Predictable Hallmark casting, albeit with bad hair

darkavenger77

The usual cast of characters, eh?:

Hallmark Heroine™ (HH): Miranda, played by Hallmark regular Erin Krakow. More (or less) on her later.

Hallmark Good Boyfriend (HGBF): Ian, who is also the Guy Perpetually in Need of a Shave (GPNS).

Hallmark Bad Boyfriend (HBBF): Josh, Miranda's ex.

Erin Krakow is well cast, she's an attractive woman that regular Hallmark viewers see in her series When Calls the Heart. For some reason, for this installment she has cut off most of her hair and what remains is straight and flat. I may need a new character acronym for when this happens- Hallmark Bad Hair Heroine (HBHH)? Maybe 4H: Hallmark Heinous Hair Heroine (HHHH).

This is a predictable sequel to last year's Finding Father Christmas. A plot gap here is why would they wait for a whole year?

The HH runs into the HBBF at the airport and feels compelled to tell him she's the daughter of a famous actor. Why? You haven't seen him in like 2 years. No surprise, he turns up in the small Vermont town where she is visiting the HGBF. A misunderstanding ensues when the HGBF/GPNS sees her hug the HBBF. This misunderstanding is resolved early on.

As the title would imply, much of the sub-plot involves her father the famous actor. A reporter is in town doing a story aboot her dad and the 30th anniversary of a theater.

A couple of funny scenes involved the HGBF/GPNS trying to propose/proposing to the HH. His dad asked the question I'm sure many viewers were wondering- What took you so long? Another funny thing at the engagement announcement was everyone else in winter clothing and the HH wearing a summer dress.

The HH is getting mystery texts aboot her father. She laments to the HGBF/GPNS aboot telling the HBBF aboot her dad. She's then grilled aboot her dad's family by the reporter.

A Mystery Dude (MD) turns up and feels compelled to stop his car and look at the sign for the town in Vermont. He must be a slow reader since most people can read it while driving by. He of course turns up at the local inn. It turns out he is a writer doing a story on the dad and had overheard her spill to the HBBF at the airport. The HH has a heart to heart with MD to talk him out of doing the story but doesn't change his mind.

The HH then decides to bail and the HGBF/GPNS can't convince her to stay. She has a pep talk with her dad's widow and things are set straight. MD is sent packing. A Hallmark Happy Ending is had when the HH and HGBF/GPNS end up together (again) and will stay in town in the house the HGBF/GPNS had been repairing, but they decide to wait another year to get married?

score 5/10

darkavenger77 30 November 2017

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3871067/