My wife and I have a theory that Hallmark adds music to every scene that is weak, has poor acting, or bad sound. This movie had music in every scene were watched (turned it off at the 45 minute mark). We've watched over 110 Hallmark movies, this one was disappointing.
52 Reviews
Not as bad as some of the reviews.
Avidviewer-028474 October 2020
It's a Hallmark movie so it's formulaic. In the Hallmark movie formula the story is always about a woman and romance, men are just the handsome faces in supporting roles. The problem Hallmark often encounters is poor scripts and that's the problem with this movie. I liked the cast but the script stunk.
The Hallmark plots are often dumb - follow your dreams even if they aren't realistic. Every once in awhile they have a decent one. The locations usually in BC are beautiful which makes up for some holes in the scripts.
Many of the actors are Canadian and often appear in other Hallmark films since almost all Hallmark movies are filmed in Canada. A job is a job and the acting is mostly good.
This was a Fall/Autumn themed film but it had little to do with Fall. The pandemic has rocked every industry even the Hallmark world, so I'll cut them some slack.
The Hallmark plots are often dumb - follow your dreams even if they aren't realistic. Every once in awhile they have a decent one. The locations usually in BC are beautiful which makes up for some holes in the scripts.
Many of the actors are Canadian and often appear in other Hallmark films since almost all Hallmark movies are filmed in Canada. A job is a job and the acting is mostly good.
This was a Fall/Autumn themed film but it had little to do with Fall. The pandemic has rocked every industry even the Hallmark world, so I'll cut them some slack.
Can't Stand the Insufferable Main Character
cateriffic21 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This woman is so insufferable. She is completely and totally against change for no reason. She acts like a 70 year old who whines about how they had to walk to school in the snow. Also she adamantly hates social media for no reason. If you want to watch a decent guy get constantly insulted for not choosing the same boring sad life as the main character, be my guest. I feel bad. This poor man is giving up a great career just to be tied down to a miserable woman.
Also, she kept on talking about how "the community cares for this store". What community? I think they had 2 scenes with more than 1 customer in it.
Overall, if you're like me and love watching sappy movies to make fun of them, watch this. In the end, its a typical hallmark movie.
Also, she kept on talking about how "the community cares for this store". What community? I think they had 2 scenes with more than 1 customer in it.
Overall, if you're like me and love watching sappy movies to make fun of them, watch this. In the end, its a typical hallmark movie.
Waste of time
Kenkeller-98-62055320 September 2020
Ugh!
ts-000022 September 2020
Moved slow,felt cheaply made & the acting bothersome.
Expect a certain formula from Hallmark,yet even this was below those standards.
Also the male lead.. His hair or something,needing a bit of help.
Rather have quality over quantity so music,costumes & so forth are decent.
Won't be making a watch again list,hoping their fall movies(this year)improve.
Follow Me to Daisy Hills
studioAT10 April 2023
This is a decent enough Hallmark film, though one that follows their standard formula very much to the letter without much room for invention.
As others have pointed out - Cindy Busby is too old for this role, and could easily pass for her sisters Mum. The Dad seems too young for his role too, so that doesn't help things.
It's perfectly watchable and enjoyable enough though, and I'd rather this sort of rigid/formula adhering Hallmark film than some of their 'wacky' new takes of recent years any day.
So overall, take it at face value and enjoy what really is at the end of the day just trying to be entertaining.
As others have pointed out - Cindy Busby is too old for this role, and could easily pass for her sisters Mum. The Dad seems too young for his role too, so that doesn't help things.
It's perfectly watchable and enjoyable enough though, and I'd rather this sort of rigid/formula adhering Hallmark film than some of their 'wacky' new takes of recent years any day.
So overall, take it at face value and enjoy what really is at the end of the day just trying to be entertaining.
Technical disaster -production values are below zero. Insult to the viewing audience
iranu-741952 December 2020
There must be Senior Producers , Directors, Editors at Hallmark who check product as part of their job. Whoever allowed release of this should be sacked - and their saved salary could be used to fund 2 more Hallmark movies (win win situation!) Have seen Williams in another movie where he was bad - where he was upstaged by a horse. I've had salads with more charisma.
Too much background music.
mbproudfoot20 September 2020
Swing and a miss
jroyals-0434120 September 2020
This is strike two for Busby in a matter of months. At least this mess was marginally better than Romance in the Air which kicked off the summer nights series. Still I'm not sure why you would want such a poor actress leading off fall or any season for that matter. The lone bright spot was the lead actor who has charisma and is really likeable; he deserved a better counterpart. The constant guitar and/or piano track was obnoxious and the dad and sister were both annoying, weak characters. This was incredibly slow and was bogged down by weak dialogue, a ridiculous scene where Busby argues with the consultant trying to save the store, and a long drive and lunch. When we finally do get down to the business of the store, Busby all the sudden gets inspired to make changes after Blake reappears in her life. Uh huh. The cheese gets piled on at that point and there never seems to be any doubt or care about the results. At one point the sister says it is late and she is heading home to call it a day when it is still light out! I only watched this abomination because my wife made me.
Story is fine but actors wrong agewise - again!
SunnyDaise8 March 2021
Typical Hallmark plot (unoriginal - fine) and mis-matched casting (agewise - not so fine). Hallmark really needs to make more movies for 35+ characters now many of their familiar leads are older. These stars are my age, but often seen playing characters a decade younger, which I find unrealistic and disorienting. In this movie, like Italia Ricci's 'Rome in Love', the actress is, and yes looks, too old to be the sister, going on the timeframe of the plots. They could easily have got round a 15+ age gap between the sisters if it wasn't for the fella supposedly being so significant to the younger sister - she remembers him so much that the sisters can't be more than about a decade different. However Cindy Busby could play the mother of a teenager now, almost a decade on from her Cedar Cove lawyerish days. It's realistic to have older characters childless / still living at home for financial/family reasons, but If Hallmark isn't careful, viewers will grow out of the channel if the ages aren't well represented generally.
Horrifically Bad!
extremecombover21 September 2020
Even when you know what you're getting
MaverickC123 September 2020
With a Hallmark movie, there were just some weird noticeable gaffes (like a store with nothing in it, the storyline jumping around abruptly, noticeable low-budget production, etc.).
Hallmark is going for making people feel cosy, which can be a pleasant distraction in times like these.
But seriously: Cindy Busby was SHOUTING. ALL. THE. TIME. Why??
Hallmark is going for making people feel cosy, which can be a pleasant distraction in times like these.
But seriously: Cindy Busby was SHOUTING. ALL. THE. TIME. Why??
Pretty Bad
johne-5595222 September 2020
I admit I only made it through the first 20 minutes or so. Seen a lot of Hallmark movies and this is definitely in the bottom 25%. The screen was filled with robots mouthing a script generated by a (not so sophisticated) computer. It's basically background noise with Fall colors. Don't waste your time.
The First Hallmark movie I turned off with out finishing.
robin-6848222 September 2020
Own It
tmittleholtz13 March 2021
Typical Hallmark. Cute story. As always, more attention to detail is needed. Mail box flag as just one example... but I still love them.
I really wish Hallmark would own the fact that these films are made in Canada. Why not use the actual place names? No need to worry about wrong license plates, changing out Canada Post red mail boxes and signage etc. Less chance to mess up on those details, so that the other details would then become correct, and the movie would be better all around.
I really wish Hallmark would own the fact that these films are made in Canada. Why not use the actual place names? No need to worry about wrong license plates, changing out Canada Post red mail boxes and signage etc. Less chance to mess up on those details, so that the other details would then become correct, and the movie would be better all around.
Great movie
andoula7 February 2021
Disappointing!,
carolkampf22 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was definitely not up to Hallmark standards-weak story line and bad acting! I usually like Cindy Busby but whoever directed her should think again-the characters were not believable ;; silly story line with lady stealing candy should have been left out- Go back and look at some of the best Hallmark movies and see why they got high ratings and this one did not-
So boring, bad acting
jennifer-102-4350024 September 2020
All these reviews say they turned it off after X mins but still have 4s or 5s???? Really bad acting, it's like she has to act hard to be the good girl next door, in every movie she's in. Same expressions and mannerisms and overly drawn out. Don't know the guy and don't really care to now. I know this is harsh, but hallmark needs to get out of this slump and get a new formula.
music too loud!!!!
novagirl1122 September 2020
The music was so loud that not only could we not hear the dialogue, but we actually thought there was something wrong with the sound on our tv. Other than that, it was a cute story, but nothing groundbreaking or particularly unique.
Such an Annoying lead actress
lyndavanleeuwen3 January 2021
Another store owner in La-La Land without a lick of business sense or commonsense.
rebekahrox21 September 2020
Cindy Busby, a small town girl runs her mothers general store which is going bankrupt. Her Dad calls her ex-boyfriend, a New York City wunderkind who specializes in saving businesses from failure, to come home and help them keep the store from failing. For free. Cindy resists all of his sensible advise until she doesn't. She won't even move the candy away from the front door where shoplifters and moochers can reach in and steal it. Because God forbid the elderly patron has to step into the store pass what merchandise there is and go to the register to actually pay for her candy. Oh no, her not having to cross the threshold to get her Snickers is the "highlight of her day." How dare he suggest customers have to pay for their merchandise?! He is a hard-hearted capitalist and all he cares about is money or and profit. I kid you not. This store owner's father has a heart attack from the financial stress, he is about ready to use his savings to keep the store afloat because she is totally unaware that there is not enough cash to pay the bills, College for her young sister costs money, and an online presence is not an instrument of the devil.
It is easy to see that it didn't take a marketing genius to save the store, which had little to offer customers except the 10 bags of Cheetos and 15 Cartons of oatmeal that were skillfully arranged on the otherwise empty shelves. What finally saves the store is her getting hit with a clue-stick that her fellow townspeople can use the store to sell their own homemade products from BBQ sandwiches to baked goods to art. A real go-getter of a business owner would have realized this years ago. An energetic ten year old playing with their "Little Tykes Let's Go Shopping" play store would have done a better job of merchandising.
I usually like Cindy Busby, but her character in this one was so technophobic, ignorant, unpleasant, and stubborn my eyeballs practically fell out of my head from all of the eyerolling.
The only other aspect I want to comment on is the weirdness of the way they groomed the hero. His colorless hair was slicked back from his pale forehead in a way that would only be acceptable if he had had a ponytail. but since men with ponytails are verboten on Hallmark, He looked like a dang Nazi. He's probably a nice enough looking guy in real life, but he was downright creepy-looking in this.
This is the second show in a row that I was disappointed in the vehicle that they gave Cindy to headline. It's time they gave her something worthy of her talents and a strong co-star and not stick her in a project in hopes that she can limp to the finish-line carrying it on her back.
It is easy to see that it didn't take a marketing genius to save the store, which had little to offer customers except the 10 bags of Cheetos and 15 Cartons of oatmeal that were skillfully arranged on the otherwise empty shelves. What finally saves the store is her getting hit with a clue-stick that her fellow townspeople can use the store to sell their own homemade products from BBQ sandwiches to baked goods to art. A real go-getter of a business owner would have realized this years ago. An energetic ten year old playing with their "Little Tykes Let's Go Shopping" play store would have done a better job of merchandising.
I usually like Cindy Busby, but her character in this one was so technophobic, ignorant, unpleasant, and stubborn my eyeballs practically fell out of my head from all of the eyerolling.
The only other aspect I want to comment on is the weirdness of the way they groomed the hero. His colorless hair was slicked back from his pale forehead in a way that would only be acceptable if he had had a ponytail. but since men with ponytails are verboten on Hallmark, He looked like a dang Nazi. He's probably a nice enough looking guy in real life, but he was downright creepy-looking in this.
This is the second show in a row that I was disappointed in the vehicle that they gave Cindy to headline. It's time they gave her something worthy of her talents and a strong co-star and not stick her in a project in hopes that she can limp to the finish-line carrying it on her back.
Wanted to like
mjpatterson-200859 November 2020
Jo Mason (Cindy Busby)
aab87417 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Favorite scene with
Jo Mason (Cindy Busby) - Reading Sofi's writing, calling the College which Sofi had rejected, leaving a message and submitting her story. BTW, I loved Adrian McLean in The Christmas Club, Christmas By Starlight and now in Follow Me To Daisy Hills! Please put him in more Hallmark Channel movies!
Jo Mason (Cindy Busby) - Reading Sofi's writing, calling the College which Sofi had rejected, leaving a message and submitting her story. BTW, I loved Adrian McLean in The Christmas Club, Christmas By Starlight and now in Follow Me To Daisy Hills! Please put him in more Hallmark Channel movies!
BAD even for Hallmark
SuperVillainTX24 September 2020
Of course you could give every Hallmark movie a low score simply for sticking to their formulaic script/plot. And especially the former childhood friend turn to romance trope. As well as every small town that is a teaming metropolis of shops, buildings, people and vehicles in the background. Yet, this movie is beyond aggravating for additional things. Right from the start she's checking her mail with her morning coffee and the flag is up. So she puts the flag down after checking her mail. WHAT? Are the HALLMARK cast and crew so out of touch with reality that they don't even know how a mailbox works? And then the would-be couple have to do chores in order to get the townsfolk to talk to them. Uh, has Hallmark never talked to anyone, let alone people in a small town? People will talk your ear off at the drop of a hat. In fact, you'd have to go do chores to GET AWAY from them talking to you and telling their whole life story. So skip this one, doesn't even have one interesting thing in it.
not so great
taylornan21 September 2020
Average movie but below par for Hallmark. The main characters had zero chemistry. In the beginning it looks like the "country store" has about ten items, not like any country stores that I have ever been in. This movie seemed low budget and was boring.
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