This is a good movie, it was entertaining. I will watch anything with Danica McKellar and Paul Greene separately or together in the cast.
I know it's going to sound like I disliked this movie, but that's not true. It really is a decent movie, predictable like all Hallmark movies, but we obviously like the predictability or we wouldn't continue to watch them. It is nice to watch a movie where the characters have a chance at "happy ever after".
Danica McKellar and Paul Greene definately had some chemistry, and they work well together. But Danica goes from angry to flirty to angry so fast it made my head spin and the things she was angry about were trivial to nonexistant. Seemed like the writers were really struggling to put in some sort of conflict that had to be resolved before they can get together.
The plot was ok, kind of weak in spots. The ex-wife shows up out of the blue and they ask her to stay? Really? And Dana says her son can stay in a tent with man she doesn't know very well, and she is sharing a tent with a mother/daughter combo that she doesn't know very well. Really? The blurb on the box calls her a protecrtive mother, well, no protective mother would allow her teenage son to stay in a tent wth a virtual stranger in a day and age were children are being molested by people well-known to or even related to their families.
While we're on the subject of the ex-wife, she reveals that Steve was terrified on the Ferris wheel because he was afraid of heights. His daughter says something about that being the reason he was afraid to ride the tall horse. However, afraid of heights Steve, climbed the rock wall and rappelled down with Arthur. Inconsistant plot device.
Dana's rant over getting lost while geocaching was out-of-the-blue and frankly not believable.
Also, about the middle school dance where teachers are concerned about the kids dancing to close together and watching were they put their hands on each other. Enter the chaperone (Dana) and the father (Steve) who not only dance too close but also kiss in front of the students. Completely inappropriate. The old cliche, do as I say not as I do, comes to mind.
One more thing, Dana tells her son, who plays the guitar, to play the song with the chords. What does that even mean? Don't all songs have chords?
I always love to see Barbara Niven, too bad she was underused in this movie. The two kids were good and the friendly relationship developing between them is believable.
OOPS: Dana tells her son there will be canoeing on their trip, Steve donates a canoe to the camp, and it's Spring Break, Snow covered ground, it's snowing in some scenes, and everyone is in wintercoats, knit caps, mittens/gloves and scarves. Does anyone really think there will be canoeing? And since it was spring break that would be March or April in Colorado, and we know it is Colorado because they live in Denver.
All this being said, I did enjoy the movie in spite of the low points. Which were mostly the fault of the script. Danica and Paul are always good.
My advice: it's a decent movie and well worth at least one viewing.
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