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I have probably reviewed a dozen Hallmark movies and i am always very easy on the grading because Hallmark is about comfort and familiarity and feel good. And I am a fan of Kimberley Sustad's other Hallmark movies.

Anyway, this movie is confusing, set up terribly, has no chemistry with the leads. It is just a hot mess of blah blah blah. That other people like this movie is pretty amazing - probably the fake patriots who think anything military is the most wonderful things ever and any movie that remotely is on topic is great.

So there you have it. A complete embarrassment of a movie from start to finish (Hallmark desperately trying to salvage this disaster in the last few minutes.

As usual I am grading on the Hallmark curve. Anyway, this is a good movie and well worth your time if you like other Hallmark movies. There is very little to criticize about this movie except that the character that Bethany Joy Lenz plays is a little difficult and dramatic. This is not one of her more endearing roles but this slight nitpick is not a deal killer - I enjoyed this movie very much. This is probably my favorite Andrew Walker role I have seen him in and he goes the extra mile in courting the leading lady. Anyway, that's about it and I need 40 more characters to post this review so there you go.

As usual I am an easy grader on Hallmark movies since we don't need Academy Award quality - just solid stories and a nice enjoyable film. This movie was fine for a while, both the leads were good enough and Hynes is just too smooth (I should take notes on how to interact with the ladies).

Anyway, my issue with this film is that it wasn't exactly exciting throughout and really needed to "stick the landing" since pretty much everything for the first 95% of the movie was setup for the big finish. I mean this is Hallmark so you just need to not screw up the ending and everyone is happy. I'm not saying that the ending was horrible, it was just ehhhhhhh (I'm being kind). I spent 2 hours for that? Very disappointing.