Best movie of this year hands down!

Pretty Good

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Fun story. Characters were likable but not one dimensional.

After several turns as "the best friend" of the heroine, where she all but out shown the leads, Ali Liebert has finally been getting much deserved leading roles in these Hallmark seasonal romances. This one is the best yet. Kudos to Hallmark for recognizing her appeal and giving her prominent roles. I hope she becomes as ubiquitous as Chabert, Reiser, Boston, Polo, and several others.This one is also helped by a tightly woven plot, good character development and an attractive leading man who has a real arc into becoming (or being revealed as) a good guy after all. I must quibble at this point over one plot hole. Our hero, a diva chef, has his career almost ruined by a viral video of him throwing food on a restaurant critic in a fit of temper. He reveals later that the the video edited out the fact that prior to the food on the lap incident, the victim had made his waitress cry by being so mean to her. Why didn't he just explain that on facebook or twitter? Instead of needing an image rehabilitation, he becomes a hero. It is also absent some of the overdone stupid gimmicks that most of these Hallmarks seem to hinge on. No angels, City bad, country good, factory shuttings, time travel, nor I hate (just fill in the holiday). What keeps it from getting a higher rating from me is the lack of depth, suspense, pathos, or super hot chemistry between the leads. But it's good. Really good.Ali has the super nice girl who is maybe a little too nice role down pat. Plus she has the most energetic eyebrows I've ever seen. Very cute, if a bit distracting. Couldn't take my eyes off of them.

Week 7 -- Valentine -- Premiered: 2/11/2018Hallmark hit a home run pairing kind hearted television producer Kelly (Ali Liebert) a producer for kid cooking show The Little Gourmet with the cocky hot-headed chef Stephen Harris (Brett Dalton). The chemistry between them almost feels real and very believable. What I really liked about this movie is: (1) Kelly and Stephen helped inspire the children chefs to achieve great things; (2) there were no intruding/competing girlfriends or boyfriends; (3) supporting actress Jessica (Kimberly Sustad) is always lovely and delightful; (4) child actor Becca (Aria Birch) won my heart from beginning to end. Ali Liebert is beautiful and quickly becoming one of my favorite HM leading ladies, I hope we see her in many upcoming movies!Through the first seven weeks of the Hallmarks 2018 movie season this is by far my favorite HM movie of the year.

Ali Liebert once again shows us that she is as good as any other Hallmark leading lady. Her performance was outstanding. There was chemistry between her and Brett Dalton. Kimberly Sustad should have had a bigger part. The only thing keeping this movie from being a 10 is the presence of Jeremy. His part in the story could have been left in and his onscreen presence left out, or better yet casting could have found an actor with actual acting ability for the part. I have seen Preston Vanderslice in other Hallmark productions and all I have seen is more of the same. The children were great. In spite of an amateur (Vanderslice) working with professionals, a really good Hallmark movie. With 1 point lost for casting, my score 9