User reviews

I always enjoy Bethany Joy Lenz and Luke MacFarlane in HM movies, I know they will always give a good performance.

If you haven't seen Bethany in The Christmas Secret you need to put it on your wish list, it's my favorite.

As for Luke, he has done such a good job in many movies that I don't really have a favorite. If Luke MacFarlane is in a movie you know he will give you his best performance.

This was a pretty basic HM movie, no surprises.

It's a Valentine movie so no snow ball fights.

The script is pretty good for a formula movie, I really enjoyed it.

The supporting actors were all great, so kudos to the entire cast.

My advice - watch the movie, it's fun.

This movie made me smile. I thought the two main characters had good chemistry and liked the quick banter back and forth.

It's based around a Valentines auction, It's supposed to be in the Pacific Northwest but the entire movie had green grass and leaves on the trees.

Hallmark films are a very subjective thing, with every one liking the formula delivered in a certain way.

Personally I liked this film. I'm on a run of watching a few duds from the channel, so really did enter into this one with added enthusiasm, and felt it delivered.

Bethany Joy Lenz tends to be able to make her characters highly strung and yet likeable, and delivers on that again her, while Luke Macfarlane does a nice line in puppy dog looks.

All in all for me this hit all the right notes, and was a good example of a Hallmark film to watch before Valentine's Day.

It seems that I am in the minority though.

Natalie returns home after being fired from her reality tv hosting job. While her director boyfriend scouts for a new gig, Natalie's mom together with Natalie's ex-fiancé's mom cook up a plan to try to reunite these former lovebirds by forcing them to work on the town's big Valentine's dance event.

The event has an auction that Natalie and Zach have to not only put on together but cultivate the items for...and they have a puppy kissing booth!!!! (That is such an adorable idea and would be a great fundraiser!)

The most romantic scene in this second chance hallmark romance is this beautifully crafted dance between Natalie and Zach at the Valentine's dance. It was the most lovely scene in the film. What makes this film is the love and support of the moms.

I love this movie. Follow the Hallmark Movie schedule to see when it will be played again. I even downloaded the song, "We Belong Together". Trying to see if it will ever be made in to a DVD.

This might've been cuter if the main characters were in high school but they aren't. The main characters are so immature, it's hard to believe they are adults. The mothers are so obviously manipulative yet the two leads seem oblivious to it. Most of it was so over acted that it would have worked as a silent film.

There's plenty of the usual Hallmark checklist items in the movie, but a few new twists raise it above many (for example the last two scenes as well as the 'best friend' being a new acquaintance). The plot and characters could easily be built on so they should do a sequel. The young married couple could also have a movie of their own, maybe a prequel. Either way, there's a lot of cross-generational fun to be had.

It seems that this movie takes place in Oregon (we see the plane landing at Portland International Airport when Natalie returns home). But is there a Hudson Valley in Oregon? Many times during the movie we see the sign on the barn that says "Hudson Valley's 25th Annual Valentine's Day Festival". Excuse me, but the Hudson Valley is in New York, just north of New York City.

What a great movie . I notice Bethany does a lot of hallmark movie I'm not complaining. She really does a good job in these hall markntype of movies and her talent is so underrated. Anyways the movie was great her and the lead guy had wonderful chemistry and the acting was so believable

A Valentine's Match was a pleasant surprise after the last few really bad Hallmark movies I have watched. These days it seems like a struggle to be able to even tolerate half of them, especially the newer ones. This movie was well acted and had a few touching scenes. Even though it was the usual done-a-hundred-times-before plot, I really enjoyed all of the characters and thought it was well put together.

Zero chemistry between these two although they are both good actors. I wasn't crazy about the story line either.

Nice movie to watch, especially with a loved one, predictable but nice story which is usually the case with a Hallmark movie

I am a huge Hallmark Movie fan. I have liked these two leads in other movies but this movie was neither funny nor romantic. I tried to like it.

Old relationship between the old "friend" has a chance to be renewed? Their mothers try to pick bring them together again. She left town he stayed so they lost something. What makes this interesting is how they go around and around, dancing around their past? The story is well paced, wait until the end!

I found the main female character to be completely annoying the entire movie. I don't know if this was Bethany's interpretation or if she was told to present this way. All the other characters and acting were great. I think it's the first time where I was hoping the couple would not get back together. I felt like she didn't deserve him for many reasons. I saw no chemistry between them. Halfway through, I wanted to give up but I decided to watch to see where the storyline went. The ending was just weird. I would not watch again. The best part was the Shihtzu puppies. Oh and her lashes were waaaay too much for daytime scenes which was 99% of the movie. They were party scene lashes. I couldn't help but notice them throughout the whole movie because they were so out of place and large. You couldn't miss them.

7.9 stars.

Same old repetitive story of soulmates that failed to communicate, so they parted ways...Now she is back in town and the old love is rekindled.

Does this scenario ever happen to real people? Do people throw it all away for some strange sense of pride, or because they don't want to hold back the other person from pursuing their dreams, or miscommunication of epic proportions?

Why did the lead male apparently head for the hills and leave her wondering what happened for years to come? These questions and more will be answered if you watch. Welcome to Hallmark trope #5.

This match up is one of the best combinations of leads I could hope for. Bethany Joy Lenz is one of my all-time favorite females, and Luke MacFarlane one of my favorite male leads.

The writing and directing were out of whack in 'A Valentine's Match'. Something was missing in the timing and dialogue. I have to blame the director, who else can I? Both leads made the best of what they were given. The chemistry between them is real, and the change of Lenz' character from whiny and shrill to calm and centered was perfectly executed. As soon as they return to being friends, and are on good terms, her personality makes a drastic shift. He is a very quiet and troubled man, but his transformation is also noticeable, although not as profound.

I feel it was rushed and could have been more polished, but at least the leads have passion, good interactions, great body language.

In case you are wondering, my top ten female leads for Hallmark are: Bethany Joy Lenz, Taylor Cole, Jen Lilley, Kimberley Sustad, Ashley Williams, Merritt Patterson, Emilie Ullerup, Aimee Teegarden, Jessica Lowndes, and Rachael Leigh Cook. To qualify for my top ten, the actress must appear in several movies. But I have several more women I really love, honorable mentions go to: Eloise Mumford, Erin Cahill, Nikki Deloach, Autumn Reeser, and Cindy Busby. And sadly there are those who rarely grace the screen but would be in my top ten: Mallory Jansen, Brooke Nevin, Scottie Thompson, and Katrina Law.

Really wanted to like 'A Valentine's Match' a lot more. The story is very familiar ground formula wise, but the premise sounded cute. Have also liked Bethany Joy Lenz and Luke Macfarlane in many other things, while finding the filmographies of both hit and miss both of them are very likeable actors that can never be accused of phoning in. Also have nothing against Hallmark, far from it, though they have always been wildly variable (especially their Christmas output).

'A Valentine's Match' did have some potential, but it never lives up to it. It lacks charm, is too overdone on the goofiness factor, it feels tired and it was very difficult to connect with the characters despite the efforts of the cast. Despite how all that sounds, 'A Valentine's Match' is not a complete dud and has its good things, but those good things are too far outweighed by the bad, and the worst of the bad things are very bad indeed. It is not one of the worst 2020 Hallmark films, but it only just about avoids being down there.

There are good things. The scenery is beautiful, almost always a given with Hallmark, and is nicely photographed. There are a few amusing and touching moments and glimpses of sweet chemistry.

Macfarlane is the best actor in the film, he is easy going and nicely subtle.

However, a lot is wrong. Lenz's character is agreed over the top annoying and she tries too hard to make her work, as a result the performance comes over as over-compensated and exaggerated (not like her at all). The rest of the cast also overact shamelessly and the supporting characters are caricatures with nothing whatsoever appealing about them, a notable example being the overdone manipulation. Macfarlane's character is the only character with any degree of likeability, but eventually he gets dull. He and Lenz have no chemistry together on the whole.

Furthermore, the script goes well overboard on the juvenile and exaggerated comedy, which is generally not all funny and feels forced. There is also too much of it and any charm and heart is generally lost. The story is very old-hat and has absolutely nothing new to it, also found it very bland and silly. The ending is too neat and leaves one exasperated. The direction is merely workmanlike if even that and there is nothing memorable or fitting about the music.

Overall, pretty mediocre. 4/10.

I usually enjoy the Hallmark stuff as a distraction, and like Lenz in a lot of other stuff but this one s so trite ..... I couldn't get 15 minutes into this without being TOTALLY annoyed by the incessant background music.

I'm a Hallmark fan, but um... there is no I-70 in Oregon. When it showed the Portland airport and the I-70, disappointment set in....