I enjoy the more effervescent Hallmark romantic comedies the best and this is certainly one of those. The relationship and chemistry are explored well.

Merriman, who has been acting in sitcoms since he was 9 and just played a nasty but driven Dixie Walker in 42, is quite believable as the driven lawyer whose live threatens to be turned upside down and LC, well-known from Party of Five forward, uses her charm and overbite amazingly well in this one. In fact, this may be the most complete performance I've seen from her. The best friends are well-played and have good chemistry with the leads. And the big blonde "other woman" who you would expect to be an obnoxious object-of-scorn in most films is actually a well-written and clearly motivated adult who takes everything in stride intelligently. And the performance of the woman playing Cynthia is pitch perfect - so points to this departure from the norm. And, this movie avoids mean-spiritedness to such a degree that even LC's main detractor, Merriman's best friend, sees the light and apologizes to her. LC is amazing in this.

But, I must confess the real reason I am taking time to write this is the tour-de-force performance given by one of my personal all-time favorite former child stars, Patty McCormack as Rosemary, the all-wise secretary/matchmaker who never misses a chance to set right what she sees as wrong. Her performance is magnificent and sets the tome for the entire film. It is the meatiest role I've seen her get since her low-budget horror "Mommy" movies and she still has the same penetrating blue eyes she had as Rhoda Penmark and in the Explosive Generation and as Mrs. Roper (much too good for Geoffrey Tambor).

This was a great role for her and her spirit carries the movie. I wish Priscilla Barnes (from Three's Company and more) had more to do in this film as she's also been an under-utilized talent. Anyway, this is a most enjoyable way to spend an hour and a half.

The central conflict of this movie is the fundamental differences in character of the two lovers. And my problem with the movie is that I was never convinced that those differences aren't ultimately going to be fatal in their relationship.

In the usual mode of romance movies, two very impractical things are possible - 1) the career driven businessman (or woman) can find time to lay around in the grass or take a day trip out of town and generally just relax with his lover; and 2) anyone can become an event planner (or writer, or chef, or photographer or you name it) and immediately jump to the height of success. And even in number 2 they can do it with plenty of free time to boot. That these are myths is part of what creates such a fundamental difference between the characters.

For me, the movie was saved by Lacey Chabert. In romance movies, she usually plays such a sweet girl with infinite optimism and you just want to like her, even though in this case she is irresponsible and does need to make some life changes. Even with her in the movie, I found my second time watching this movie just wasn't as good and I probably overrated it.

My first Hallmark movie, but by no means my last. After reading all the reviews when I saw this available, I made up my mind to watch it and was not disappointed.

Lacey Chabert was great and lit up the screen whenever she was on, which happily, was frequent, Ryan Merriman did a good job as well, I had seen him before in a few of his earlier efforts. Patty McCormack stole the scenes she was in and her interaction with Ryan Merriman's character was well done.

It was a predictable movie and some parts were not as good as others, but it hit the spot for my partner and I and we really enjoyed it. Well done Hallmark Channel.

The reviewer who remarked on the elevator ending obviously did not really watch the movie, there was no goof, it was time lapse and story telling. If you were really watching and paying attention you would have understood. Watch it again and this time actually watch it before rubbishing it.

Very good easy to watch movie, lived up to my expectations and would recommend it.