Not bad for "G" rated stuff. Wondering when they are going to dress Aurora's character like an adult instead of a 12 yr old. The dresses in most of the movies are juvenile, shorter than her juvenile coats . The hair looks like it has been thru a mixer and way beyond looking like an adult should. Same with the purses and shoes. Totally not adult looking nor are the lines she is given to speak. For someone allegedly with a masters in library science, she looks and acts like a teenager. For me, Henner is not who I would have put in as the mother. Her superiority complex is beyond getting old . The new "boyfriend" is a lot more mature than Auroras character and seems out of place in that dinky backwards town. He can do much better that that. Falling for someone as very unsophisticated as Aurora is funny. The movies are good escapism but fear not, not even close to competing with anything else on TV. It finally hit me where I had seen the "reporter" friend of Aurora's..she is the girl in the Toyota commercials. She also doesn't come across as too bright for a reporter. Guess its the small , backwards town ambiance

These movies are something you want to watch on a Saturday or Sunday. It's a good movie without all the blood and violence in them. It's more about a story then violence. I especially like the addition of Yannick Bisson of Murdock Mysteries as Aurora's boyfriend. Let's hope the writers can keep him in and move that story forward. It shows Aurora maturing. It shows the story moving forward. Something TV shows lack these days.

My wife conned me into watching this because it has Yannick Bisson in it and I am a huge fan of Murdoch Mysteries. I gather that somehow this entry is part of a series based on the writings of Charlaine Harries who writes the Aurora Teagarden books along with a number of others. She must have those who like these Hallmark entries but based on The Julius House, I am not one of them. My major complaint is acting and chemistry. Is seems that either these are some of the worst actors ever or they are just phoning in their performances. And their is zip chemistry among this crew. Marilu Henner and Candace Cameron Bure are supposed to be mother daughter but they don't seem to muster any feelings for one another. And Yannick Bisson and Candace Cameron Bure who are supposed to be dating are about as romantic as wood. Even the mystery is dull. I didn't care who the missing family was or why they were missing. Even after we get the answers, I didn't care. Obviously there is an audience out there for this series, but why is the real mystery.

Another enjoyable if not particularly riveting Aurora Teagarden mystery starring Candace Cameron Bure. This time Aurora buys a house that, of course, has a history that involves murder. I tend to enjoy the movies in this series more for the lighthearted fun aspects than the mysteries themselves, which are never anything special. This one has a Scooby Doo "I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for you darn kids" type of ending that amused me. I like this Aurora movie more than the last one largely because Lexa Doig and Marilu Henner get more to do. They're both great assets to this series but are often underutilized. For her part, Candace is likable as always. The worst part of the whole thing is the love interest, a former CIA agent played by Yannick Bisson. He wears eyeliner and spray tan and is really just annoying enough to make me want to turn the whole thing off, which says a lot considering how much I enjoy Candace, Lexa, and Marilu. He's the third love interest in the series but the first to appear in consecutive entries. I hope this doesn't mean he's "the one" because, frankly, he's terrible. Hallmark, if there are any more Aurora movies to be made, please kill him off or have him go manage a boy band. He's stinking up the joint.