This Hallmark trope - famous person returns to their small town for some reason, and ends up falling in love with either his high school flame or best friend from next door - has been done dozens of times before, but rarely as well as in A Country Wedding.
That is thanks to Jesse Metcalfe (of Desperate Housewives fame, I am reliably informed) who plays country music star Bradley Suttons who is engaged to a Hollywood starlet, Catherine, and comes home to sell his parents' old home in a small Texas town. There he runs into his childhood friend Sarah (Autumn Reeser) and the two reconnect. Then Brad decides that rather than leaving as quickly as he could (his goal upon arriving) he actually wants to have his wedding there, even though his fiancée has her heart set on a more lavish Italian wedding. Even though she doesn't appear to be a wedding planner, Brad convinces Sarah to plan his nuptials.
Of course, they end up growing closer, and you don't need me to tell you how it ends - not if you've seen more than, say, 2-3 Hallmark movies, anyway! Metcalfe and Reser have good chemistry, and that's what raises A Country Wedding above the rest of the Hallmark pack. Plus, the soundtrack, some of it sung and composed by Metcalfe himself.
That is thanks to Jesse Metcalfe (of Desperate Housewives fame, I am reliably informed) who plays country music star Bradley Suttons who is engaged to a Hollywood starlet, Catherine, and comes home to sell his parents' old home in a small Texas town. There he runs into his childhood friend Sarah (Autumn Reeser) and the two reconnect. Then Brad decides that rather than leaving as quickly as he could (his goal upon arriving) he actually wants to have his wedding there, even though his fiancée has her heart set on a more lavish Italian wedding. Even though she doesn't appear to be a wedding planner, Brad convinces Sarah to plan his nuptials.
Of course, they end up growing closer, and you don't need me to tell you how it ends - not if you've seen more than, say, 2-3 Hallmark movies, anyway! Metcalfe and Reser have good chemistry, and that's what raises A Country Wedding above the rest of the Hallmark pack. Plus, the soundtrack, some of it sung and composed by Metcalfe himself.