Hallmark's The Groomsmen: First Look

In this episode of Pour The Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry and Amy explore the first film in Hallmark’s Groomsmen trilogy. The Groomsmen: First Look follows a by-the-book pediatrician (B.J. Britt) who crosses paths with a globe trotting doctor (Heather Hemmens) at a wedding, sparking a surprising connection that shakes up both of their well ordered lives. B.J. Britt, Jonathan Bennett, and Tyler Hynes star as a tight knit trio of lifelong friends, whose enduring bond serves as the emotional core of this delightful and heartwarming romance.

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Amy 0:08

Welcome to Pour the Wine. It's rom-com time where we'll sip some wine and review all things rom-com on the Hallmark Channel. I'm Amy.

Garry 0:14

And I'm Gary.

Amy 0:15

And you're going to be pouring.

Garry 0:16

And I'm going to be pouring.

Amy 0:18

Pour me some cabs, av right, yes, now, yes, I will Right.

Garry 0:20

Yes, now. Yes, I will.

Amy 0:23

Today we're going to be reviewing the Groomsmen First Look. It aired on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, september 6, 2025, but it originally aired on Hallmark Plus on October 1, 2024, and has been streaming on that platform ever since.

Garry 0:39

Boy, that's a platform right.

Amy 0:41

Yes, and the Groomsmen movies come with high praise. That's a platform right. Yes, and the Grimmsman movies come with high praise. I have seen even before. We knew they were going to be on the Hallmark Channel in September. We hadn't watched them yet, but I had seen some things on social media with different accounts of people who loved these three movies, so we were excited to dive into them, right.

Garry 1:01

And I can't wait.

Amy 1:02

And you can't wait.

Garry 1:03

No.

Amy 1:03

Well, we did dive in. What do you mean? You can't wait, we already did it.

Garry 1:07

Well, that's true, you can't wait for the review.

Amy 1:09

What are you talking about over there? All?

Garry 1:11

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Amy 1:24

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Garry 1:28

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Amy 1:33

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Garry 1:50

We sure would.

Amy 1:51

We, sure would All right.

Garry 1:53

So you want to tell us who is in this one.

Amy 1:55

Sure, now, this is a pretty. We have quite a few people that I wanted to mention, so what I'm going to do today is talk about their Hallmark work. Sounds good to me and if they didn't have any Hallmark work, or this is their Hallmark debut, then maybe I'll mention a couple other things. Okay, otherwise that would take up the whole podcast, probably. Yeah, I know, but I want to make sure I mention them because you know we have a lot of people who are in.

Amy 2:18

Yeah, so we have BJ Britt, he plays Pete. Have bj brit, he plays pete. He's one of the groomsmen. Spoiler alert for hallmark he was in the holiday stocking and will be in the next two groomsmen movies as well oh cool jonathan bennett plays danny. Now, of course, jonathan bennett has been in several hallmark productions, including happy howl-a-days. See what I did there and now know Okay.

Amy 2:42

Yeah, season's Greetings from Cherry Lane. He's in the next two Groomsmen movies. He was in Christmas on Cherry Lane the Holiday Sitter, the Christmas House and the Christmas House 2, which we just watched. They were so good.

Garry 2:57

We really liked those. I enjoyed those.

Amy 2:59

Christmas Made to Order and he's the host of Finding Mr Christmasmas, which will be back this year for a season two, and that is such a cute reality show. Also, we did do a podcast, we've done that we combine that with a few other hallmark reality shows. But if you haven't checked it out, go find it now it's on hallmark plus and get ready for season two. Yeah because it's really cute, tyler hines plays jackson. I mean, do I need to really say anything about?

Garry 3:26

tyler hines.

Amy 3:28

He is also a fan favorite. He plays the third groomsman. Jonathan bennett, of course, is the second. Um tyler has been in more than 20 homework productions, including 2024's holiday touchdown, a chief's love story. He is in all three Groomsmen movies. He was in the movie Never Been Christ, time for Him to Come Home for Christmas and Unexpected Christmas and, of course, he is in Three Wise Men and a Baby, three Wiser Men and a Boy, and he will be in Countdown to Christmas' Three Wisest Men coming this year.

Garry 4:03

Yeah, can't wait for that one too.

Amy 4:05

I wonder if there's going to be more, like it's Three Wise Men and a Baby, Three Wiser Men and a Boy, Three Wisest Men and Nothing, or maybe that's just the title, I don't know.

Garry 4:16

We'll find out.

Amy 4:17

Heather Hemmons plays Chelsea. She has a few Hallmark productions under her belt, in addition to all three groomsmen movies. She was in 2024's Christmas Under the Lights, okay.

Garry 4:39

Oh, wow.

Amy 4:39

He was in an episode of Geek Girl, seven episodes of the BBC series Doctors and he played Jamie Tate for 302 episodes in the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm.

Garry 4:51

Oh wow, there you go.

Amy 4:53

Lily Doddsworth Evans plays Elizabeth. She is in all three Grimsman movies and they are her Hallmark debut as well. So a few of her other acting gigs include the movie the Good Liar with Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, two powerhouses, an episode of Dracula and seven episodes of the TV series Poldark. Chloe Raphael plays Betty. Of her 11 acting credits, three are the Grimsman and those are her only Hallmark work. 11 acting credits, three are the Grimmsmen and those are her only Hallmark work. Her other work includes six episodes of the series Bodies and she was the voice of Kana in a few Thomas and Friends. All Engines Go movies and series. Oh sweet. And Bird plays Kate. She's the bartender at the beginning right For.

Amy 5:41

Hallmark. She is in two of the Grimsman movies, First Look and Last Dance and a few of her other work includes one episode of Casualty and two episodes of the Netflix series One Day, which we watched. That's good. Elizabeth Watlett plays Hannah, which is Danny's sister. The three Grimsman movies are her Hallmark debut also. Okay, so she has a bit more than a dozen acting credits and some of her work includes several shorts and a few voices in video games and animation, and she was also in the movie four walls wow okay orlin pavlov plays wyatt, so he is hannah's husband, so dann Danny's brother-in-law.

Garry 6:25

Right.

Amy 6:27

This is his Hallmark debut, oh goodness. Shockingly, he will also be in the last one in the trilogy. He is a Bulgarian actor, but he's best known as the lead vocalist in the Bulgarian band Kef or Kefe, I don't know.

Garry 6:44

It's K-A-F-F-E.

Amy 6:44

Okay, I thought that was pretty cool. He was in the movie's reunion and reunion 2. 12 episodes of your face sounds familiar.

Garry 6:52

Bulgaria I don't know what that's about I just like the name of that yeah, that's funny oliver shaw plays milo.

Amy 7:01

That would be hannah's nephew, danny's nephew or, well, step-nephew, right by marriage. He has a total of five acting credits, and three of them are the groomsmen movies, which is his hallmark debut. You gotta start somewhere he was in an episode of the apple tv plus series disclaimer. We watched that with kate blanchett yeah and kevin klein and Barakowin. Yeah, it was good and he was in the Critic. Wendy Mae Brown plays Georgia, Pete's mom. This is her Hallmark debut.

Garry 7:33

Oh, wow.

Amy 7:33

And she will also be in the last movie in the trilogy, the Last Dance Right.

Garry 7:39

Right.

Amy 7:39

She was in Primes your Christmas or Mine, one episode of River and two episodes of Doctors Brucella. Newman Persaud plays Jane. That's Chelsea's mom. This is her Hallmark debut and she only has five other acting credits.

Garry 7:56

I really liked her and I thought she was pretty good.

Amy 7:59

She was in two episodes of the Apple TV Plus series Foundation and three episodes of the all-new Alexi Sale Show.

Garry 8:08

Okay. Nicholas Pritchard, pritchard Pritchard Listen to me here, have a sip of wine.

Amy 8:15

John Luke Pritchard. I think that's what I have in my mind yeah right, All right. Nicholas Pritchard plays Grant Chelsea's dad. This is his Hallmark premiere. His other work includes an episode of Professor T, two episodes of Call the Midwife, and he was in the movie Finding Neverland with Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, and that is based on the true story about the author of Peter Pan.

Garry 8:38

I swear, I thought you were going to get ready to say Finding Nemo.

Amy 8:42

No, no, no.

Garry 8:45

JR.

Amy 8:45

Esposito plays. Mr Otto, he is the one who works in the hotel.

Garry 8:50

Okay.

Amy 8:54

So for Hallmark he was in An American in Austin. Joyeux Noel, how did they say it? I tried to.

Garry 9:01

J-O-Y-E-U-X. It's French no Joël, joël, joël. No Joelle, joelle, joelle, noelle. I don't know, don't kill us for that one right. I know, I know.

Amy 9:12

And he was also in A Very Venice Romance for Hallmark. Huh, there you go.

Garry 9:17

That's an extensive list.

Amy 9:19

I know, I wanted to name them all, though, because they had bits apart. Well, that's good yeah.

Garry 9:24

Well, the Grunes Men. The first look was directed by Ron Oliver and written by Greg Baldwin and Jonathan Bennett, and the teleplay was written by Rick Garman and Ron Oliver.

Amy 9:38

I love that Jonathan Bennett helped develop the story.

Garry 9:41

I know right.

Amy 9:41

That's pretty cool too.

Garry 9:43

Yeah, I'm telling you, he's got a career ahead of him, he's got a career ahead of him.

Amy 9:47

I think he's doing just fine.

Garry 9:49

And he's been working out right.

Amy 9:50

We saw him on social media lately and I was like, oh my gosh, he looks really buff now.

Garry 9:56

I mean with him and BJ. I was BJ, I mean his workout regime man. Tyler, regime man tyler and him when they did yeah, when, what tyler? When they were doing the little, oh yeah, they did a live, they did like an instagram live, yeah um tyler hines, bj, brit and uh jonathan bennett. Yeah, they just did that for the premiere of the groomsman. Right, he's waxing his nose hair.

Amy 10:20

Ouch, please, he was, he wasn't well, he said it was because Tyler Hines started it earlier than what they were supposed to. That was actually it's worth it. Go find it. I'm sure it's on all three of their social medias and everything. So, yeah, it was pretty funny, but they just did that when it was airing on Hallmark Channel, so it was pretty cool. It's pretty recent. Yeah, go check out their socials and you will be highly entertained.

Garry 10:48

Yes, you will be.

Amy 10:49

All right, is it time to drop the synopsis?

Garry 10:52

Sure, a pediatrician, and overseas doctor meet at a wedding in Philadelphia, but the long distance, family and their friends may hinder their budding romance, doesn't it always?

Amy 11:06

Something hinders it right.

Garry 11:08

Would you ever do a long distance romance?

Amy 11:11

I did.

Garry 11:12

Ooh boo.

Amy 11:14

Obviously it didn't work, because I'm with you now, I know right, Yay, I mean yay. Long, long time ago oh my goodness.

Amy 11:31

So what about spoiler alerts? Spoiler alerts, spoiler alerts. We will probably give away some spoiler alerts, some spoilers. In this podcast, we do talk about some of our favorite scenes and you know what we liked, what we didn't like, yeah. So if you haven't watched it, push pause on our podcast. Go watch the Groomsmen First, look Correct and then come back and listen to our podcast. Or if you don't care about the spoilers, just keep listening.

Garry 11:59

Yeah that's what I say.

Amy 12:00

And you haven't said then go watch the movie. Definitely go watch it, though, either way.

Garry 12:04

Yes, I agree, go watch it. So is it time to get into it? Get into it, yeah, let's get into it. So what was your first date?

Amy 12:13

Well, I mean, I think for me, I loved seeing a movie where the chemistry between the guys as friends was strong. I loved seeing a movie where the chemistry between the guys as friends was strong. You know, and how, especially with Danny and Jackson, we see how close they are with each other's families, and I say Danny and Jackson, because Jackson has his daughter there and she seems to be just a part of the crew, like everyone else Right, which is pretty cool.

Amy 12:35

One of the dudes, yeah. And then you know they're at Danny's sister's wedding, you know so. So their families and their friends all know each other and you know they're at. Danny's sister's wedding. So their families and their friends all know each other and you know you can just see the closeness. I know we're in store for more in the next two movies. We have not seen them, we did not watch them.

Amy 12:51

Right when they first aired or you know since, but I thought this was a great start. They're supportive of one another. You know they're critical at times, but not over the top. They razz each other like only people can do who've known each other for a long time because then the other person won't be get defensive or too upset. I just I really, you know, I could totally buy the fact that they've been lifelong friends.

Garry 13:17

Me too.

Amy 13:17

And of course you can't help. But when you watch us you can't help but think of the three wiser men movies.

Garry 13:23

Correct.

Amy 13:23

Right, I mean, of course those are brothers, so they're going to be close, Although in those movies they are somewhat distant and they get closer. But so you kind of think of it's kind of reminiscent of that a little bit. You have these three leading men and you know of course you. You still have the romance part of it, right, but you also have this strong relationship between guys, which I thought was great and was great to show.

Garry 13:52

Well guys, have a good time you know, yeah guys, guys can whoop it up too, right? No drama with the guys no dry.

Amy 13:54

Well, right, true, they get mad, then they get over it pretty quickly, that's true. So what did uh? What did you think?

Garry 14:01

um, I thought it was really good. I thought that I liked the concept of the destination wedding. Yes that was cool.

Amy 14:08

Yeah.

Garry 14:09

Although, depending on how many guests you're having, you might not want to have a destination wedding.

Amy 14:15

Well, it depends on how wealthy your friends are, Right?

Garry 14:17

right. Well, like I said, you might not want to have a destination wedding? Yeah, right, like I said, you might not want to have a designation wedding. Yeah, yeah, and I just like, like you said, tyler's daughter, not Tyler, but Jackson's daughter Betty, was like one of the boys.

Amy 14:36

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

Garry 14:37

And they kind of treated her like that, even though she called him uncle.

Amy 14:41

Yeah, I thought that was really cute and I thought the way they hung out in the scenes.

Garry 14:45

I thought was really well done?

Amy 14:46

Yeah, I agree, and you know. Though, when you say about the destination wedding, I mean, I guess, was that where her parents lived, or is that just where they met?

Garry 14:53

That's a good question.

Amy 15:03

Because if her parents lived there, then well, I mean, it would be a destination wedding for pete right, his friends and family right, yeah, yeah, but yeah, I enjoyed it. Yeah, so you want to talk about the meet cute let's talk about.

Garry 15:11

Let's break it down.

Amy 15:12

Let's break it down. So pete, so well. There is an opening scene, but the opening scene of the groomsman is at the wedding. Right, right, they're at danny's sister's wedding and pete and chelsea meet in the lobby. No one else is in the lobby, which I found a little surprising you know no one else is in the lobby and they are what on their phones or they bump into each other right, he's, he's.

Garry 15:39

He's talking on the phone, that, because you know he's a pediatrician, yeah, and he's looking in the mirror because he's, he's. He's talking on the phone because you know he's a pediatrician, yeah, and he's looking in the mirror because he's kind of trying to tie, that's right at the same time, he's talking on the phone, which is impossible, and you need two hands right so then he turns around and right, they bump into each other they drop their phones and to me I thought they were going to get them mixed up.

Amy 16:02

Oh, the phones, they looked the same yeah.

Garry 16:05

And I just thought it was a really good meet. Cute yeah, Because they looked each other in the eye and he was all you know, he had that giddy look and she had that giddy look.

Amy 16:15

Well then, he fumbles through his words like you can't. Now he's a doctor.

Garry 16:18

I know.

Amy 16:18

And he can't string two words together for a second.

Garry 16:21

Well, when you love somebody, you can't find the words.

Amy 16:24

You can't get all you know.

Garry 16:27

Yeah, and they kind of say the same thing at the same time.

Amy 16:30

Oh, yes, they do, you're right, you're right.

Garry 16:35

And then she fixes his tie right and that's kind of when they're getting a little close.

Amy 16:39

And then you find out that she is best friends with. Hannah who is Danny's sister. And so she's going to be giving a speech and they kind of talk about that for a little bit. And I think that's when he tells her like imagine people in their PJs when you're talking.

Garry 16:57

Because she's giving the maid of honor speech. Yeah, she's nervous about giving this speech.

Amy 17:01

Right. So it was a good meet, cute. So I thought yeah, I thought it really worked, yeah, I enjoyed it how I did too.

Garry 17:10

So you want to jump into the favorite scenes? Yes, let's do it okay, so let's talk about the dance let's talk about the dance at the beginning.

Amy 17:20

Well, towards the beginning of the movie, right that?

Garry 17:22

was so funny.

Amy 17:24

Yes.

Garry 17:24

Especially when they started out.

Amy 17:26

Yes.

Garry 17:27

And Jonathan.

Amy 17:29

he's using his hand, the music stars the character Danny Right Tyler yeah, tyler Hines or Tyler Hines Jackson.

Garry 17:36

What is it? Shake your Groove Threat.

Amy 17:38

Yeah.

Garry 17:39

And he's starting to move his hands while he's talking to this. Well, he's still talking to somebody, to one of the guests, and then he kind of just throws it over to Pete.

Amy 17:47

Yep.

Garry 17:48

And then Pete starts to do his dance, and then Pete throws it over to Danny, and then they get together and they start doing like the wave and stuff like that?

Amy 17:58

Well, yeah, they have their own. And what does Danny's sister say? They've been doing it since they were from childhood or whatever From childhood.

Garry 18:07

Yeah, yeah, they're inseparable. Yeah, so that was one of my favorite scenes.

Amy 18:11

I thought it was really cute and you know, not just the dance itself but like you talked about the beginning of the dance, where you know the song comes on and they just kind of start, they can't help but move you know, I thought that was such a cute way to show that and, like you said about Tyler Hines, you know his character, jackson. Like he's in the middle of a conversation, he just keeps talking and he's moving, and I'm doing it like people can see me videoing, but he puts his hands up and it's just.

Amy 18:36

It was a really cute way to, instead of them just lining up on the dance floor and then starting the dance and then the song starting. I thought that that was a really good, you know, and it's kind of I don't know if it's a shout out to Three Wise Men or not- you know the common denominator. There is what Tyler Hines you know, but and John no. Jonathan Bennett. He's not in Three Wise Men. Oh no, no, that was Paul.

Garry 19:02

I'm sorry, Right right right, but yeah, I thought it was really fun.

Amy 19:04

Yeah, that was cute.

Garry 19:06

What about you? You have one.

Amy 19:07

I liked before that, before the wedding scene, I really liked the opening scene right.

Amy 19:14

So you see a bride running and she's ducked into a bar that's not yet open for the day, right, and we don't know who she is. We don't know who or what she's running from. So there's a bit of the mystery right out of the gate and I wasn't expecting that. So I like it when something happens, especially in a Hallmark movie, that you're not expecting and you're thinking, oh, she's just one of the brides and they're going to get right into it. Well, you have no idea who she is and she in fact becomes the narrator, you know, and it's just, and then she narrates throughout, but it's not too much, I mean it's she's. The narration in it is really minor throughout the movie, but but I just thought that that was kind of a cool way to start.

Garry 19:56

You know, I agree, you agree, okay, I agree with you.

Amy 20:00

So did you have another one, another favorite scene? Yes, yes, it's when.

Garry 20:03

Pete runs after the cab because he thinks Chelsea's in it and she's leaving for the airport.

Amy 20:08

The first time.

Garry 20:09

To go back to.

Amy 20:10

Europe, 5,000 miles away. Are you talking about the first time?

Garry 20:14

The first time, yes yes, and Jonathan and Danny are standing outside with Betty and they're looking at Pete taking off. When Chelsea comes out of the hotel and goes, oh, what are we looking at? And they start to tell Chelsea what they're looking at, not knowing it was Chelsea.

Amy 20:33

And then they realize it's her. That was funny.

Garry 20:36

And then Danny takes off to get Pete.

Amy 20:39

Well, I love when they're like we didn't know he could run that fast. I make those little side comments, which is funny, right.

Garry 20:46

So that was another one of mine.

Amy 20:48

And then, well, you know that whole scene really. And then you know he's back at the hotel puffing and puffing and drinking water.

Garry 20:56

Sucking down water, yeah, which?

Amy 20:57

is really funny.

Garry 20:58

And that's when the what was his name? Otter or otto? He's. He's sitting there talking to him asking do you need some more water?

Amy 21:08

and that's when. That's also when. So pete gets kind of jumbled up in his. He jumbles his words again. You know, because he goes because he, he just you know, he really wants to talk to her and he said um, you connected me, wait. No, I feel like my eyes were the only thing that could think of you, wait no, he can't get his words out right, it's so funny to me.

Garry 21:29

He says wherever your heart is, I'll be there.

Amy 21:32

Yeah there was another line after that. I just thought that that was so funny. He's like wait no, that's not what I mean, wait no. And he just kept fumbling through his words because he's so nervous. But he's actually taking a chance, which he doesn't normally do. He's very regimented, structured, and doesn't often do that. So I thought that, yeah, you're right, that was a good scene.

Garry 21:54

Do you?

Amy 21:54

have another one. I really liked when they showed Pete and Chelsea's relationship growing. I kind of liked that.

Garry 22:02

You know they went from texting yeah, the progression.

Amy 22:05

Yeah, that's the word I was looking for. So they're texting, Then they're talking on the phone, Then she suggests a video date and that sort of throws the entire universe into it and he tells Danny and Jackson, and they're like what? Like you need a makeover, like right now. So I thought that was you know, and then they have the voiceover.

Amy 22:26

You know so Pete is trying to get his house ready for this video call, and you know. And then you have Jackson in his ear. Like you know, she remembers you. You haven't seen her in a while. She remembers you from the last time you saw each other. She's holding on to that.

Garry 22:42

So you need to look good, you know, because he was like in a tux, the last time they saw each other. So I thought that was.

Amy 22:48

So I just I enjoyed that whole little evolution of their relationship growing from.

Garry 22:54

Yeah, yeah, that was awesome.

Amy 22:55

So what else? What else you?

Garry 22:56

got when they were at. Who's it?

Amy 23:04

was the nephew Milo Milo when they were at.

Garry 23:05

Milo's birthday party, 14th birthday party, and you see Jonathan running back and forth, screaming, telling the kids to get the spider off of him.

Amy 23:14

Yes, that was just so funny. That's a little bit you.

Garry 23:17

Nope, 100% me.

Amy 23:19

That might be me too. I'm not saying it's not me also, but I'm pretty sure that's you.

Garry 23:26

I mean, we were sitting outside doing notes in the back, in our backyard, and all of a sudden this bee comes flying around. And what did I do? I screamed. I was like, ah, because I am not having it with bees.

Amy 23:38

He really did. I'm not Sorry, because I am not having it with bees.

Garry 23:40

He really did. I'm not Sorry.

Amy 23:41

And I'm just like what.

Garry 23:42

And that totally reminded me of that.

Amy 23:44

Yes, yes, that moment yeah.

Garry 23:46

It totally did you do. So I was like oh, my goodness, I love it. I love it, you do have a thing of yeah, jumping A phobia you get startled easily too, easily too, I do, I do.

Amy 24:02

You're very like if a bug it could just be a fly, oh man, and you get. So oh, sometime I'm going to have to take a video of it and post it.

Garry 24:05

Oh, that'd be funny, that'd be hilarious. But yes, I'm not surprised. That's one of your favorite scenes. Let's move on now Right.

Amy 24:12

Well, I did not put that as one of my favorite scenes?

Garry 24:14

because I thought you might how fitting.

Amy 24:18

How fitting. Yeah, another one would be when Chelsea comes. So it's after the birthday. She's come back for the birthday party for Milo's birthday party and she stays.

Amy 24:29

She's there for like a day, right, like a day and a half, like the birthday party. Then the next day and I like that her and Pete decide to go out on a date. And so he decides to go on a date to a fancy you know restaurant. Of course, before that, danny's like, oh my God, you got to change your outfit. You know, this is the most important game of your life.

Garry 24:52

He's always using like a baseball analogy, which is funny.

Amy 24:56

So you know sports analogy I guess, and so they kind of that's when they go clothes shopping, right? So, that's kind of cute. And then it leads into Pete and Chelsea going on a date to a fancy like. He's got this super fancy restaurant and they come and play. What was it at the table?

Garry 25:15

Some guy with a guitar.

Amy 25:17

I mean, it's like uber fancy, right, and you can tell that Chelsea's a little bit uncomfortable. He's trying to impress her and she's really uncomfortable and I really liked the evolution of that scene and where it ended up going, because you know you kind of she's like can we just get out of here? Right, I want to go where you love.

Garry 25:39

Right.

Amy 25:39

Not what you're trying to impress me with Right.

Garry 25:41

That was cool.

Amy 25:42

And then they went to the sub.

Garry 25:44

The pub. I call it a pub, but it's like a-.

Amy 25:47

Well, they have, like Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. And then they really start to talk, you know, and I thought that that was really great. And then you find out that, you know, she was raised in, you know, with going to fancy restaurants like that and all she wanted to do was basically let her hair down and eat junk food and stuff. And he was raised by a mom who was a carefree spirit and she ate tofu and was like. I mean, I don't think he said vegetarian, but it was like he couldn't have the junk food.

Amy 26:18

So his life was never scheduled, never regimented. So that's why he kind of is the way he is Right. So he kind of went the opposite and she went. So I just I thought that was a really great development of the characters and finding out why they are who they are in present day, Right Based on their backgrounds.

Garry 26:36

And that's real life, right Totally.

Amy 26:38

So that's why I like that scene. All right backgrounds and that's real life right.

Garry 26:41

So totally I, so that's why I like that scene. Did you have any others um? I had one more but I was trying to stick to three, but you had touched on it, and it was about when um danny took um pete uh clothes shopping and the outfits, because I just love those type of scenes because it looks like it's so fun.

Amy 26:59

They said they're fun.

Garry 27:00

You know, trying on the outfits and some of them outfits, I'm sorry we are not wearing.

Amy 27:05

Right, right right.

Garry 27:07

And so I kind of like that scene. That was a cute scene.

Amy 27:10

Yeah, I just had. So I have to mention when Pete and Chelsea are getting their opinions from their friends about whether or not they love each other and they're talking about love Right, about whether or not they love each other and they're talking about love, right, and they each, you know, like, pete's talking with Danny and Jackson and Danny's like if you say it first and she's not ready to say it back, it could throw everything off balance.

Amy 27:29

And in the meantime, chelsea is talking to Danny's sister, Hannah, and Hannah is saying you know, once you tell them you love them, it's going to send them running to the hill. They're.

Amy 27:40

They both want to say it, but their friends are telling them not to right, because it's you know it's too scary, it's too early you're not sure, and it reminded me of like um greece right you know there are the scenes of the two, and it also reminded me of one of my all-time favorite movies about last night, right about where one of them says I love you, first it Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, and then the other one says it bad. So anyway, I just I thought those were really cool too, because it shows they go to their friends. They're getting advice.

Garry 28:09

Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not.

Amy 28:11

Finally, just a shout out to Jackson, who in every workout scene, was probably eating something and he wasn't really working out.

Garry 28:20

No, he wasn't.

Amy 28:21

Yes, and every one of them no-transcript out all you want, but I just and he just tyler hines is so great and that the way he looks, his facial expression. So, yeah, I just had to give a special shout out to the workout non-workout scenes.

Garry 29:04

Yeah, really quickly. I'm going to start a petition for Tyler Hines to be the next actor of James Bond.

Amy 29:11

Oh, really, oh, okay, why is that?

Garry 29:14

Because he's so smooth. Oh okay, he just has that he's smooth.

Amy 29:20

Yeah, we love Tyler, he's smooth. Yeah, I mean he just, we love Tyler.

Garry 29:22

Yeah, yeah, we love Tyler he's funny and he's quick and he's witty and he's serious and just his facial expression.

Amy 29:30

He can deliver like the sarcasm, yeah yeah, the wit, the dry humor.

Garry 29:34

So you heard it here. Pour the wine. It's rom-com time. I'm starting a petition. Email us if you want to help with this petition.

Amy 29:49

Please send Tyler Hines a message and let him know that we think he should be the next James Bond, because according to Gary, he's smooth.

Garry 29:52

I wish Hallmark would do something like that. That'd be kind of cool Like a James Bond yeah. But like yeah, it'd be so funny, but Hallmark-y.

Amy 29:58

Yeah, it could be like a cell phone James Bond, like they did with what's the Christmas Sugar Plum?

Garry 30:06

Yes.

Amy 30:07

Like that was a Hallmark self-owned, but in the best way.

Garry 30:12

Right, we just really enjoyed it, so they could do that with James Bond. With James Bond. There you go. He could come out of a novel as one of those.

Amy 30:18

Call him something different. I don't know what the name would be, but All right, there you go.

Garry 30:21

You want to go into Cheers, you're welcome Hallmark for the new idea. Yes.

Amy 30:25

Okay.

Garry 30:26

We just want a shout out, that's all we want.

Amy 30:28

Yeah, just a quick shout out the idea.

Garry 30:31

All right. So what about Cheers?

Amy 30:32

Cheers. I already Understanding the chemistry between the guys as friends, it totally worked. You know their banter, their support, you know just, I felt like all of it worked. I also really thought that they did a great job at representing real life, like the diversity a same-sex couple, a divorced dad, but he's really close to his daughter and she goes, you know Right, she hangs with them all the time she hangs with them all the time and they like hanging with each other.

Amy 31:00

For now, I mean, you know teens will have their things, but you know, and sometimes you know, when you meet someone, you just know they're the one. And I know that whirlwind romances are frowned upon, you know, and I know they happen quickly in Hallmark movies. But you know, life is short and sometimes, when you know, you know, yeah, and I think they're getting married. After what? Four months or so?

Garry 31:22

Yeah, four months but.

Amy 31:23

I do think sometimes, especially if you've been through relationships, you know what you want. You just don't want to wait.

Garry 31:30

No.

Amy 31:30

Now maybe you should, you know, be in the same country for a little bit, Right, but you know, other than that, I just think, yeah, so that would be one of my cheers.

Garry 31:39

Okay, what about?

Amy 31:40

you.

Garry 31:42

I too, like their relationship and it was so sad when Pete was like, when they found out, when Jonathan and Danny found out that he was going to move, he was going to move, they were like, oh well, we're just now hearing about this and he didn't want to say anything because he didn't want to lose what they had.

Amy 32:02

Yes, and he thought that that's what was going to happen. Yeah, he thought he was going to lose them as friends.

Garry 32:07

That and how they treated Betty. I really enjoyed that. Oh, the the daughter.

Amy 32:13

Pete and so the friends Danny and Pete, how they treated Betty, yeah, like well, she's like their niece too, right, really? You know, that's that's what I was talking about earlier too, how they all are intertwined with each other's families and I just, I think that's great. I thought that was great, did you have any more cheers, um, yeah, to.

Amy 32:31

to kind of go along with what I said a little bit ago, I really liked the story telling of Pete and Chelsea and how they, by doing so, they ended up meeting in the same place, even though they had different upbringings you know, they both, that's true. So I kind of like I liked that storytelling part of it. And then I have to say, do you have any more cheers?

Garry 32:59

No I don't.

Amy 32:59

Okay, the last cheer for me would be you know, I haven't, I haven't. We haven't seen BJ Britt or Heather Hemmings, the ones who played Pete and Chelsea.

Garry 33:08

Right.

Amy 33:09

And I loved them.

Garry 33:10

Yeah, they were really good.

Amy 33:11

They were really, really good. I thought they had really good chemistry. I thought she was great. Her delivery of everything was so smooth and she had such a calming sense about her and in her acting and I just thought, like I said, we haven't seen her in anything else. I'm sure she has diverse acting, but I just really enjoyed her in this.

Garry 33:33

I would watch anything.

Amy 33:34

she was in Same with BJ Britt. I mean, his smile lights up a room. You know, I just really I really enjoyed them, so I thought that that was great.

Garry 33:44

Yeah, yeah, I agree with you.

Amy 33:45

What about Jeers? Do you have any Jeers? Okay, yeah, yeah, I agree with you. What?

Garry 33:48

about jeers.

Amy 33:48

Do you have any jeers? Okay, yes, okay, I think we're going to be the samers on this. I almost have a-.

Garry 33:51

So at the beginning at the wedding, when Chelsea went to go give her speech and she said her phone died.

Amy 33:59

Oh, yes, yes.

Garry 34:00

But then you did bring this.

Amy 34:02

she gave the speech. Yeah, yeah. Like at some point she plugged it in, I guess. I guess, well, you know, and you could assume, today too, like everybody's got a portable charger, Right, right you know, she just didn't think to charge it before she had to stand up for the speech. So that's kind of what went through my mind, like because everybody's got those, I mean, we have them, the adopters. They're small, so that's what I think we're supposed to assume. I don't know, but that's a pretty big yeah, yeah because it was dead and then it was not.

Garry 34:40

Not dead. And my last year was how come Hannah wasn't the maid of honor for Chelsea, but Chelsea was the maid of honor for Hannah yes. They put two people in there that we didn't even see.

Amy 34:53

Well, you're not always the maid of honor for the person who's the maid of honor for you it doesn't always work, that it usually does, but sometimes it doesn't. But we never saw the two people that were bridesmaids.

Garry 35:02

I know. So it was like who are they? It was, who are they.

Amy 35:04

It's like oh okay, we need some. That happened in Hearts Around the Table too, didn't it?

Garry 35:08

We're like who are?

Amy 35:08

they what happened?

Garry 35:10

Why didn't they put one of them? But I mean, I guess we can assume.

Amy 35:12

You know Chelsea's got friends that we just didn't meet. We're only in the circle of the groomsmen.

Garry 35:17

Right.

Amy 35:17

Friends and family right so what about you? What years did you have screen during the camping trip? Oh, when they're in the cave, I love you. I mean, I really enjoyed this movie, but that was just, it was so obvious. Yeah, it was terrible everything else was beautifully shot. I didn't really. If you had it somewhere else, I didn't notice which is good right. Um, I'm sure they probably did shoot on location. That is not not something I. I forgot to look that up, but the green screen is just killer.

Amy 35:51

I mean you could just tell in that scene.

Garry 35:54

It takes a great movie and bumps it down to a good movie, a good movie no no no.

Amy 35:59

But that would be, that would be my, that was my only jeer. Okay, Really Well that's not too bad.

Garry 36:06

All right, so out of five corks how?

Amy 36:09

many would you give? I would give it a four.

Garry 36:13

Yeah.

Amy 36:14

Four corks from me.

Garry 36:15

How about you? That's what I was going with a four.

Amy 36:16

You're going with a four also.

Garry 36:17

Yeah, I really enjoyed it, yeah me too I really enjoyed it, even with the green screen.

Amy 36:21

Even with the green I know More often might have bumped that cork rating down. That's right, but just the one time. As far as I could see, I was okay with.

Garry 36:30

All right, so is that a wrap.

Amy 36:32

That's a wrap.

Garry 36:33

All right, if you really really liked the show, we'd really really appreciate your positive review. We would. And if you really really didn't like the show, well, we'd still like it.

Amy 36:46

We'd still appreciate your positive review. Okay, yes, follow us wherever you get your podcasts and on social media, so you don't miss a thing. Until next time, cheers.