I like films with amnesia in the plot, though this plotline has been worked to death and can be really cheesy if not handled right. In this case, it was handled right. The storyline was different and fresh. More importantly, the basics of a good movie were handled well. You had a good script, with believable dialog and a compelling plot. You really felt for Lucy and the fact that she couldn't remember the past two years of her life, and that her life appeared to be so different from what she thought it should be and what she wanted it to be. You really wanted to know how she had gotten there, particularly how she had split up with Zach, who she was so clearly still in love with. They strung you along until the end, waiting for the answer to that mystery.
The acting was excellent, too. Andrew W. Walker is, of course, the go-to guy for many a Hallmark rom-com, and for good reason. He never fails to deliver as the rugged and strong, yet likable and relatable leading man. Ashley Greene, though a less familiar face, is excellent, too. The chemistry between the two of them is sparkling. In every scene they're in, you know that they not only have feelings for each other, they like each other and enjoy being together.
I liked how the competing love interests (Lucy's fiancee Brad and Zach's girlfriend Morgan) weren't total dweebs, annoying jerks or evil schemers. They were perfectly nice, fine people, who, in the absence of the clear attraction between Lucy and Zach, would have been completely suitable significant others. I also liked Lucy's friend Anna. Lucy didn't even remember her, yet they got along famously from the start. There was probably as much chemistry between Lucy and Anna as between Lucy and Zach. I liked that she wasn't just an accessory, but an integral part of the plot.
My only complaint about this movie was that the big reveal about why Lucy and Zach broke up was such a letdown. So the big secret was that Zach had broken up with Lucy, rather than her breaking up with him? Really? And her reaction to this was to angrily walk out of his life? That seemed a bit over-the-top. Also, his explanation that he had broken up with her because he didn't want to hold her back was weak, at best. I really wish that they had come up with some reason for their breakup that was truly earth-shattering. Something sufficiently traumatic to cause her to blank out two years of her life. Something involving death, maybe? Even if it had been melodramatic, it would have been better than the flat, uninteresting reason they came up with.
Otherwise, I thought this was a great movie. It's truly one of Hallmark's better offerings.
The acting was excellent, too. Andrew W. Walker is, of course, the go-to guy for many a Hallmark rom-com, and for good reason. He never fails to deliver as the rugged and strong, yet likable and relatable leading man. Ashley Greene, though a less familiar face, is excellent, too. The chemistry between the two of them is sparkling. In every scene they're in, you know that they not only have feelings for each other, they like each other and enjoy being together.
I liked how the competing love interests (Lucy's fiancee Brad and Zach's girlfriend Morgan) weren't total dweebs, annoying jerks or evil schemers. They were perfectly nice, fine people, who, in the absence of the clear attraction between Lucy and Zach, would have been completely suitable significant others. I also liked Lucy's friend Anna. Lucy didn't even remember her, yet they got along famously from the start. There was probably as much chemistry between Lucy and Anna as between Lucy and Zach. I liked that she wasn't just an accessory, but an integral part of the plot.
My only complaint about this movie was that the big reveal about why Lucy and Zach broke up was such a letdown. So the big secret was that Zach had broken up with Lucy, rather than her breaking up with him? Really? And her reaction to this was to angrily walk out of his life? That seemed a bit over-the-top. Also, his explanation that he had broken up with her because he didn't want to hold her back was weak, at best. I really wish that they had come up with some reason for their breakup that was truly earth-shattering. Something sufficiently traumatic to cause her to blank out two years of her life. Something involving death, maybe? Even if it had been melodramatic, it would have been better than the flat, uninteresting reason they came up with.
Otherwise, I thought this was a great movie. It's truly one of Hallmark's better offerings.