Valentine Ever After

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I had not read any info about this one when it came on so I was happily surprised by the detour the plot took. An unsure engagement leads 1 new fiancée' to escape with her silly best friend on an adventure. The two gal pals have fun banter and land themselves in silly situations. Certain "souvenir photos" made me laugh. They end up on a ranch and of course there is a Hallmark-esque fundraiser. This has more comedy than most and the two lead actresses are believable friends and funny together. Autumn Reeser is perfect in her role as is Vanessa Matsui. Autumn's character has her choice of two very different men and definitely makes the right decision, of course. I enjoyed watching their sweet romance develop and the beautiful scenery.

This is certainly my favorite Hallmark movie. All of the actors are good in this one, especially the leads. Eric Johnson is a hunky cowboy and Autumn Reeser plays a girl with a brain and a heart. The scenery is gorgeous and the love story is not contrived like many. One scene between Julia and her fiancé seems ad libbed and a little awkward, but that is a minor flaw. I have seen both of these actors in other movies, and liked their performances, but they are just plain excellent in these roles. When Ben rides up on his horse to greet the stranded girls, he is a cowboy. I watch a lot of Hallmark movies, but I watch this one over and over.

Autumn Reeser is always charming and cute, she totally had chemistry with Eric Johnson. I loved Autumn in " A Bramble House Christmas, add it to you must see list. This is the first movie I have seen with Eric Johnson he did an outstanding job. Basic plot Julia's boyfriend, Gavin just proposed to her in front of friends and family in a crowded restaurant. Gavin's Mama immediately, as in right after he pops the question, begins planning a wedding with 200 guets and assumes that Julia will work with their family business. By the next day the guest list has grown to 400. Big announcement in the paper. Julia is feeling stressed and decides to go to Montana with her bestie Sydney, superbly played by Vanessa Matsui. So two big city girls in cowboy country, what could possibly go wrong? Well, you could go to check out the local nightlife and accidentally break the treasured statue of the town's founder. The Judge, did I mention the Judge is a descendant of the founder, sentences them to 30 days community service. Sydney, and Jullia try and fail at several different jobs before they land at the hospital, Julia, the more adept and adaptable of the duo takes the cleaning job and Vanessa is assigned to talking to a patient. Julia spies a poster about the hospital needing to raise money. Bright idea!!! Sydney's mama is fundraising dynamo. The Judge agrees that they can do a fundraiser for the as their community service. Syndey goes home to work from that end and Julis stays in Montana. Where she is very attracted to hunky, attractive Ben.. I wpon't spoil it for you, but you know she ends up with Ben. All the predictable twists and turns that we all love. My advice; watch the movie, you won't be sorry.