I wanted to watch this movie because I'm a Brigid Brannagh fan.
My first thought upon seeing Brannagh, playing the somewhat frumpy working mom, Charley, enter the picture frame was, "Boy, they sure dressed her down for this part," a move which was necessary, no doubt, in order for Ben (Sean Patrick Flanery), who falls at first sight for the "outer beauty" of Chloe (Christine Scott Bennett), first seen floating in the distance like an "angel" with her blonde hair and white dress, to eventually discover the "inner beauty" of his "true love," Charley.
I didn't mean to encapsulate the movie in a one-sentence paragraph, but there you have it.
But, really, the whole thing is based on a highly unlikely premise, i.e., the difference of one letter in an email address. I mean, what are the chances of ALL of the following coming together at once?
1) Two people have the same last name except for one letter (Anderson/Andersen), AND
2) Those same two people have the same first initial ("C"), AND
3) Those same two people are both women, AND
4) Those same two women are co-workers (and sit next to one another in the office, no less), AND
5) Working for the same company, their email addresses therefore end with the same domain name, AND therefore, their email addresses are identical except for one letter, AND
6) Having such nearly identical email addresses, they NEVER BEFORE RECEIVED ONE ANOTHER'S EMAIL?!
If you can suspend your disbelief and go along with the joke, you'll find a typically good Hallmark Channel movie to satisfy your inner comfort.
My only problem with this one was that, having first seen and liked Flannery as the Young Indiana Jones on TV in the 1990s, I've seen him play a fair number of bad guys since (most notably, Vice President Greg Stillson in TV's "Dead Zone," as well as other undesirables in several supporting roles), it was hard for me to see him convincingly as the good guy he plays here. But that's just me; don't let it deter you.
My first thought upon seeing Brannagh, playing the somewhat frumpy working mom, Charley, enter the picture frame was, "Boy, they sure dressed her down for this part," a move which was necessary, no doubt, in order for Ben (Sean Patrick Flanery), who falls at first sight for the "outer beauty" of Chloe (Christine Scott Bennett), first seen floating in the distance like an "angel" with her blonde hair and white dress, to eventually discover the "inner beauty" of his "true love," Charley.
I didn't mean to encapsulate the movie in a one-sentence paragraph, but there you have it.
But, really, the whole thing is based on a highly unlikely premise, i.e., the difference of one letter in an email address. I mean, what are the chances of ALL of the following coming together at once?
1) Two people have the same last name except for one letter (Anderson/Andersen), AND
2) Those same two people have the same first initial ("C"), AND
3) Those same two people are both women, AND
4) Those same two women are co-workers (and sit next to one another in the office, no less), AND
5) Working for the same company, their email addresses therefore end with the same domain name, AND therefore, their email addresses are identical except for one letter, AND
6) Having such nearly identical email addresses, they NEVER BEFORE RECEIVED ONE ANOTHER'S EMAIL?!
If you can suspend your disbelief and go along with the joke, you'll find a typically good Hallmark Channel movie to satisfy your inner comfort.
My only problem with this one was that, having first seen and liked Flannery as the Young Indiana Jones on TV in the 1990s, I've seen him play a fair number of bad guys since (most notably, Vice President Greg Stillson in TV's "Dead Zone," as well as other undesirables in several supporting roles), it was hard for me to see him convincingly as the good guy he plays here. But that's just me; don't let it deter you.