Vintage Hearts

Obvious, not the most brilliant Hallmark romance. The basic motives - the bad dialogue and the modest acting . Not the last, the boring cliches , not sustained, in this case, by nothing.

But the cinema evening and the crumbs of Charles Chaplin gags, the mobil fashion shop - I know, a cliche used too much , by pretty in this case -, the prepairs of baby bed are just charming.

Sure, a film demonstrating the lack of inspiration and a sort of improvisation not very clever but , being only a Hallmark, the high expectations about it can be only eccentricities.

Knowing the end, it is easy to see it as reasonable option after a tough work day.

The first thing that struck me was how unnatural the acting was in almost all the characters. That made me wonder if it was the directing or just a poor cast since I am not familiar with practically any of them. Gabrielle Christian and Matthew Smalley were so unnatural that their characters seemed weird. Both of them and Cody Ray Thompson seemed like they were trying too hard. At times I wanted to see more of Anna than Rose. I would say that Sarah Christine Smith was horrible, except I think that was exactly how she was meant to be - an over-the-top Influencer.

The story is bad on several levels. It does seem like it was written by a kid. It was a little confusing exactly what Rose was trying to do. The incident and follow-up that caused the conflict were stupid. What if the owner of record was an absentee landlord or corporation? On the other hand, what led to it should have caused some friction. And then by magic the inevitable happened. Poof.

There was also some stupid dialogue. "Do you like me. It. These fabrics?" followed by "Yeah, you're great... they're great" is just one example.

This is some of the worst acting I've seen in a very long time. The characters don't seem real and the lines are stilted as they are presented. It would have been better to be presented as a high school play.

I have seen a lot of Hallmark films and know the usual standard is about the same.

This was the worst hallmark I have ever seen. The acting was very poor! Never seen acting this bad in a hallmark film.

This is better than some Reel One movies, but not quite as good as Colours of Love (based on the book Tycoon's Kiss) etc. I like that no matter what stage in life the characters are in, they are all trying to find purpose and adapt to constantly changing situations.

However, the lead fella is often treated like rubbish - everyone, including his brother, expects him to work for nothing yet even the brother judges him for not being able to afford a home! Reel One movies often have such lines which are meant to be plot set ups but actually end up being quite nasty, and there's a few in this one, like a stranger commenting on how pregnant a woman is as they are introduced. That sort of ill thought writing puts me off these movies and is one of the reasons they are inferior.

Accidental (I hope) insults aside, the movie is essentially all-age friendly, but I'm not sure they are particularly a good example or even interesting for youngsters, or other ages for that matter.