October Kiss

Ashley Williams plays Poppy Summerall who is nothing more than a big kid herself as after running through a bunch of jobs to find a career that she is suited for she ends up temporarily working as a nanny to a handsome widow's two challenging children.

Poppy is temporarily living with her sister Megan and her two kids and she is temporarily single...but after a rough start with her two charges she slowly wins them over. It helps that it is almost Halloween...and like I said Poppy is nothing but a big kid herself. (Of course I am wondering where Poppy got the money to buy all of those Halloween decorations.)

Our widowed father, Ryan, soon realizes how well Poppy fits into their family, his life, and his heart.

"Wait till she's a teenager!"-Poppy.

"She" is a 30-something lady, very cheerful, but endures getting fixed up with loser blind dates. One even says "I hope you are a size 2, my mother's old wedding dress would fit you." Then she finds out about a man who needs a nanny for his two kids, a girl about 10 and a boy about 8. So she decides to try it out.

"He" is a very nice 30-something whose wife died a bout 4 years earlier. His problem is he is a workaholic, he is developing a new "app" and is on rack to sell the idea to a Japanese company. He seems to put work ahead of his two kids always, and they notice it, and they aren't happy about it.

This is a Hallmark movie so we pretty well know, early into it, how things will turn out. But it is fun and entertaining to see how they get there.

All and all pretty entertaining, my wife and I watched it on Amazon streaming movies.

I've watched this every October/Autumn/Fall more or less since it was first released and I absolutely love it.

I'm a big fan of made for TV romances anyway (there's something so relaxed and sweet about most of them) but this one is wonderful. It really makes you feel festive in a 'Halloween' kind of way. The actors are all very endearing and the story is sweet.

If you know you like made for TV romances, or if you really like this time of year, definitely watch!

First off, the two leads, are very likeable and have good chemistry. The children are a bit mean to the new nanny at first, but they do grow on you.

Being over 50 and single I found it nice that Hallmark chose actors both over 35, makes them more relatable.

If I have any negs. It would have to be the stereotyped sister who is trying to marry off her sister because what else is there. That is terrible, dumb sis acts more like a marriage broker than a sister.

Can I just add that everything is a bit cookie cutter perfect but the emotions and certain situations are raw and that's what makes this!

Great autumn scenery and a good, enjoyable story.

A little silly in some areas, but overall nice seasonal movie. I would watch again next Autumn

Rating scaled for the genre and category.