From Friend to Fiancé

Lead actors seemed like they were in a high school play, watched this on Youtube and could only watch a bit of this, was very cringe worthy, did not bother watching to the end.

I like the male lead. The main girl needs about 2 more years of acting classes. I've seen better acting from my 3 year old niece when she's trying to get out of taking a nap. Harsh? Maybe. Accurate? Yes.

I liked all the characters--the three leads, in particular, but also the older adults that added to the story. Surprising to see so many disappointed reviews. This is Hallmark Movies! They assure me that romance & love is going to win. And the actors were good, the chemistry was right where it needed to be, and it was just nice! I like the "feel good" it gave me!

Jocelyn Hudon does a fine job as the female lead, and she has a fun chemistry with Ryan Paevey. As usual the best part of this movie are some of the supporting actors, like Derek McGrath from Doc. And the actress playing the girl that's destined to lose, Kelly Kruger, is incredibly beautiful.

I, too, am surprised this film got some really bad reviews. I thought it was well acted and it kept me guessing as to the outcome in spite of the spoiler title! I really appreciated that the older actors at the nursing home were portrayed so well as normal people. I get so fed up when they are made to look stupid or unable to DO anything. I loved that she had a good friend in the guy on the scooter as well as her friend her own age. I would have liked them to have taken advantage of the venue and just got married right then instead. It looked like she had a very simple wedding after having 'gone to town' on everyone else's. Shame really...she wanted to marry in that castle too and she'd called in so many favors that day.

Sometimes Hallmark casts actors that are well paired looks wise but here they got it right. Jocelyn Hudon and Ryan Paevey look good together. She is pretty and has a Rachel Bilson like charm. The story is quite watchable and avoids cliches in the way things unfold and how the characters behave and talk especially the mean girl. This is hard to do in Hallmark romances which often go over familiar territory. A lot of other romances in Hallmark have been a little predictable but this one you want to see how things unfold. It's a more realistic version of My Best Friends Wedding with a well written ending. Worth watching.

The leads were good but the story was slow. The main male and female leads were great. The bride's friends were too stereotypical but you certainly don't like them which was the intent

I don't like the June Weddings theme and everything related to it, but decided to give this a chance because Jocelyn Hudon is a new face and we'll get to see her soon in the new When Calls the Heart spin off, so... I didn't love this exactly, it was a different plot. I loved the idea that the main characters were best friends, but some things are just not believable. How did he get engaged and she didn't even know he was dating? Seriously... too much soap opera for me. Kimberly's minions? Come on, Hallmark you can do better. I personally really liked Jocelyn. I'm getting tired of the same 2 or 3 actresses having ONE movie PER SEASON (and by season I mean, Christmas, June Weddings, Summer, Valentine's etc. Jen Lilley, Danica and Lacey, i'm looking at you). I didn't hate Ryan Paevey but his character was "meh", he was not interesting, at all. I did get me in one part. The fact that she was willing to let him go... it killed me. And there were some meme worthy times too. So, I don't get why the reviews are SO negative. This is still Hallmark, you can expect believable and trashy scripts, but it wasn't neither that bad of some award-winning performances.