Movie #1989 ........................."Bottled with Love" (Hallmark)

 Movie #1989 "Bottled with Love" (Hallmark) Saw this with one of  my favorite Hallmark actors and watched it and glad I did.  Well done.  The girl I don't always find convincing because there's a hard edge side to this actress, but mixed with this guy, it was somewhat believable .  It's of course based on happenstance:  what are the chances he will find the exact bottle she threw into the water, but once you buy that, it gets much better.  Oh, and that they are forced to work together on a project!  That was another one you would have to believe in --- okay, but once you get past both those biggies, it is smooth sailing...........well, maybe not.  But the one thing I liked about this story was how complex both the characters were, esp. the guy --- He goes out of his way to "do the right thing" which you don't see in a lot of these modern day romances  --- the guy gets the short shrift sometimes --- anyway, that's what I liked about this one.  Oh, and as far as the two biggie coincidences?  need I mention "Sleepless in Seattle"?  or "You've Got Mail"?  Of course, this isn't as good as both of those, but you get my point.  I'd give it a 4 --- they both worked really hard to come together in this one.

"BOTTLED WITH LOVE"   1 hour 24 minutes       2019       

Abbey (Lenz) is a career-focused executive from Boston who decides in a moment of impulsiveness, to pour her feelings out and admit her desire to find love, in an anonymous letter she seals in a bottle and tosses into Boston Harbor. Months later, the bottle washes ashore in Maine and is discovered by Nick (Walker), son of the CEO of Everett Valley Farms - the company where Abbey works and is about to secure the biggest deal of her career. When Nick is called home to help with his father's company, he decides to contact the mystery woman with the only information he has - an email. Without knowing each other's identity, Abbey and Nick begin an online relationship which becomes a budding romance, while at the same time, they are being forced to work together on a project where they are not getting along.

Director:

 David Weaver

Writer:

 Kelly Bowe

Stars:

 Bethany Joy Lenz, Andrew W. Walker, Kate Isaac