Tagline: Alex, a copy editor from New York, is sent to an extreme sports outpost to write a story for a travel writing competition. Cole, a sports enthusiast, reluctantly agrees to be Alex's guide as she faces her fears.
[TVG's Note: This is a review written in January of this but posted for today ;-)]
Just in time for the Winter Olympics! This one had a cute premise from what I read and from the promo. It’s the usual setup of a staff writer challenged to do something for a promo (this time it’s a competition to go anywhere around the world). Why and how the magazine company can afford such a contest is glossed over. I wanted to follow the lead female Alex on her writing quest including how she comes to meet fan fave handsome hottie Thomas Beaudoin, but this was a bit of a drag to pull through. Alex seemed a bit too immature and flighty for my liking and there were a few cringe-worthy dialogue exchanges that just kept digging this one into the ‘Pass’ file for me. Maybe the stakes weren’t there or not enough conflict or obstacles to keep me glued to the screen but things just seemed to plod along randomly.
I’m going to need Hallmark to get Thomas Beaudoin back in one of their movies again. Maybe pair his lowkey cool guy demeanor with one of Autumn Reeser’s straitlaced business women characters? I sense some potentially off the charts chemistry there.
Chuckle-worthy quips:
Boyfriend: Knock em dead, babe.
Alex: Maybe not mention death when I’m about to do extreme sports?
= Winterfest
= Countdown to Valentine’s Day
= Spring Fever
= June Weddings
= Summer Nights
= Fall Harvest
= Countdown to Christmas
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