Hearts Around the Table: Jenna's First Love

The new series shows promise. A family of foster children return weekly for a meal with the woman who fostered them all played by Mindy Cohn. They share stories and updates as well as their hopes for the future. And many keep in touch like any family would advising and protecting each other. Each episode like this one will focus on the current situation one of the family members finds themselves in. There may also be a glimpse into the life of a current foster child and how the past fosters bolster and love on the current one. This episode had the usual Hallmark love story but the focus on fostering and a fundraiser for community support of families in need made it more tolerable.

I wanted to like this movie or start off the series. I'm hoping the other movies are better. This one I didn't want the main ones to get together.

He came off arrogant and dismissive towards her ideas. And when they liked her idea better he made a face.

Like typical Hallmark you have miscommunication between the leads. If she "was the love of his life" why wait till like you're all old. He could have tried harder. Who carries around the old yearbook to an event.

I'm waiting for the next one. The main guy I was not a fan of. Sheri was the best of this movie.

Until the next one. Like the concept of this 4 movie series.

Between the green screen, poor acting, and subpar storyline, I knew this one was going to rough.

The storyline was as cliché as a rom-com meet-cute in a coffee shop, which I actually like that plot. But have we not evolved past the overworked hustle-culture woman who conveniently has no time for love-until, of course, she does? And don't even get me started on the ex. Quite condescending.

And the millionaire tech bro. The helicopter scene? Pure comedy gold, though I doubt that was the intent.

The real saving grace was the family dynamic. Their banter was the one thing that felt remotely authentic. Unfortunately, the script and cinematography left much to be desired. I truly wanted this to be better than it was. Here's hoping the sequel redeems itself-because it can't get much worse... right?

Let's start by summing this movie up with the extremely ridiculous post in the main character's , Andrew, yearbook which read - "You smelt like farts all sophomore year." If you find this humorous or cute, this movie is for you. If you are over the age of 18 and wondering why that was allowed to make it in as a prop, ummm not so much. (Prop person - you had one job). The characters weren't interesting so I wasn't invested in their story. The acting was kind of wooden for such an amazing cast (I blame the director). The storyline had promise but felt so rushed. I think with some more thought and edits, and removal of some of the silly dialogue, this would be a great movie. I would love to see a redo. With a different director.

Let me just start off by saying I really wanted to like this movie. But it was so difficult to watch even though the leading lady is traditionally a great actress, but every other character was just awful. The leading man was such a bad actor and lowkey looked like he was holding in a fart the entire movie. The foster mom, Angie, was so weird looking it was hard to focus. The whole "foster family" dynamic was just so strange to me, and all of her siblings were just as bad at acting as the leading man.

He was extremely condescending, childish, and dismissive of Jenna. I really didn't think they should've ended up together. I thought she deserved way better than a grown ass man who gave her the silent treatment after the tiniest most irrelevant misconception. I would not have been disappointed if she chose herself at the end. Save yourself the hour and a half and don't bother watching.