I scored it quite highly for how good it is because it's right up my street. The kind of movie where nothing 'really' bad happens and they are all happy at the end. It warms my heart and makes me smile. It is a hallmark movie, so you either love them or you think they're cringy!

Typical formulaic Hallmark slop with the ending of the story blindingly apparent at the 12 minute mark.They advertize this as part of the Harvest offerings but, as usual, aside from stapling some ripe apples to a tree and putting a pumpkin on a bale of hay, there is no hint of autumn in this mess. They have stopped even pretending to make things realistic, every deciduous tree is leafy and green. And, speaking of color, the entire cast with the exception of a good-hearted waitress, is white as the driven snow. Apparently Hispanics, Asians, or people of color are not welcome on Hallmark lots. Maybe because only long haired Caucasians can wear the same giant-sized curling ironed hairstyle that all Hallmark female actors wear these days.Stock characters (girl who went off to the big city and made good has a workaholic boyfriend, small town ex-boyfriend with dead wife and adorable child, down to earth townies) live in idyllic place that the Big Bad Corporate types want to destroy.Idiotic and implausible story line where demanding boss sets impossible deadline for girl to meet. And then, miracle of miracles, a last minute brainstorm (four minutes before the deadline) saves the day, the heroine, the town, the company, and the big love story.It only got above a 2 rating because of the lake.

The main ingredients of a Hallmark movie: Characters- Hallmark Hero/Heroine (HH): Check, Megan. Hallmark Good Girl/Guy (HGG): Check, Joe. Bad boyfriend/girlfriend (BBF/BGF): Check, Phillip. Update: Guy Perpetually in Need of a Shave: GPNS: Check, Joe (dual role).Relationships- One or both of the leads must be a widow/widower: Check, the HGG's wife died. Bonus: He has an adorable daughter that is remarkably well adjusted despite losing her mother.A connection or reconnnection: Check, The HH and HGG were childhood friends and young adult sweethearts.A misunderstanding: Check, two actually- one when they were young adults (unresolved) and another after the BBF proposed (resolved by the pursuit).The pursuit: Sort-of. The HH is leaving and instead of rushing to the airport the HGG finds her the night before she leaves.Hallmark ending: Check, the problem is easily resolved- and as another reviewer noted, someone as bright as the HH should have heard what the property owner was saying and revised the plans well ahead of the deadline.Overall a predictable yet enjoyable Hallmark movie.

Nothing special at all. Not much to like here other than the reliable Andrew Walker. I am sure he appreciates the paycheck and the work as an actor, but if he is not careful, he is going to be labeled the Crown Prince of Hallmark movies. I mean, how many of these things has he been in? I didn't understand the motivations of the heroine. Completely nonsensical. She is given the assignment to convince an old friend and neighbor to sell her property so her boss can encase a beautiful country lake setting in a concrete monstrosity of a residential development. She knows this is a horrendous idea, yet blithely does her best trying to get the nice lady to sign on the dotted line. Why? because of a vague promise of maybe she can be promoted to an architect? To keep a job with a firm that obviously is the lowest of the low? Why would anyone of any character put up with this? She compromises her integrity and endangers a bucolic picturesque ideal location for a resort. Of course she ends up designing a more suitable project, which her stupid boss (surprise, surprise) just loves. This one was kind of insulting, actually.