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Get your kidney-shaped vomit basin ready! Love at Sea? More like Sick at Sea.
Hallmark, are Carlos and Alexa volunteering? --- because that would be the only semi-valid reason they keep getting acting gigs. I'm sure they're wonderful people but acting is not their strength. If they must be in a movie due to studio politics, then keep their dialogue to "Welcome aboard!", "Watch your step!" and "Hope you enjoy your cruise." Leads in a movie? I don't think so.
Looking at how low everyone rated this movie, how does it come up with 5.6 stars? From what I could determine, only one person gave it higher than a 2 and that was Alexa's mom, so it should be thrown overboard.
And I must mention how I did not enjoy Audrey Landers. That woman can't act either. And she's got to be way older than 63. Come on! She was old when I was a little kid and the original Dallas was on TV! Also, was she told to channel Marilyn Monroe in this role? Didn't work.
This movie should be shown to all prospective and current cruise directors, with the caveat that if this is how they perform their job, they will immediately be made to walk the plank. Which brings me to a gross error in this movie: cruise directors are never alone---they have a underling or three with them at all times, ready to carry out their orders, in addition to the fact that they have no time to socialize with anybody.
Did I enjoy anything about Love at Sea? Of course. The cruise ship setting was nice. I loved some of the ocean shots (probably stock footage). Carlos has a pretty decent voice so I enjoyed his song. I like that it was only 88 minutes. Wes' Mystery Companion did a nice job. Yes, I could have turned it off but I kept hoping that the real actors would come on and fix everything.
Hallmark, my family and I love most of your movies. My DVR is full of ones that we've yet to see. We will spend hours on snowy weekends this winter enjoying these, so please don't give up. Love at Sea, however, missed the boat. In fact, it was pretty shippy.
score 2/10
wagdiddy 7 October 2019
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22-2-2021 12:06:18