Love, Take Two

I truly enjoyed this movie because it's relatable. The awkwardness of running into a past love and dealing with the dilemma of choosing Love over Career. Great storyline! Heather and Cornelius were great together. I would love to see either of them in more Hallmark channel movies. 🙌

Unlike other reviewers I didn't think there was zero chemistry. I'm so thankful there wasn't some annoying voiced lead character, like actress Leah Renee. I'm glad to see some diversity in the actors. The male lead reminded me of Dule Hill with that smooth voice and look, That's a good thing!! Lead actress was very attractive and not Uber skinny like a lot of their actresses. It's a Hallmark movie and you never expect a lot and this was better than a lot of them.

Finally, a Hallmark movie that folks can relate to! Most of their cookie-cutter flicks are so over the top unreal and the acting boring or bad or both but, there was almost none of that this time around. Cornelius Smith, Jr of course is a great actor and though I had never heard of Heather Hemmens before, I found her performance pleasant and realistic. Given that the ex boyfriend was about to marry someone else on the show produced by the character Heather portrays, the restraint in their passion was believable. However, their feelings were definitely brooding underneath the surface. The interaction between the lead actor and his friend/best man felt so natural -like they'd actually been friends for a substantial part of their lives. It was fine that there was no drama between Lily and Brynn because in real life there isn't always turmoil between ex girlfriend and current girlfriend. If you want that kind of drama I suggest you watch The Bold and the Beautiful. The actress who played the ex boyfriend's mother was charming. I wish Hallmark would give Leanne Lapp or Casey Manderson the lead in one of their films already. As long as Alicia Witt doesn't star I do like the majority of Hallmark's productions and all in all this film was a delight to watch.

What bride is going to take her boyfriends ex-girlfriend dress shopping???

Who makes this stuff up ?

Personally, I thought it could have been better. This was a good film and it was interesting to watch, but I felt it was lacking in a few areas. It wasn't always romantic and personally I couldn't really feel the chemistry at times with Lily and Scott. It seems the film was really building a strong romance about reminding Lily and Scott of how much they miss and how in love they were, but I felt they didn't really delve deep enough into their past. Plus there were some characters I wish we could have seen more of such as Lily's old professor and Scott's best man who is also a therapist. I especially felt they should have gotten more screentime, helping Scott and Lily respectively with their problems with Lily's writers block and Scott's relationship issues and re-emerging feelings for Lily. I also felt there should have been more drama between Lily and Scott's fiancée, but again it was lacking. Plus I felt we didn't get to see enough of the production of the reality TV show as well as the other engaged couples and as for the ending I thought it was uninteresting and kinda predictable.

Overall, personally I felt the movie was okay. It was really great at the start, but it started to lack in some areas towards the ending and honestly I don't know if I'll watch it again.