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

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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 .