name), but like him). Christopher Russell is always a pleasure to watch. He must have the patience of a monk to work with the city folk actors, hence my reference to watching a high school play. Two irksome points from a former country girl is the "bull" is a steer and the beautiful "Daisy", a gelding. It is a movie I will watch from time to time thanks to Christopher Russell.