Mariage et chocolats

I was not familiar with any of the actors or actresses so had no expectations on them beyond wanting a couple hours of resting my mind and body and watching a G rated rom/com.

Other than the lighting making the female lead looking washed out half the time, this story followed a fairly predictable course but was fun. The lead female character definitely had some emotional issues to work through, lol, but the formula works...nice movie if you just need to slip into neutral and just play along with the plot...

Wedding-phobic Charlotte Bennett (Jen Lilley) does the runaway bride thing twice. She gains some success as a chocolatier. Her groom-to-be James Cooper gives up on another attempt and cancels their upcoming wedding. She decides to secretly organize it herself. She has an interview with an important chocolate magazine's Nicole Sweeney (Jessica Lowndes) who is selecting America's top chocolatier. It turns out that Nicole is James' the-one-who-got-away.

Why not just elope? Just go to city hall. The premise of this Hallmark romance is a little light. It could still work. I don't think the lead has the comedic chops to pull this off although she's nice enough. Lowndes' looks is a little shocking. She seems to have done one too many surgeries. It's probably the movie's intention to make her look high maintenance to take on the villain role. I can see this being reworked to be a much better rom-com. As it stands, it's an average Hallmark at best.

Not sure why this is getting so many negative reviews. It's a typical Hallmark movie. It was quite cute and I enjoyed it. Didn't have to give it too much thought, was just able to sit back and enjoy it.

This was listed under "most popular" on Hallmark. Now, I don't need much excitement, I just need a storyline that makes sense and I need the characters to do things that make sense. I thought it was funny, the other reviewer said she or he could not make it to the end of the movie because I couldn't either. It was excruciating. I find some good things on Hallmark. I watch it because it's refreshing. I don't want to see violence or cursing so I like Hallmark movies. But, some of these movies....I don't know what they're thinking. It's like these directors get together and they're bored and they're like, hey who wants to make a movie today? Let's get some of our regular actors together and blow some money. 🤔

This was not one of Hallmark's finest. The movie begins with her leaving him at the altar twice and then she basically calls off the third and he's still head over heels with her... man, leave this woman already! Jessica Lowndes is the only redeemable part of this film because she plays the villain so well. I haven't finished it yet (though I'm sure we all know how it will end) but honestly both women are so manipulative that all I find myself rooting for is this guy to leave them both and start over elsewhere.