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6/10
Great scenery and some education about avalanches
Jackbv12329 January 2023
I've always enjoyed Ashley Newbrough and she doesn't disappoint me here. Her character is upbeat, but more importantly she is highly intelligent and more than competent in the snow. I did have a problem with Stephen Huszar's Chris. This man is ridiculously unprofessional in several ways. His total disregard for the science is close to criminal negligence given the importance of his responsibilities. The viewer knows something is behind this but the movie waits toward the end to reveal it. It's not hard to guess though. But beyond that he is misogynistic toward Heather as he makes several successive assumptions that are quite rude and, as I said, unprofessional. Of course this is the usual early antagonism between the romantic leads that seems to be required in these movies, but I thought that it was done in a way that detracted from the story AND I thought some of it carried on far too long.

The story is predictable with no great highs or lows. The viewer could see the climax coming almost from the start. Throw in the tween motherless daughter who of course falls in love with Heather. The dialogue was OK. Newbrough and Huszar do get to establish some chemistry and seem quite comfortable together.

The scenery was outstanding which given the location was inevitable. There was a lot of education about avalanches including practical advice for sports people who encounter the risks. I assume most of it was accurate.
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5/10
Glacier National Park?
toncincin31 January 2023
NOT! Why not just call it "Love in British Columbia" ??? The people at Hallmark think we're all stupid. Glacier doesn't have any formal ski resorts within its boundaries. Cross-country - yes. BUT no chairlifts for sure. So over Hallmark using places that don't even resemble the actual location. Another example is in The Christmas Train - which shows the actors gazing at the beautiful, rugged peaks outside La Junta, CO - which is on the eastern plains of Colorado at least 200 miles from any kind of mountain - and nothing rugged as shown.

So let's talk actors: Ashley Newbrough is a mediocre actor in every sense of the word. I have not seen a single movie with her in it that's she been good OR believable. AND PLEASE! No one goes skiing in full makeup INCLUDING fake lashes and lipstick. COME ON! Stephen Huszar was OK. Just passable. The young lady playing his daughter was delightful - she lit up the screen in every scene she was in.

UNNECESSARY and UNFINISHED storylines: Teagan Moss is the sister. She and her husband have been going through IVF. She takes a pregnancy test and it's negative. She's devastated - AND YET - the next day she's very chipper - hot tubbing and playing in the snow with the daughter. It's NEVER mentioned again. What was the point? AND her sister (Newbrough) never asks her about it? NEVER!!! Then there's the "nemesis woman." She obviously has the hots for Huzsar's character...and seems miffed he's not interested - but that storyline too is never addressed after she huffs out of the party. What was the point there? Totally unnecessary.

We also have the confrontation between Newbrough and Huzsar about her avalanche software. They never really discussed it in depth - but he won't support it - so she gets angry and decides to go home. OOPS. The airport is closed due to snow. So ... she and Huzsar's friend use it and freak out because they are on a search and rescue operation - and HORRORS ... there's avalanche activity and no one knew it without her program. After JUST ONE use - he's sold and asks her to stay.

One of the most contrived, silly storylines ever. Thank goodness they were all safe ... but still nothing on the sister's IVF thing.

Overall - I give it a 5 - for the daughter and the scenery.
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5/10
Decent story, nothing to do with the real Glacier Park
sundancepilot16 February 2023
As someone who has been going to Glacier National Park his entire life, I was looking forward to seeing scenes of the park. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. There was spectacular scenery of British Columbia, but there were only two references to the real GNP: Grinnell Glacier and Apgar (which is a town at the foot of Lake McDonald--there is NO "Apgar Gulch."). Furthermore, there is only cross country skiing in Glacier--the closest downhill ski area is Big Mountain (I refuse to use the new name "Whitefish Mountain Resort") near Whitefish. Also, motorized vehicles like snowmobiles are prohibited in the park in the winter. There are so many realistic story lines that could be made in the real Glacier National Park, that it's unfortunate they picked something so completely inaccurate.
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7/10
Like drinking Syrup
doug2go29 January 2023
I have been watching Hallmark Romance Movies for 15 years and they almost all follow the Pygmalion formula for a romance movie ( Awkward introduction , confrontation, recognition, romance , love , disaster, reconciliation, together forever ) - This movie was the same but with a technology twist that looked different but was the same - but what really made this Hallmark movie stand out from the "Drinking Syrup all women go to bed fully dressed sickeningly sweet shows of the past ) was that the lead was actually scene in a bikini for the first time ever on a Hallmark movie. I am surprised Hallmark didn't issue an advisory - as for the movie itself - the casting was better than average and so was the chemistry of the leads - If you are in for a feel good movie - I recommend it.
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6/10
Seriously, not bad but still lost potential.
Lily-3229 January 2023
That's how I feel about 99% of everything Hallmark makes today these days. Well, no most of it is bad but a few are lost potential. This was did a bit better. I enjoyed it for the most part but it always comes back to these days that no matter the disagreement the girl is never as wrong as the guy. Which is just tired and boring. Watching an imperfect man next to a supposedly perfect woman is so fake and obnoxious. I know people will disagree with me but I can't I see what do much if media is trying to push.

So for this movie the chemistry wasn't bad. I don't normally like this actor but he's growing on me a little. I've always liked her but this wasn't her best performance, or rather her character was a bit off putting. Arrogance isn't any more attractive in women than it is in men.

I liked the fresh take on the professions of the leads. Also, always good to have dogs. The young lady who played Samantha was exceptional. They kinda dropped the Sonia storyline which on one level was fine but for that reason it was pointless to have it to begin with. And the story line with her sister was removed but unresolved. You'll understand when you see it. Sonia and the sister's story lines had so much focus that it was weird to realize they fizzled pretty quickly.

Anyway, I give it a six overall.

It was good enough to watch at least once.
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6/10
So So
wdjdhj29 January 2023
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I have seen quite a few Ashley Newbrough films, and she was always good in them. However, in this one, I felt her acting was stiff. When I watch a movie, I want to feel like it's "real", which good acting will produce. I didn't feel it in this one. I felt she and the others were trying to hard to pull it off. Also, in the story the sister is waiting to see if she is going to be pregnant. It is the third, and final time, for her to have IVF. She is by herself, while everyone else is at a fundraiser event, and she finds out she is not pregnant. They never address it or acknowledge it, again. Instead of her being devastated, she acts like she is happy and does not have a care in the world. The main storyline, itself, was good, and the mountain scenes were beautiful.
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3/10
Nope. Just nope.
ladymustang-1216030 January 2023
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I am a Hallmark junkie, and it's hard for me to really not like one of their movies. This one was a mess. I hate that he was so disrespectful about her expertise and career yet he was cute, so he gets mostly a pass for being a jerk. She said but never really showed how much that annoyed her.

But what really killed me was the subplot with the sister. Could they not be bothered to do even a modicum of research? That was just insulting. Sister is having IVF treatments, and they're joking about encouraging "his swimmers." With IVF the egg is fertilized outside the body, so, no, there are no "swimmers" at that point to deal with. Two seconds with google would have told them that. But worse, they make a big deal out of the fact that this was their last attempt. They didn't have the money to try again. Yet Heather (our protagonist) leaves her sister all alone on the night she's supposed to take her pregnancy test in favor of going to a party. Then Riley (the sister) takes the test, and it's negative. She is not going to have the baby she so desperately wants. What does she do? She looks a little sad. In reality a woman would be devastated by that news. Then Heather apparently doesn't even care enough to ask her how the test went, and the story just pretends like it never happens. Riley is all excited for Heather to get together with the hot guy and get a bonus daughter while she is not going to have the child she wants. Not being able to get pregnant is absolutely heartbreaking, and instead it was played practically for laughs with zero sensitivity. I get that it was a subplot, but that was just horrendous to make so light of what is such a real tragedy for people. I never expected a Hallmark movie to show such a lack of sensitivity and respect. Do better, Hallmark!

The story with Sonia also seemed superfluous. It never went anywhere. She never actually caused an problems between them and was easily sent packing by a child. There didn't seem to be any real point to it.

The movie gets points for beautiful scenery, dogs and puppies, and the actor who played Eric. He's always a delight. It was also nice to see something a bit different as far as professions. The leads are both likeable, the supporting characters were good (for the most part), and this could have been a good movie. It just wasn't.
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8/10
Attractive leads, beautiful winter scenes, strong supporting cast, and good writing
MichaelByTheSea29 January 2023
This was well done and featured some lovely views of Glacier National Park (even though it was filmed, as usual, in British Columbia). After all the fake snow, in all the recent Christmas movies, it was refreshing to see real snow in a real winter setting in the mountains.

Ashley Newbrough was as good as I've ever seen her as Heather, an avalanche forecasting expert who is invited by a friend to try her new technology at a ski resort in the Park. She was passionate and given some great lines by writer Christie Will Wolf.

Stephen Huszar played Chris, the hunky director of the local mountain rescue team. Chris comes across as condescending and a bit misogynistic. He's inexplicably opposed to Heather's tech system for predicting an avalanche ("I don't trust technology") even though he already uses some technology as part of his mountain rescue program (the beacons). It was really frustrating to watch him be so arrogant (he actually claimed that when it comes to avalanches, he "never gets it wrong"). They try to explain "why" he was like that later but his dismissive attitude was annoying.

Heather, understandably, is befuddled by his narrow minded thinking:

"It's meant to be a tool that you incorporate" "Make me understand why your work and mine can't coexist."

But Heather's cute bubbly sister Riley (played with an engaging sparkle by Tegan Moss) is committed from the beginning to getting Heather to see Chris as a love interest (primarily based on his looks). Riley: "When your heart is talking, you need to listen."

I loved Heather's reaction: "He's really cute but I'm not into how he dismisses the work that I do. It's insulting."

Fortunately, Chris is also presented as someone dedicated to helping others and as a loving widowed father of an 11 year old. His daughter Samantha is impressively played by a young actress named Amélie Wolf. As a father of a wonderful caring daughter, I always enjoy a good depiction of a strong father daughter relationship like the one presented here. But as much as Samantha loves her father, she desperately wants and needs a mother figure. And the passage of 9 years since the loss of her mother makes her more receptive to a possible replacement.

I LOVED the multiple references to Taylor Swift. Samantha is shown to be a big fan who wants tickets (good luck with that in Montana) and it's nice to see Hallmark acknowledge this huge cultural phenomenon (I'm driving out to Arizona and taking my kids to the opening night of her Eras tour).

There's an interesting series of interactions between Samantha and Chris' wannabe girlfriend Sonya (Samantha: "You put on lipstick before you go to bed? I've never seen that before."). At first I didn't get why Samantha listened to Sonya after an inappropriate instruction. But then I realized that she was raised to respect her elders (until given a good reason not to). And I liked how the writer gave Samantha a nice line to deliver later in the movie to Sonya (well played by Teagan Vincze)

Apparently, according to IMDb, the VERY flattering bikini shot of Ashley Newbrough was the first bikini shot ever seen in a Hallmark movie. That seems really hard to believe (and ironic that it occurs in a winter movie at a ski lodge), but I was pleasantly surprised by it. Women will, no doubt, be just as impressed by the naked torso shot of Huszar.

Loved Heather's two hand grab. A bit unexpected in a Hallmark movie.

LOVED the snow angels! So joyful!

Did not love how they just dropped Riley's story. That really bothered me as did Heather's apparent disinterest in the results of Riley's pregnancy test. I get that these movies are restricted due to time considerations, but then don't include a storyline involving a VERY significant and important test if you can't fit in Heather being there for her sister.

But I enjoyed the movie and appreciated the strong assertive lines given to Ashley Newbrough.
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A pleasant drama/comedy/romance.
david-thor15 March 2023
I visited Juneau AK in 1988 and was up in the snowpack along the Perseverance Trail, mostly in the rain, and I was advised about avalanches in the area from time to time, and being a little too old to repeat that feat, the scenery was the main star of this movie - it was beautifully filmed in British Columbia, not Montana, but that was just fine with me.

Both the screenplay and direction were in the top tier of Hallmark movies from the last few years; Ashley Newbrough as Heather and Stephen Huszar as Chris had believable chemistry - first professional, then awkwardly romantic, then the "Hallmark Breakup", then reconciliation.

The cast seemed to really enjoy working on this, although it was really more of a drama than romance or comedy. Sure, as others have observed, there were times when the acting was a little stiff and signs of a low budget abounded, but I had no problem putting such issues aside, and the remembrance at the close of the movie perfectly fit the serious spirit of this story. Hallmark can really tell some wonderful stories at times, and this one bears repeated watching. I would love to see Hallmark put the whole company behind this effort into more movies, or even a series.
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7/10
Editing miss
t_elsbury7 February 2023
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I enjoyed the movie, but I get frustrated by the lack of anybody checking the little things that are missed between cuts, for example when they board the helicopter for the lesson and they load all there skies and bags into the tray attached to the side of the helicopter, take off then pull away then suddenly in the air the tray is empty ? Did the gear all fall out ? Couldn't have for at the top they had it all. Annoying. Why would Chris dismiss all the expert scientific knowledge not realistic very arrogant, The views are spectacular the dog is a very good actor made the film better because he was in it.
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3/10
Unlikeable characters
EPMD574 March 2023
1. The lead man was so cold. Pitbulls are friendlier than he was at the start of this movie. I'm not sure why anyone would want to be around him.

2. The lead woman was better, but everything about her felt contrived -- especially her attraction to the distant guy.

3. The sister was so corny and was uncomfortably pushy about hooking up her sister.

4. The redhead masseuse was a mustache-twirling villain who of course came across as pathetic.

The writing and production was too unnatural. People don't act like this -- ever. And I can't buy into a "romance" story when the first 45 mintues are spent watching the guy be a stiff robot while the couple demonstrates zero compatibility. Hallmark has much better movies out there where the characters are easy to cheer for.
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9/10
Great chemistry and cause
lvsgund29 January 2023
While I watch most Hallmark movies, there are very few worthy of saving on my DVR. This is one of them. The two leads have wonderful chemistry and are likable. Plus, the secondary characters are likable as well, including the child actor who plays the daughter (too often they areuu cute but can't act). And speaking of cute, the rescue dogs and puppies are adorable. I especially like how the main character Chris takes his rescue dog everywhere, including the ski lift and down the mountain when he is skiing. There is a secondary plot with the sister dealing with infertility that was left unanswered- they should have left it out, or given her a happily ever after too.
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6/10
Standard Hallmark Movie
jiaidc19 April 2023
If you watch enough of these Hallmark movies, you see the pattern of all of their movies. I usually enjoy the first 90 minutes. It is feel good escape TV. Then at the 90 minute mark they have to wreck everything. They are careful to make sure the wreckage isn't severe.

Suddenly, my escape TV becomes way to real reminding me of so many great relationships that didn't go the distance and I feel depressed- lately I turn the channel for 20 minutes.

The have to wreck everything so they can put it back together in the last 10 minutes. This is supposed to leave you happy as the movie ends with s kiss. I am always curious about what happens after the kiss. Hallmark doesn't seem very interested in that.

When your movie follows a road map it makes the movie so uninteresting. Just once I would like to see a movie where they didn't wreck everything. If only.

The wreckage in this movie was so thin. It just detracted from the story and made it a worse movie. I was really enjoying this movie until "the conflict" happened. Shame because I thought this was a strong movie for Ashley Newbrough.
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2/10
Not IVF
meligreen26 March 2023
This movie had many random story lines that were never resolved. The sister's IVF journey was not only unresolved but inaccurate. The scene where she is coaching the husband's "swimmers" is very false. In IVF "swimmers" reach the egg in the lab and the fertilized egg is what is placed into the mother and must successfully attach and continue to grow. While it seems inclusive to include the struggles of those with fertility issues it is obvious that they didn't even bother to look up the definition of the term they chose to use. So no actual care to those going through the struggle was shown. Seems like a check box of a subject Hallmark wanted to be able to say they included. Pretty insulting.
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7/10
Beautiful, rude, suave, arrogant
MickyG33322 February 2023
7.2 stars.

My first impression is that Heather (lead female) and Chris (lead male) are rude, arrogant, presumptuous, and did I miss anything? Chris's daughter is pretty cool and she's the main redeeming quality of this film. The massage therapist was toxic at best, creepy psycho at worst. Heather's sister was fine, although her side story about trying to get pregnant was distastefully swept under the rug. Heather's friend Eric who is also Chris's underling is a fun character, I really enjoyed his charisma. I've seen him in several films, and he's got lot of personality. Heather is gorgeous and has her good moments, but something in her attitude can be off-putting. I think if they give her a more personable character to portray, maybe someone a bit less offensive, and a bit less smiley...The lead male, yes we've seen him many a time in Hallmark, and he's just that hunky quiet brooding type. In this story he just won't tell anyone anything about anything...a bit too closed off if you ask me. He has a fascinating relationship with his daughter, very endearing, but there's a dichotomy in his polar opposite side that manifests from time to time. It seems akin to a split personality, and bad acting is my interpretation. It was frustrating, and reduced the credibility of his safety first mentality. I wouldn't trust my life in the hands of a guy who has such a strange side to his personality and isn't able to be open and honest about why he won't accept a proven science about avalanche safety. He has pre-conceived notions, and it's closed mindedness that also gets people killed.

The lack of plausible character traits is what detracts from the overall positivity of this movie. Maybe it's too realistic? Toss a bunch of entitled, smart and pretty people together at a resort competing to see who is top dog (no pun intended), and this might be the result. Get me outta there ASAP.

In spite of all the negatives, I was somewhat entertained.
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4/10
Love where?
jl_rush-1299730 January 2023
I'll admit, I watch at least 90% of Hallmark's movies. This was unfortunately just so-so for many reasons already pointed out in other reviews.

My main objection, though, was that despite the title, the movie had nothing to do with Glacier NP. In fact, they made it quite clear in the movie that they were at Fernie Alpine Resort in Canada, 150 miles north of Glacier. Since there is no downhill skiing in Glacier, it makes since that a movie about skiing had to be filmed elsewhere. But still, why lie about it? Heck, they weren't even in the U. S.

Oh, well. Sorry for the rant. Yes, the puppies were cute and the scenery was great. Just wish it had been the scenery I'd been hoping for.
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8/10
Sort of good
jeffkalo30 January 2023
This one kept moving along....the daughter was the best actor of all. Very mature for her age. The information about avalanches was interesting...more real life should be in the movies. I guess the bikini was for the ratings...just my guess! The two main stars had a good connection and since there was no "mistake" that drove them apart, then back together, it was better than most movies. Also great was the "coyness" Ashley Newbrough played toward her boyfriend Chris. Overall, it was a lot more entertaining than many of the other movies that simply fill time with people reminiscing about boyfriends or girlfriends.
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5/10
Hallmark avalanche
haa431 January 2023
Great cinematography, actors, and an actual location shoot. Was this even filmed at Glacier National Park?? Unfortunately, the script wasn't the greatest. It was completely predictable which is fine but the ending was a abrupt and underwhelming. These movies typically are dependent on a disagreement to get the couple together but in this case, that disagreement basically went on for the entire movie. Chris was disrespectful of Heather's career until he suddenly wasn't. So while Heather tries to come off as a knowledgeable professional, her sticking with Chris for so long while he puts down her work kind of negates that.

And what was the deal with Riley and IVF treatments? No real resolution there either. Not all endings have to be super happy but this is Hallmark Channel. We watch the network to escape from reality, not to see it thrown in our faces. Where was Riley's happy ending? Or in her case, her Plan B? It was also odd that Riley was going through all this without her husband present. Why wasn't he cast? I kept thinking he'd show up at the lodge and surprise her. It was just such an unnecessary addition to the script.

This movie was also oddly sexual for a Hallmark movie. Some of the skimpiest bathing suits I've ever seen on the network--compare this with last year's Groundswell where Lacey Chabert wouldn't even expose her legs on the beach. And we get a shirtless Stephen Huszar which is fine but the close-ups of Ashley Newbrough with her hands on his chest are not what you usually see on this network. And we get 2 characters openly talking to and about sperm, in a public restaurant no less. I don't have a problem with this stuff but at the same time I'm not really sure what they're going for here. Who are scenes like this targeting? None of these scenes were in the trailer so you've got existing network viewers suddenly watching a movie with a more sexual tone than usual. It just makes no sense.
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10/10
Dr. Heather Lawrence (Ashley Newbrough)
aab87431 March 2023
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Favorite Scene with

Dr. Heather Lawrence (Ashley Newbrough) - Arguing with Chris about him being Very Disrespectful towards her Work and - Very Upset - walking away. A Very Beautiful and Very Touching Note from Ashley Newbrough re: her Character Heather - "(My) character's name was originally Hannah and I asked Christie if we could possibly change it to Heather after my cousin who passed away this past July," Newbrough shared. "She lived in Red Deer, Alberta and was an avid skier, loved the outdoors, was very athletic, and also involved in community theater," Newbrough continued, speaking about her cousin. "So I thought it would be amazing to do this as sort of a tribute to her... There are so many similarities with the character and the story... If it was possible it would be amazing to do that for my aunt and uncle... To have her name live on and be part of this." "Luckily Christie was amazing and said right away 'absolutely,'" she recalled. "...Even though it was the day before we were about to shoot. ... When I told my mom and my family, they were all really emotional about it and it meant a lot to them."

BTW, I Loved this Movie! Stephen Huszar (Chris Parker) was So Dang Ruggedly Hot!!! And he was So Dang Rigidly Hot!!! I Love Rugged, Rigid Hot Dudes!!!

Not only Filmed in Canada, it was Set in Canada.
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5/10
bad editing
donnut-0024130 January 2023
Whoever was in charge of continuity for this film should be fired. In more than one scene where the protagonists are skiing, the ski pants on the main actress are a different color from the ones she is wearing before and after the skiing (she is wearing a light blue ski suit with matching top and bottom, but on the hill the pants are a darker blue). So obvious and distracting.

Also the storyline with the sister just ended abruptly with no real conclusion.

And why do you pretend this is an actual location (Glacier) when it is totally filmed in Fernie. Why not try to remove all things that point to/advertise Fernie. Why even use Glacier Park in the title if you aren't willing to film there?

Hallmark has had this same issue in a movie about Banff that had parts obviously filmed in Winnipeg and Ontario.

This is not one of their best.
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2/10
This is the New Hallmark
tedde_von30 January 2023
All of the things that reviewers are noticing: misogynistic behavior, half naked man, and bikini clad women, references to climate change and even the product placement of Apple are all in keeping with Hallmark's new direction. The leading men that were always so respectful of women are gone, more skin, and insensitivity to a woman who wants children are here to stay.

Thanks to the new program directors trying to make Hallmark like all the other cable channels on television, this is what we will see more of. It's only a matter of time before they start swearing and taking off all all of their clothes. Why watch Hallmark, we can find that anywhere.
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5/10
Inconsistent story lines
rhonnie-431392 February 2023
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I was really disappointed about how they handled the story lines in this movie. I think they were trying to make this into a movie that had something for everyone and they failed.

Like some of the reviewers here I didn't understand why there was no further mention of the IVF treatments. The sister seemed devastated when the last treatment failed and she already said she had no more money to continue. So while she is devastated in one scene, they cut to the dance scene where the other sister is partying it up with the guy. They never resolved the story.

Then the crazy co-worker story was also never resolved. Oh there was the swimsuit scene. Sure it is nice that the leads can show skin but geez that bikini was barely there! And the scene was unnecessary to the story. We didn't need the spa scene or the crazy co-worker scenes.

So overall I was disappointed with this movie. It didn't help that the ending was even more unbelievable than the other Hallmark movies I've watched. I didn't think it made sense at all.

What I noticed was a lot of kissing, which is fine. But it was all done in front of the kid and the resort manager. Weird. Where was the sister who was so invested in bringing them together? Sigh 😔
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5/10
Perplexing
taylormill3 February 2023
I recorded this as I hoped to see how scenery in Glacier National Park was presented. But it was obvious right away it wasn't Glacier National Park. I thought then that it must be the Canadian Glacier National Park much farther north along the TCH. Nope - not that either. It turns out not to be that one either. But a look here identified the Fernie ski area which is nowhere near either In the movie it was apparent they still pretended based on name dropping locations that they were set in US Glacier NP Why? The numerous interior BC mountain ranges have all their own beauty Why not just acknowledge them?

Otherwise we have an okay movie - not bad but not that good It's the basic repeated Hallmark movie plot that has been used for years Music selections were rather bad in this one.
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1/10
Canada
kirkendog2 February 2023
As someone pointed out, there is a Glacier NP in Canada but with that title most Americans are not thinking of it so they should have just called it Banff National or some other Canadian title. How many times does this network make last minute title changes, a lot, so they should have done it with this one.

99% of Hallmark movies are filmed in Canada but those same movies are representing a US location (I guess they feel they need to do that to bring in the American audience). So how are we supposed to now think they are actually in Canada now & not another fake US location.

Reading the reviews, it appears men & women are still far apart as a lot of women will watch this character played by Ashley Newbrough & think she was justified to be so stubborn with her system to not even allow herself to love a guy over it. If this is the modern woman, there will be a lot of single people into the future.

She herself said he was stubborn & disrespectful, yet she wouldn't budge an inch on her system, only tested for around 10 yrs, & when did she show any interest in his system? She was tired of his assumptions, yet she assumed he was dating the redhead & didn't have a valid reason for not wanting to use her system, give it a rest & use your system at another park lady.

It's all based in science, you mean like the 6 feet distance the whole world was manipulated into thinking was a valid thing because of science, when it was just made up.
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4/10
Meh
MIssM195 February 2023
Heather is an avalanche expert and has developed a software for that... I don't know. Chris works at the resort and he is an old school kind of guy who is against this technology and relies in the method he has used his whole life.

This had potential. But failed spectacularly. Why would Heather pursue someone who doesn't respect her life's work? Immediate nope for me. And I'm sorry was this even a National Park? I didn't see any glaciers.

Mediocre at best, which is a shame. I had high hopes about this one, winter moves tend to be great but this failed in my book. I don't think the characters had chemistry either, so that didn't help the case.

Another reason for the 4 stars? There is a moment in which I didn't whether I was watching a movie or Ned Flanders on the Simpsons. If you know, you know.

Don't waste your time with this one.
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