I started watching
Christmas Bedtime Stories, vaguely remembering someone on the thread didn't like the movie. About a quarter through the movie, I'm also feeling the movie is weird and off.
I ended up not finishing it.
I really like Erin Cahill. I think she's kind of underrated on Hallmark. I've seen her on movies that end up on UPtv or Lifetime that turn out to be really good. I also like Steve Lund, who plays her fiance. So, I start out thinking it will be a good movie. But as the movie goes on, the chemistry is "off" with the two. YET, Hallmark didn't cast one of the actors who usually plays the boyfriend that gets dumped, and we all agree with why, he's just not "the one," and it's clearly obvious to all, except to the female lead.
So, it's weird that Steve Lund is cast as the "boyfriend" role. Yet, clearly, there is another man in the picture, the female lead's dead husband. Whom she keeps talking about and having memories of, so much so, that even though he's dead, he's clearly a major third person in this relationship, and she's not over him AT ALL.
That's when I head to the
IMDb.com to see their ratings score and the reviews. It received a 5.1 in the ratings. That's one of the lowest rating for a Hallmark movie, of all time. The lowest I sometimes watch is 5.4, which is
barely watchable. Almost all the reviews bashed the movie. (Spoiler alert!) . . . . . .
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Nobody liked it BECAUSE the dead husband is still alive, and he comes back in the last 5 minutes of the movie. And it comes so out of the blue, that like PrincessShmoo said, it totally blind-sided everyone, and not in a good way.
Those in the military said it makes a mockery of the way the military couldn't find him, declared him dead - without finding a body, and when found, didn't alert the next of kin properly. He just show up at a dance looking for Erin.
If Hallmark had cast one of those actors that usually played the "boyfriend" maybe people would have had a clue. But Steve Lund usually is cast as "The One." So, that didn't make sense either.
After reading all that, I didn't finish the movie.