"I'm in control of my own destiny."
No, sweetie, you're so not.
Gwen (Jessy Schram) is a 30-year-old woman who can't dress herself, who's so marriage-starved she's blind to who her boyfriend is. Three years in, she's afraid to ask for what she wants in her relationship, in things big or small.
So Gwen obsesses. And complains. Generally conducts herself like a hyper teenager. It's embarrassing to watch.
With comedy, Hallmark needs to realize you have to walk before you can run. Physical comedy is hard. Two out of three leads, Schram and Marcus Rosen, are wincing over-actors without comedic skills. (Imagine what a funnier actress could've done with the chocolate cake or dog park moments...) Only Luke Mcfarlane as Dave had some funny.
This thin story, written like a middle school view of adulting, was a bust except for Mcfarlane. Dave was the funny, thoughtful, interesting guy Gwen couldn't be less mature about liking.
I kept waiting to believe she deserved him.
Finally, how many sappy s'more scenes do we have to endure before HMC realizes no one, not even helpless female leads, eats their (completely unmelted) s'mores wearing leather dress gloves?! I guess it takes the guy with a sock monkey hat to get s'mores.
No, sweetie, you're so not.
Gwen (Jessy Schram) is a 30-year-old woman who can't dress herself, who's so marriage-starved she's blind to who her boyfriend is. Three years in, she's afraid to ask for what she wants in her relationship, in things big or small.
So Gwen obsesses. And complains. Generally conducts herself like a hyper teenager. It's embarrassing to watch.
With comedy, Hallmark needs to realize you have to walk before you can run. Physical comedy is hard. Two out of three leads, Schram and Marcus Rosen, are wincing over-actors without comedic skills. (Imagine what a funnier actress could've done with the chocolate cake or dog park moments...) Only Luke Mcfarlane as Dave had some funny.
This thin story, written like a middle school view of adulting, was a bust except for Mcfarlane. Dave was the funny, thoughtful, interesting guy Gwen couldn't be less mature about liking.
I kept waiting to believe she deserved him.
Finally, how many sappy s'more scenes do we have to endure before HMC realizes no one, not even helpless female leads, eats their (completely unmelted) s'mores wearing leather dress gloves?! I guess it takes the guy with a sock monkey hat to get s'mores.