Watched it on Hallmark channel last night with my wife. She immediately mentioned the actress seemed to be a take off on Sandra Bullock's Miss Congeniality.
Otherwise, my interest for feedback here is purely to talk about how this film and other similar films don't pay full attention to details when depicting weddings. I come from the orientation of a professional in the wedding industry (I am a wedding videographer). The wedding depicted in this film is what I would consider a 'high end' wedding and at a very expensive mansion with many very rich guests attending. It is therefore inconceivable to me that at such a wedding, one would skimp on any wedding services. I have worked at weddings in small motel facilities, small halls and backyards as well as high end facilities like the Omni Hotel and country clubs. And I would say that in 95%+ of them there are one and perhaps multiple photographers who are taking pictures not only at the ceremony but before and after. There is no photographer is in this film at all.
The wedding also does not any live music/band or videographer (which I would have expected at a wedding this size). And finally, the officiating person had a collar. Now I am not Christian, but in my experiences, a collared officiator would be Catholic and this did not appear to me to be a Catholic ceremony. Though I am told the officiator could be Episcopalian/Anglican and I am not familiar with the ceremony at their weddings.
My guess is the filmmakers/producers felt all the details left out of the wedding were not necessary to promote and convey the plot/action and hence did not want to spend the money adding it. However, in my opinion, doing so makes a wedding feel less 'real world'.
Otherwise, my interest for feedback here is purely to talk about how this film and other similar films don't pay full attention to details when depicting weddings. I come from the orientation of a professional in the wedding industry (I am a wedding videographer). The wedding depicted in this film is what I would consider a 'high end' wedding and at a very expensive mansion with many very rich guests attending. It is therefore inconceivable to me that at such a wedding, one would skimp on any wedding services. I have worked at weddings in small motel facilities, small halls and backyards as well as high end facilities like the Omni Hotel and country clubs. And I would say that in 95%+ of them there are one and perhaps multiple photographers who are taking pictures not only at the ceremony but before and after. There is no photographer is in this film at all.
The wedding also does not any live music/band or videographer (which I would have expected at a wedding this size). And finally, the officiating person had a collar. Now I am not Christian, but in my experiences, a collared officiator would be Catholic and this did not appear to me to be a Catholic ceremony. Though I am told the officiator could be Episcopalian/Anglican and I am not familiar with the ceremony at their weddings.
My guess is the filmmakers/producers felt all the details left out of the wedding were not necessary to promote and convey the plot/action and hence did not want to spend the money adding it. However, in my opinion, doing so makes a wedding feel less 'real world'.