This mess of a movie has one goal and one goal only - to imitate and reproduce the magic of cornball Hallmark movies. It fails miserably. Only Hallmark can succeed at sentimental cheese. This movie swings hard and misses every pitch.
I mean come on, we know from the start that the Cincinnati businessman is the wrong guy for Olivia (Lea Michele) just by the plot. But did they really have to make him (Greg) be utterly bofoonish and not even remotely believable. I mean the triathlon scene was idiotic, but the dude....wrote his own racer number on? Like who does that? Hallmark would still make him a dope but just not be so obvious about it. This movie forces you to question why even watch him since he clearly will be sent packing - no suspense AT ALL. I kinda started to feel bad for him after all that was done to him until he got dumped by his fiance' Olivia and could only come up with a banal real estate metaphor in reply. His time in this train wreck is OVER.
The two leads (Olivia and Jeff) have no chemistry , zilch, zero. It's as bad as that Anne Heche Christmas movie from a few years ago. They are supposed to fight for true love but can barely communicate. The movie totally and completely blows their first post time skip meeting, like really bad. She...sigh...drops a bag of presents on the floor of the hotel lobby and he happens to be standing right next to her and helps her pick them up. Really - that"s ALL they could think up with in a Hawaii setting?
Hey on your wedding day make out with your childhood boyfriend a day after you dumped your fiance. Your "real" wedding to the childhood boyfriend will be taken VERY SERIOUSLY....
Honestly had Jeff just answered 8th grade Olivia's voicemails and emails then he would have avoided divorce, being a single dad, and having to fight off the dumkuf Cincinnati businessman for Olivia"s heart. He coulda taken it to the end zone on the first play after kickoff instead of 4th and 1 in double overtime.
I mean come on, we know from the start that the Cincinnati businessman is the wrong guy for Olivia (Lea Michele) just by the plot. But did they really have to make him (Greg) be utterly bofoonish and not even remotely believable. I mean the triathlon scene was idiotic, but the dude....wrote his own racer number on? Like who does that? Hallmark would still make him a dope but just not be so obvious about it. This movie forces you to question why even watch him since he clearly will be sent packing - no suspense AT ALL. I kinda started to feel bad for him after all that was done to him until he got dumped by his fiance' Olivia and could only come up with a banal real estate metaphor in reply. His time in this train wreck is OVER.
The two leads (Olivia and Jeff) have no chemistry , zilch, zero. It's as bad as that Anne Heche Christmas movie from a few years ago. They are supposed to fight for true love but can barely communicate. The movie totally and completely blows their first post time skip meeting, like really bad. She...sigh...drops a bag of presents on the floor of the hotel lobby and he happens to be standing right next to her and helps her pick them up. Really - that"s ALL they could think up with in a Hawaii setting?
Hey on your wedding day make out with your childhood boyfriend a day after you dumped your fiance. Your "real" wedding to the childhood boyfriend will be taken VERY SERIOUSLY....
Honestly had Jeff just answered 8th grade Olivia's voicemails and emails then he would have avoided divorce, being a single dad, and having to fight off the dumkuf Cincinnati businessman for Olivia"s heart. He coulda taken it to the end zone on the first play after kickoff instead of 4th and 1 in double overtime.