Really Surprised!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

If you've read the synopsis, you pretty much know the story. There aren't any exciting twists. The acting is solid by not exciting. (Actually a pretty decent job for the kid actors.) After seeing two families, two parents, struggle with their loss, there is also some light humor.That doesn't mean it isn't worth watching if you want to see a story about 7 people who together turn mourning into dancing.

I've seen this movie twice and I loved it both times. It's Lacey Chabert who I adore on the Hallmark Channels for sure. She's very cute and charming. This reminded me of a movie similar to a TV Series I grew up watching, called 'The Brady Bunch', minus one child. I even said that the first time I watched this movie and prior to hearing Lacey say it on this movie. It was like Deja Vu. I love the kid dynamic in this movie though because all the kids seem to adjust and adapt very well to a coming together. There is even a very cool song that plays while they are either getting ready to eat dinner or cleaning up after the dinner. I'll have to look up the song that played. It was great teamwork and that's what we should all strive for in our lives, working together on a common goal. But seriously, watch this movie and remember The Brady Bunch.

One of the brutal Hallmark channel movies that manages to go on for two hours and nothing happens. The "info" descriptive that my cable company provides is that a man and woman, both grieving the loss of their spouse, grow close and fall in love. I'm now an hour in, and that's literally all that is happening in this movie. The first ten minutes was showing them losing their spouses. Then the rest of the movie has been them running into each other several times, going to each others houses, having dinner. It's basically like if I set up a video camera to just film my own life every day.Add to that the 1950s tenor: that he is a hopeless sad sack, who can't possibly do laundry without staining everything pink and can't keep track of a household schedule. And she has to call him and beg "heavens oh my, I can't assemble this bunk bed frame." To which he calls on her two "strong men" sons. The dad has a family game of some sorts that only involved his sons. And when the guy's daughter asks the other mom if she knew her deceased mom, she said "I did, and she was so pretty, just like you." Because seriously, that's the legacy to say to a 10 year old girl about your mom.