Just to say, these thoughts come from someone who didn't read any reviews before watching and only read just a few to see if others felt the same way as me. With Christmas having just passed am aware of being late to the party in reviewing it, but that's what a long to watch and review list and family time does to you. 'Christmas Wedding Planner' was another one of the films seen to broaden my horizons when it comes to festive films, wanting to see something different from the classics and the festive films and specials grown up with. This is Hallmark mystery.Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 1 / 10 Festive humbug Kincaid is obviously destine for Gold but they don't have enough time together and they take forever to get there. I don't understand why anybody does anything in this movie. It doesn't matter that the details aren't there or that the writing is simply an excuse to advance the plot. Shouldn't there be paperwork? If someone is stealing from the bank account, wouldn't the bank have a record of the withdrawals? Evil stepmother Clara Parry is way overacting. I don't understand the financial misdealing. With weak and confused motivations, the story struggles to pick up steam. In fact, it makes him look evil but what's the point? He needs to come at her with more accusations to make any case believable. It's a thin excuse to have the cop come after her. The main issue for the movie is motivating Kincaid into solving the case. She also needs to solve the case to clear her name but more murder attempts keep happening. She falls for mysterious Parry lawyer Holt Walker. The police investigates Kincaid for the car crash. Walker) for writing constantly about his and his business partner Keith Gutherbridge's involvement in a large tax scandal. Nicky's rich dad threatens to sue reporter Aaron Gold (Andrew W. It doesn't help that Nicky's socialite cousin Michelle Parry dies in a car crash running out of the wedding party. Wedding planner Carnegie Kincaid (Erica Durance) tries to overcome melodrama in working the wedding of Nicky Parry (Chelan Simmons). Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10 weak Hallmark writing If nothing else, she proves here she could knock it out of the park with better material. Fans of Erica Durance will enjoy it just for seeing her. Perhaps that's because they intended this to be the first in a series of TV movies based on this character. Honestly, it felt less like a movie and more like a TV pilot. It's not terribly fresh or suspenseful but it's very watchable. Someone locks her in a room by gunpoint and there's some kind of Laurel & Hardy music playing. The problem with that is that due to the comedy, which shows up at inappropriate times, it's hard to build any suspense or ever feel our heroine or her friends are in real danger. The movie has a lighthearted tone, despite being a murder mystery. They're the ones acting shady and suspicious, doing everything but twirling their mustaches and saying "Muah-ha-ha!" One of the bigger selling points for this is also one of its drawbacks. It was very easy to spot who the bad guys are. It also appears all of the actors were responsible for their own makeup.Ībout the time Erica's brakes went out in her van I realized this wasn't going to be breaking any new ground. The two have a friendly banter but I didn't see any sparks. The reporter love interest for Erica is underwhelming. The worst is Gabrielle Rose who hams it up with glee, no doubt influenced by the ridiculous wig they had her wear. The rest of the cast is made up of very forgettable and bland Canadians. Chelan Simmons, of Final Destination 3 fame, is the bride-to-be whose wedding Erica is planning. In the movie's most adorable scene, she investigates wearing cat makeup. She's lovely as ever and has the most charisma of anybody in this. I watched this for Erica Durance and she's great in it. I assume this was to tie in with the books somehow but I found it annoying. One of the things the movie does that I really didn't like was an irritating book-style narration. This is from a series of books I'm unfamiliar with so I can't make any comparisons between the two. Anyway, Erica investigates the case to find out if the girl was murdered and gets herself in deeper and deeper trouble. Legally, I might add, so I don't see what the crime was but okay that's what gets this off the ground. The wedding planner (Erica Durance) is apparently in danger of being blamed for supplying alcohol at the party. Reviewed by utgard14 5 / 10 "When women marry for money they have to work for every dime."Ī bridesmaid dies in a suspicious car accident after leaving a wedding party in a fit.
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