Here's a checklist of all the Hallmark original romance movies from 2023 along with my comments on those I've seen.
Special movies of note are marked Favorite, Good, Okay, and BAD.
✓ The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating (New Year New Me • Rebecca Dalton and Corey Sevier • January 1, 2023)
Way to start the year, Hallmark. I watched this to the bitter end, and at almost every turn I kept getting distracted by how horrible the female lead is. Not the actor... the character. It's like she sets out to be hostile from the start, and doesn't change. It's so bad that I was honestly hoping that Corey Sevier would stick with his existing girlfriend because he seems too nice to be dragged into that nightmare. No joke... this could have been a nice flick because the idea behind it was good, but it needed to be drastically reworked.
✓ Okay The Wedding Veil Expectations (New Year New Me • Lacey Chabert and Kevin McGarry • January 7, 2023)
I was not a fan of the first trilogy of "Veil" movies because they just went too absurd too often. And while there's still a bit of that (the three friends jet off to see each other at the drop of a hat), this movie wasn't terrible (EXCEPT FOR KEVIN McGARRY'S ABSURD ATTEMPT AT A BOSTON ACCENT! LORD!). Not a bad movie at all... and there's a few laugh-out-loud moments that had me actually enjoying it (CLAP-ON! CLAP-OFF! THE CLAPPER!)... but I still feel that there's a better concept for a movie franchise.
✓ Okay The Wedding Veil Inspiration (New Year New Me • Autumn Reeser and Paolo Bernardini • January 14, 2023)
Probably the best "Veil" movie yet, all things considered. Autumn Reeser is facing off with a life crisis that threatens to derail her five-year plan when her husband has to rush back to Italy to cover the business due to his ailing father. Trying to balance her plans, her passions, her marriage, and her career may end up to be too much for her but, of course, Lacey Chabert and Alison Sweeney are never far away to make things better. No, really, they show up at random for an overnighter just when Autumn Reeser needs them most! There's a few moments in this one that are darn clever and, like the previous film, has me almost changing my mind about the trilogy (sextology?).
The Wedding Veil Journey (New Year New Me • Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster • January 21, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance (New Year New Me • Ashley Newbrough and Stephen Huszar • January 28, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
Sweeter Than Chocolate (Loveuary • Eloise Mumford and Dan Jeannotte • February 4, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
A Paris Proposal (Loveuary • Alexa PenaVega and Nicholas Bishop • February 11, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
Valentine, Nebraska (Loveuary • Kathryn Davis and Markian Tarasiuk • February 18, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
Made for Each Other (Loveuary • Alexandra Turshen and Matt Cohen • February 25, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
A Nashville Legacy (Mahogany • Andrea Lewis and Pooch Hall • February 26, 2023)
Haven't seen yet.
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