Love on the Slopes (2018)
NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this city girl should head back to New York. But when Alex offers to assist Cole with his local arts festival, he reluctantly obliges to be her guide as she faces her fears doing one extreme sport after the next.
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Didn't really care for this one. I thought she was just ok in her role. I thought he was so stiff and boring. There was zero chemistry between them during the whole movie. Just not one of my favorites.
Hallmark movies most of the time are a pleasant timepass but hardly more. This one is one of the exceptions. This one leaves you with its impression. You actually see the development that happens over the course of the movie. The love that blossoms between the leads feels natural instead of forced and manufactured. Their expressive acting breaths life into the story. Overall a commendable job. One of those movies you can watch again.
The basic story is a nice one about a woman's journey from fear to believing in herself. Alex starts out as such an exaggerated wimp, I was actually turned off by her. To make it worse she had wannabe dreams that showed no understanding of what it would take to accomplish. The story does pretty much follow what you would expect with few surprises.Katrina Bowden does a good enough job showing Alex develop her character. By a little more than half way, she became likeable and appealing. Unfortunately, Thomas Beaudoin is stiff with little spark with the result that there is little chemistry.
I never review a movie without watching it at least 3 times. The first viewing gives you the overall picture; story,plot, characters etc. The second gives you access to details you missed in the first one. The third viewing allows you to concentrate on production, directing, writing, casting etc. since you already know the plot and outcome.I found this to be a deliteful new entry from Hallmark. Outdoor scenes were shot on location (real snow). Casting actually (finally) put the two leads together with on screen chemestry. Character development took place early in the movie. we were shown their weaknesses and goals early on thanks to good writing. This movie sets the bar pretty high for Hallmark to follow with the rest of this years new entrys. my total score: 9