Don't Believe the Hype

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

A romance novelist needs help getting the "seal" aspects of her next book just right. Well, well her editor just happens to have a hunk of a brother that is a former NAVY Seal! Surprise, surprise they love/hate each other. Soon sparks are flying though neither will admit it. Will they be bone headed and let each other slip away or admit their feelings to themselves and each other?

I liked the idea of the movie but I think the character of Colin being a "technical adviser" for a romantic novel on a Navy SEAL needed a "technical adviser." I think Steve Bacic would be a little too young to be a retired Navy Captain. That rank is one step below Admiral and he looks just too young for that rank. Lieutenant Commander or even Commander would have been more believable. In the scene where Colin has to save the day by being the photographers model irked me. I didn't pause the movie to check the correct order of all the ribbons although at a quick glance, they looked correct. However, the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon that he is wearing is on upside down. It's horizontally striped ribbon, Navy blue, gold and red top to bottom. His is red stripe up. It is something that would be a glaring mistake to a high ranking naval officer. Bottom line, though I enjoyed the movie.

I saw the commercial for this movie last week and it looked like a movie to watch on a lazy Saturday night, well, to my surprise, the movie ended up being one of the coolest romantic comedies I've seen in a while. Yes, it's no Hollywood movie, but I've cone to learn that not because something is done by a Hollywood production it means it's good. I've come to appreciate most of these Hallmark channel movies and this one is proof that Hallmark can make amazingly cool movies, simple, but cool nonetheless. The story is great and it's a movie I can see more than once. Has it's funny moments and the cinematography is amazing. Awesome settings. So, if you're up for a good and entertaining hour and a half you have to watch All For Love.

Many romance movies are just average.... this one is a little different. I loved the story and I loved the actors. Somehow the friend and the boss were just right. And don't we just love someone going through mud......just to look charming. It sure is worth watching when you love romantic movies.