Les braises d'une romance

Great happy movie - it's not easy to get a good work life balance, but this story inspires doing just that.

The taste of end, forced, fake , unrealistic dominates about this film. A modest one Hallmark, mixing same ingredients - from the single parent to the love from youth , forced vacantion and great opportunity, noble refused to talks , competition, small town, business of parents.

It is not bad, it is not boring but it has the bad luck to be only another Hallmark.

The effort of actors is just nice and the supporting actors are in right positions. But you feel than something just missing. Each scene seems copy from others and the main actors are just good people but nothing more.

The food as subject is not a wrong idea but except the smoker and its problems - the fire being the clue moment - nothing seems very interesting.

The poor Marc Blucas seems interpretate a teenager, the smiles, dialogues, nature of romance reminding a teen enloved by his teacher. Autumn Reeser gives his character , same for each film from Hallmark and she has right in good measure.

The opportunity to like the film - maybe the work of Shelley Thompson. And the young Lola Flanery, off course.

In short, nice , the polite term for Hallmark universe.

A cute story with attractive stars. Somewhat predictable, but very entertaining.

With the preponderance of food related careers among our Hallmark protagonists, I suppose it was only a matter of time before we entered the world of competition Barbecue. This one was not bad due to the presence of Autumn Reeser, one of the better Hallmark Actresses. In fact, everyone did a good job in getting the most out of their lines. Otherwise, it was strictly by the Hallmark playbook, and totally predictable. Noteworthy, however, in this entry, was a nice ex-husband with whom our heroine had no conflict whatsoever. He was a good father, and even the new love interest, an excellent Marc Blucas, liked him, and visa versa.

You get these sense that these leads could do this sort of film in their sleep, but getting a Hallmark film right isn't easy after all.

I thought this was one of the better efforts, sticking closely to the tried and tested story formula. There were some lovely moments along the way, and a nice story is being told.

Both the leads are engaging, and seem to have good chemistry, while the storyline just about holds up too.

I thought this was enjoyable enough fun from Hallmark overall. While deviation from the standard format is needed and welcomed at times, equally you can't go wrong with the right people in the right sort of roles telling a sweet story.