Edge of the Garden (2011)

I usually skip most TV movies these days because they're cheaply made with bad acting.Lifetime movies don't impress me at all and I refuse to watch them anymore.The Sci Fi channel will only make a decent movie once in a while with the gap between the good ones and the bad flicks getting wider and wider. I skip most of these as well.Hallmark can make a schmaltzy film like the rest of the television networks, but they do much, much better than many.....Why?I don't have the answer, but most of their movies are regarded by many as a much higher quality than so many other channels and this movie was no exception.It was really good.Edge Of The Garden reminded me instantly of The Lake House with Sandra Bullock. That movie however confused the heck out of me and after seeing it a couple of times, I still don't get it.Then, this movie had some aspects of Somewhere In Time with Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve.Not quite the same as either of those, but similar.This made for television story was done very well. A young woman from 1960 can somehow talk to the man who now lives in her house 50 years later.Any more than that would be spoilers.It's definitely a chick flick, but one of the better ones.Don't miss this. You'll be glad you didn't.Well worth the watch!

For those curious, this reviewer has been quite harsh in discussion of Canadian films, especially those pretending to be about somewhere else, or someone else, or anything else than what the film actually is.This could be the exception that proves the rule. On the surface a typical low budget Canuck flick shot in BC but (astonishingly) pretending to take place in Maine, chockablock with delightful Canadian small town sets, starring actors you may never see again in your lifetime, many of whom have not quite managed to hide that distinctive Canuck accent.So aside from lack of pretence, what is there to actually recommend this film? A really neat story, mainly. Similar perhaps to some of the "time travel" romance movies that have been done before (the classic is Matheson's BID TIME RETURN, filmed under a different name) but yet different enough to be entertaining and still hold the attention.Yes, Hollywood could do a better job. But this one 'aint bad at all.

The Edge of the Garden (2011)Looking for a fun romantic fantasy for an evening together with a loved one.Light and easy to follow has all the needed elements an unhappily married woman. A gardener who understands the stress of moving from the city to Maineand tries to help the wife emotionally deal with a demanding husband. A young urban professional who's new job takes him to Maine and purchases the Maine home nearly 50 years after the original couple had abandoned the home.I think you would be delighted. Add to the fantasy a Maine ghostly mystery that transverses three generations and I think this movie will keep your attention. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

In the tradition of Somewhere in Time, Kate & Leopold and The Gate House, Edge of the Garden reminds me of another very similar time travel romance movie from Hallmark Hall of Fame. When I first saw The Love Letter (1998), I decided that time travel romances were my absolute favorite, and this movie did not disappoint. It may be similar in structure but, in its own romantic way, it stands on its own. Keep up the good work, Hallmark – I hope you make more of these types of movies! Only one question - can roses and hyacinths bloom at the same time? A beautiful garden played a key center point in bringing the main characters together. At one point during the movie, it was mentioned these two flowers were blooming simultaneously. Hyacinths are one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, and roses, as well as most of the flowers mentioned, are not early spring blooming. A very trivial point, considering this classic movie also deserves to be part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame.