bookandcandle Reviews

My Lottery Dream Home (2015– )

We love you, David! The best show ever.

[10/10 · 27 August 2022]

David, you have charisma and a great sense of humor. You make my day when I watch your show. You try your best to please your clients. Your clothes make me smile. I could not ask for more.

Keep on doing what you do, as you are unique and special! When your show is on, I watch each one. The rest of you don't have to watch David's show. You can leave the rest of us alone.

We love you, David!

You even ask your clients what else you could do for them because you are considerate and enthusiastic. You get so excited that you make the rest of us excited.

You are awesome! Just watching you is enjoyable!

Escape to the Country (2002– )

Loud background music

[1/10 · 16 August 2022]

Why is the background music so much louder than the speaking? It is so annoying to try and listen to both at the same time. The music should be in the background, not the foreground. This just ruins the show for me.

Curious Traveler (2015– )

Background music

[1/10 · 31 July 2022]

The constant music playing in the background of Curious Traveler is louder than the speaking, making the show annoying and distracting. I never watched the show again. I felt as if I were really at a concert.

Rip in Time (2022 TV Movie)

Didn't want it to end

[10/10 · 12 June 2022]

I loved this Hallmark movie so much that I didn't want it to end. Great acting. Great story. And there was just enough of going back in time to explain the situation. Did the sheriff's office try to find Revolutionary War records under the name Richard instead of Rip? There are Rev War muster records. Maybe this would have helped.

Jane Eyre (2011)

Ending was too abrupt

[8/10 · 9 May 2022]

The acting was excellent. The filming was excellent. The story was excellent. But the ending was abrupt and unfinished. Mr. Rochester gets his eyesight back in one eye, so that he can see Jane and his first-born in the book. That would have been worth another 10 minutes of screen time, not an abrupt, unclarified and questioned ending.

Sanditon: Episode #2.1 (2022) Season 2, Episode 1

Sanditon lives on

[10/10 · 5 April 2022]

Love the continuation of Sanditon. And I love the new love interests for Charlotte. I hope the character of Alison Heywood becomes more mature. Rosie Graham smiles and too silly for a grown woman. She is not my favorite actress out of all them. The rest are excellent and natural.

Just One Kiss (2022 TV Movie)

Didn't make sense

[1/10 · 4 April 2022]

Just One Kiss didn't make sense. Mia wants a man who is stable. That is why she wants a divorce. Her husband is an ex-alcoholic, but now has been in detox and works a full-time job. He has shaped up to be a good husband again, but she won't give him a second chance. Mia begins to date a man who sings in a nightclub, whose voice was not that exceptional, and may not have a gig in the future. How is that for stability? Her friends tell Tony that if that is all Mia is looking for, she is not worthy of him. Well, it was so important to Mia that she was divorcing her husband. Mia is back in a questionable, unstable relationship in the end. We'll see where the lounge singer is in five years. Mia will be supporting him, like she did her ex-husband.

Plus, at the start of the movie Mia was talking out loud in a movie theater and was angry at Tony for asking her to be quiet. How rude. Next her woke friend turns on the fire alarm at Mia's university to stop her from making a fool out of herself while lecturing a class. Isn't that a crime? What is Hallmark promoting these days? Certainly not good morals or decency.

Sanditon (2019–2023)

Can't get enough of Sanditon

[10/10 · 16 March 2022]

I feel Colbourne was perfect for Charlotte. Hope they get back together again. I do have one misgiving. Why does Charlotte always wear her hair down, except for a few special occasions when her hair is up? Women her age during the Regency Period had their necks exposed. Charlotte wore her hair blowing all over the place like a young girl would. Not proper for that time period. Otherwise, I love the series. Please have more.

The Knight Before Christmas (2019)

Magical Christmas Movie

[10/10 · 16 February 2022]

I loved this magical Christmas movie. Brooke and Sir Cole were perfect together. There was comedy, fantasy, ethics and realism all at the same time. I'd watch this movie again.

Butlers in Love (2022 TV Movie)

Delightful Butler Movie

[10/10 · 30 January 2022]

I loved this delightful and romantic Butler-themed Hallmark movie. Emma and Henry were well suited for each other and well acted naturally as their relationship grew. Sometimes love just comes softly. It was so interesting to see the intricate details of butling. It is not as easy as it looks. The professionalism and seriousness were appreciated in this film. The head master of the school, Maxwell Caulfield, was exceptional. As others have indicated, Hallmark should have done more butling homework. Hair is always worn back when serving food, and Emma had her hair down the entire time.

The Lost Valentine (2011 TV Movie)

A movie I will never forget

[10/10 · 4 January 2022]

The Lost Valentine is a movie I will never forget. Both love stories and the acting made this movie a classic. I do have a question: Why didn't the guerillas report Lt. Thomas' death to the US Military after the Japanese lost the war in WWII? They had his information. This was the only part of the movie that was puzzling to me.

Twinkle All the Way (2019 TV Movie)

Not the best

[1/10 · 30 December 2021]

I love Christmas movies, but this one just fell flat both morally and verbally.

Not a family-friendly movie. The actors were all good and I enjoyed them. It was just not the best Christmas movie this year.

Twinkle All the Way (2019 TV Movie)

Not a family movie

[1/10 · 4 December 2021]

Two men constantly touching each other and kissing is not a family movie. This movie gets a 1. Lifetime is pushing their agenda more and more. I have totally stopped watching Lifetime Christmas movies.

Christmas in Tahoe (2021 TV Movie)

Loud Bing-Bong Music Throughout

[1/10 · 29 November 2021]

You'd think Hallmark would have learned from all the comments over the years about loud music in the background. Would have been an enjoyable Hallmark movie, but I had to turn it off because of the loud bing-bong, sharp up-and-down notes that were continually played during the movie. It was difficult to hear what the actors were saying and so distracting.

My Christmas Family Tree (2021 TV Movie)

Ending doesn't make sense without another DNA test

[5/10 · 14 November 2021]

This Hallmark movie was heartwarming and classic until the ending. Doesn't Vanessa's DNA still need to match her father's in the end, and not just by him looking at a photo of Vanessa's mother to make that decision that she is his daughter? The ending doesn't make sense at all. Vanessa did not look like her father. Perhaps he wasn't. Just by dating the mother doesn't necessarily make him her father. There needed to be a new DNA test done to confirm that. And the prior DNA results said she wasn't his daughter when a computer error was made. Please, have an ending that ties in with science, since your entire premise was based on the initial DNA test results. This movie deserved a 10, but the ending discredited it.

A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021 TV Movie)

Not Doris Roberts

[1/10 · 10 November 2021]

No one can replace Doris Roberts as Mrs. Miracle. Caroline Rhea comes across too flamboyant, ostentatious and flighty. Who walks into someone's home, doesn't stop smiling and takes over instantly like that? Not the classic Mrs. Miracle I loved.

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

Could have been better if...

[8/10 · 20 September 2021]

I really enjoyed this version of Nicholas Nickleby, but it could have been better and gotten a 10 rating if they would have expanded on the cruel benefactors' fate of the boys' home, and left out Anne Hathaway. Although I love her as an American actress, her unauthenticated English accent was deplorable and ruined part of the movie. If it is a British production, then leave it as a British production. Every actor in this movie was excellent and British.

Decoded (2010–2012)

Loud music is annoying

[1/10 · 28 August 2021]

It is difficult to hear the conversations with loud banging music in the background. Music should not be louder than the speaking. So annoying. It ruined the entire series for me. Is this a concert or a documentary?

Titanic (1997)

James Cameron was wrong

[1/10 · 13 August 2021]

Rose could have saved Jack's life by allowing him to share the board with her. All they had to do was to tie Rose's life jacket around the board, so that there would be enough buoyancy to keep their bodies above water. James Cameron wanted Jack to freeze and drown, and that was a bad decision on his part. No one wants to watch a long movie and have lovers parted in a flimsy, insensitive and selfish scene. So, the ending ruined the entire movie for me...it just did. James Cameron must enjoy watching people leave a movie feeling betrayed and deceived by Rose. True love by Rose...not in my eyes. Plus, Jack would never have met Rose. The first and second class passenger decks were had gate locks from the third class passenger decks due to immigration and health laws. Total non-fiction. If you are going to make a historical drama, then you have to do your homework because people will believe what you have presented to them.

Lafayette: The Lost Hero (2010 TV Movie)

Music too loud

[1/10 · 4 July 2021]

It would be nice if the documentaries had lower music. Music should be in the background, not the foreground. It is very distracting and annoying when you are trying to listen to people speak. A lot of it was even dancing melodies.

Gunslingers (2014– )

Loud music

[1/10 · 12 June 2021]

Gunslingers would have been a great series if it did not have loud, banging music and noise in the background throughout the entire series. This made it difficult to concentrate and hear every word clearly. It is supposed to be background music, not foreground music.

The Scapegoat (2012)

Loud background music

[1/10 · 14 March 2021]

With most of the current movies today, there is loud background music, which interferes and impedes concentration and clear articulation of each spoken word. Music should be low and background, not foreground. I had to turn off the movie and, therefore, gave it a low rating for annoying and disturbing viewing, and incompletion.

Just in Time for Christmas (2015 TV Movie)

Giggling

[1/10 · 22 December 2020]

I love Eloise Mumford. She is so cute and pretty, but couldn't she act more mature and not giggle, smile, jump and laugh all the time? She would have been perfect if she acted more natural and did not force happiness with constant grinning. Her over-acting just ruined the movie for me. Sorry, it was just too much.

Dear Christmas (2020 TV Movie)

Music too loud

[1/10 · 21 December 2020]

The music to this Lifetime movie was so loud in the background that I could hardly hear or concentrate on what the actors were saying. This was the disappointing case on most of the Lifetime movies this year. Music should be in the background, not the foreground. Had to turn this movie off. Sorry, it could have been a cute movie.

Christmas in Vienna (2020 TV Movie)

Disappointed

[1/10 · 11 December 2020]

Disappointed in this Hallmark movie because it involved too much with the children, plus the family performed as a group in the end instead of Jess performing solely. It was her concert and I wanted to hear her play, not one of the children who learned to play the violin in a few days and then her family singing with her. Plus, Jess' girlfriend smiling and overacting every minute in the movie like a jack-in-the-box. Total disappointment.