Nearlyweds (2013)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This Hallmark film starts out brightly when the priest speaks to the camera but once he collapses it rapidly descends downhill.Erin, Casey and Stella all decided on a June wedding so these gals are newlyweds but it seems that the minister who conducted all of their ceremonies passed away before he could sign the marriage certificates. They will have to go through a ceremony again but some of them might have second thoughts after the first few weeks of marriage.Casey gets upset when an ex-girlfriend gets a job working for her new husband. Erin a doctor finds that her mother in law is pushy and resents her for taking her son away. Stella has a rich but domineering husband who does not want her to have a career.The film is derivative, fails poorly as a rom-com. The husbands are so bad you wonder why these ladies married them in the first place.

This film has several strong performances from its principles and a generally good chemistry between everyone in the ensemble. It takes common issues related to love, loss, and marriage and posits them in three intersecting story lines, an effective setup for what eventually becomes a light, family oriented morality play.My personal favorites are Danielle Panabaker and Jessica Parker Kennedy, who remain grounded in material that might fly away from lesser actors.This film is sure to play well to its audience, and will spur additional interest amongst country fans for the rare non-musical performance from country staple Naomi Judd.

While the theme of the movie regarding 3 friends who marry and then discover that the required paper work was never finished, yes, we've seen this theme before. What makes this movie so good? Usually, everything ends well after spats and all reconcile their differences. This was not to be the case in one of the marriages and although it's heartbreaking, it's dealt with realistically.That being said, we have a fine movie here showcasing the girlfriend from before who suddenly appears and the traditional overbearing mother-in-law.Sometimes opportunities present themselves so that remarriage is not possible. As stated, this happened in one of the cases and it was refreshing to see something different along a traditional theme.

Three newly married women discover they are not actually married in this 2013 Hallmark Channel movie.The same gimmick was used in a minor comedy in 1952, WE'RE NOT MARRIED and its appearance here is also a gimmick, permitting the makers to hold the sanctity of marriage at risk without using the ugly word "Divorce". The point here is laid out in the prologue: do you want a marriage or just a wedding? Although the focus is on the women, the serious point underlying this movie is that couples must talk and reach agreement.Although the situations are sitcom material -- one has an evil mother in law, another has her old high school tormentor and ex-girlfriend of her husband working for him and the third has gotten a dog and he wants a baby -- all the actors are good looking and very competent. I wouldn't go looking for this one, but if you find yourself looking at it, you should stick until the end.