jewhitmer25
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I have liked Ryan Paevey in almost everything he does, so of course I watched A Little Daytime Drama' through to the end because of him.
As for Jen Lilley she was completely miscast.. With her wishy-washy cute little girl acting she was not believable as the head-writer for a soap opera.. Frankly I really no strong feelings about her one way or the other..,She is nor one of thoses actresses that I would always make it a point to watch. Like Candace Cameron or Jill Wagner.
There are some Hallmark actors that I make it a point to always watch because they are consistantly good and their movies are always good: like the afore-mentioned Candace and Jill and Michael Rady, Nikki DeLoach, Tyler Hynes, Victor Webster, Luke McFarlane, Bethany Joy Lenz, Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker, Brennen Penny, Barbara Niven, Susan Hogan, Brennan Elliott and Jesse Schram.
'A Little Daytime Drama' was typical Hallmark formula without the snowball fight.
Since the mass exodus Hallmark has been struggling, and A Little Daytime Drama' did not help.
After reading the lack-luster basic plot of 'A Little Daytime Drama' , my reaction was, well maybe, with Ryan Paevey and Linda Dano, I thought 'A Little Daytime Drama't iwas worth a try. This goes on my Boy Was I Wrong list.
There have been worse Hallmark movies in the last couple of years, but not very many. 'A Little Daytime Drama' missed the boat on so many levels.
'A Little Daytime Drama' could have been a decent movie based on the premise but the writers failed to deliver
I suppose it is worth watching if you want to keep up with your "I have watched every Hallmark Movie ever made list". But ' A Little Daytime Drama' is certainly not one I would add to my home Hallmark movie library. But be prepared it was basically a snooze fest.
The acting was stiff and wooden, There was no chemistry between Ryan Paevey and Jen Lilley. Their former relationship waspretty much ignored and not very well explained and their reconnection at the end was hurried and not well written. I felt like I was watchcing two friends but nothing more than that. I was thinking why did they break up and why did they get back together.
I felt like someone was marking time saying "come on people, we have to step this up, we only have 84 minutes to tell this story."
There were some good elements in ' A Little Daytime Drama' but they were few and far between and completely overshadowed by the bad moments..
As a production 'A Little Daytime Drama' was as usual very well executed and Hallmark did their usual great job with the photography
The music was overpowering as usual, drowning out much of the dialogue. Ok, hallmark I know your music guys are proud of their music. But the music is meant to inhance the story not drown it out.
As for the end, well, there was that guy marking time again, saying come on people let's wrap this up.
They wrapped it all up in a pretty bow and said Ta-da here it is.
My advice 'A Little Daytime Drama' is ok for the whole family, if they can sty awake.
As for Jen Lilley she was completely miscast.. With her wishy-washy cute little girl acting she was not believable as the head-writer for a soap opera.. Frankly I really no strong feelings about her one way or the other..,She is nor one of thoses actresses that I would always make it a point to watch. Like Candace Cameron or Jill Wagner.
There are some Hallmark actors that I make it a point to always watch because they are consistantly good and their movies are always good: like the afore-mentioned Candace and Jill and Michael Rady, Nikki DeLoach, Tyler Hynes, Victor Webster, Luke McFarlane, Bethany Joy Lenz, Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker, Brennen Penny, Barbara Niven, Susan Hogan, Brennan Elliott and Jesse Schram.
'A Little Daytime Drama' was typical Hallmark formula without the snowball fight.
Since the mass exodus Hallmark has been struggling, and A Little Daytime Drama' did not help.
After reading the lack-luster basic plot of 'A Little Daytime Drama' , my reaction was, well maybe, with Ryan Paevey and Linda Dano, I thought 'A Little Daytime Drama't iwas worth a try. This goes on my Boy Was I Wrong list.
There have been worse Hallmark movies in the last couple of years, but not very many. 'A Little Daytime Drama' missed the boat on so many levels.
'A Little Daytime Drama' could have been a decent movie based on the premise but the writers failed to deliver
I suppose it is worth watching if you want to keep up with your "I have watched every Hallmark Movie ever made list". But ' A Little Daytime Drama' is certainly not one I would add to my home Hallmark movie library. But be prepared it was basically a snooze fest.
The acting was stiff and wooden, There was no chemistry between Ryan Paevey and Jen Lilley. Their former relationship waspretty much ignored and not very well explained and their reconnection at the end was hurried and not well written. I felt like I was watchcing two friends but nothing more than that. I was thinking why did they break up and why did they get back together.
I felt like someone was marking time saying "come on people, we have to step this up, we only have 84 minutes to tell this story."
There were some good elements in ' A Little Daytime Drama' but they were few and far between and completely overshadowed by the bad moments..
As a production 'A Little Daytime Drama' was as usual very well executed and Hallmark did their usual great job with the photography
The music was overpowering as usual, drowning out much of the dialogue. Ok, hallmark I know your music guys are proud of their music. But the music is meant to inhance the story not drown it out.
As for the end, well, there was that guy marking time again, saying come on people let's wrap this up.
They wrapped it all up in a pretty bow and said Ta-da here it is.
My advice 'A Little Daytime Drama' is ok for the whole family, if they can sty awake.
I'm the lone negative review, and I'm OK with that. It gets a 3 only because I adore Nikki DeLoach
The cast was great.
It was the plot that bugged me.
He proposes and her whole family pops out yelling congratulations, she hadn't even said yes yet. Great way to put the pressure on. Then they keep bringing up the future wedding, when are you having the wedding, where are you having the wedding. Let's all call your family together so we can share the good news. Come on get in the family christmas photo.
Pressure, pressure, pressure. They just got engaged for heaven's sake, give them time to take a breath. I would have run screaming out of the room.
My advice: Oh, whatever.
The cast was great.
It was the plot that bugged me.
He proposes and her whole family pops out yelling congratulations, she hadn't even said yes yet. Great way to put the pressure on. Then they keep bringing up the future wedding, when are you having the wedding, where are you having the wedding. Let's all call your family together so we can share the good news. Come on get in the family christmas photo.
Pressure, pressure, pressure. They just got engaged for heaven's sake, give them time to take a breath. I would have run screaming out of the room.
My advice: Oh, whatever.
Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell were great and seemed to really enjoy being together. There was real chemistry there. Although the un-funny puns got old after a while. Enough is enough already.
Zoe Christie as Emma, looked WAY to old to be a teenager with a crush. She just couldn't pull off playing a 16 year old. Frankly she looked closer to a 30 something. It spoiled the whole teenage Delaney dating part of the storyline. And sitting and staring ALL the time at the guy you have a crush on was just creeoy. I didn't blame the guy for ignoring her.
My advice: great family flilm, not Shakespeare, but entertaining.
Zoe Christie as Emma, looked WAY to old to be a teenager with a crush. She just couldn't pull off playing a 16 year old. Frankly she looked closer to a 30 something. It spoiled the whole teenage Delaney dating part of the storyline. And sitting and staring ALL the time at the guy you have a crush on was just creeoy. I didn't blame the guy for ignoring her.
My advice: great family flilm, not Shakespeare, but entertaining.