Benedict Stone (Tom Everett Scott) is breaking up with his wife (Mía Maestro). One rainy night, his niece Gemma Stone (Ella Ballentine) suddenly shows up. He's been estranged from his brother for 20 years and has never met his niece. She claims to have lost her phone and can't remember her dad's phone number.
The movie starts with the obvious question of who is Gemma. There are some obvious possible avenues to take. One must also remember that this is Hallmark. There are a few possibilities. One big clue is Ben's comment that she looks like her brother. That zeroed in on a couple of solutions and it becomes a matter of waiting. The story itself is not that compelling. The characters are not that interesting either. Ben is moppy. In Gemma's case, she's random and obviously pushing an agenda. The mystery is not actually that mysterious. In that sense, the mystery remains the same throughout and it's a lot of waiting for the reveal. In the end, the reveal is underwhelming. It's probably the safest and least interesting of all the possibilities. This is not that interesting.
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021
Action / Drama
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021
Action / Drama
Plot summary
Having lived in his family home on an island in Puget Sound, teacher and aspiring artist Emilia Ramírez Stone breaks up with jeweler Benedict Stone on the cusp of their tenth wedding anniversary, Emilia who could not stand the feeling of being a failure in trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child, exacerbated by the pressure placed on her unwittingly by Ben in his seeming inability to embrace change. Emilia turned to art as a means to cope. Ben unexpectedly receives a visit from his sixteen year old niece, Gemma Stone, who he didn't even know existed in he being estranged from her father/his younger brother, Charlie Stone, who left his life completely twenty years ago when he turned eighteen following an argument between the two of them, something about which Ben never talks. Ben raised Charlie following the death of their parents on a gem collecting trip, Ben having taken over the family jewelry store business despite having no interest in it up to that point. The story Gemma tells is that Charlie, living in New Mexico, knows that she came for this summer long visit, and that she cannot contact him not knowing his telephone number in having lost her cell phone. As Ben tries to discover the true and complete story about Gemma's visit, which includes trying to get a hold of Charlie based solely on what little information Gemma has provided, Gemma, who embraces the stories behind the gems with which Ben works much like her paternal grandparents did, may just be the impetus Ben didn't know he needed to change and win back Emilia, that is unless he is too late in the seeming romantic interest Lawrence Donnington, the curator of her first solo art show, has shown in her.
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who is Gemma
Ok besides the lead "child"
The film is fine, but the lead apparent 16 year old is not only incredibly annoying but she is clearly 21 and literally is plus the overacting of her pretending to be is dreadful.
It's hard it ignore when she is in most scenes.
Otherwise it's a typical TV movie.
Exceptional Hallmark Movie
Ella Ballantine (Gemma) was phenomenal. Heartwarming script with excellent character development and human interaction. Beautiful location scenery and music score.