How this film even made it to 6 stars is beyond my understanding. As a nod to a beloved Austen novel, this failed completely. As a romantic comedy, it did even worse. I was genuinely confused as to Darcy's aunt's animosity towards Elizabeth then finding out it's because she felt threatened by the chemistry between those two? They had three prior run-ins. All three negative and making Elizabeth come off as a harpy. Pride and Prejudice? More like Taming of the Shrew. The rest of the movie was more of the same, so when Darcy admits his love for Elizabeth it's truly baffling as to the reason why. They spent no actual real time together, just argued and bickered. Then love. No. The lead actress is not one I care to see again. The lead actor is pretty, but the constant model brooding stare made me think more Zoolander than anything else.

I don't get it. Definitely not one of Hallmark's best so the fact it was rated number 3 in the winter movie countdown is very surprising.

A school teacher meets her Mr Darcy while entering a dog in a dog show. He's a wealthy standoffish dog show judge. The cast and the animals are cute. For fans of 'Pride and Prejudice', there are enough plot elements from the classic novel wound into this story. He's standoffish but it's revealed he is good inside etc. After a while it's like enough already! Just get on with it.

Cindy Busby plays an unlikeable character in "Cedar Cove". It's nice to see her play some one likable instead. She doesn't play it too cute which can often happen in some Hallmark movies. She is quite nicely paired with Ryan Paevey as Mr Darcy. Frances Fisher plays a disapproving aunt - kind of similar to her Titanic role.

Worth one watch.

1-Ridiculous accusations against teacher carried to ridiculous extremes 2-Ridiculous flaunting of conflicts of interest 3-Terrible acting by several, most notably by Courtney Richter. Cindy Busy wasn't that good either. 4-Lack of chemistry between the leads combined with too little screen time together, especially lack of positive screen time.. 5-Overexagerated rudeness by Elizabeth to Darcy and Violet to Elizabeth 6-Unattractive wimpiness by Elizabeth 7-Even the final confrontation lacked conviction 8-A letter??? (you'll know what I mean when you see it)