May 21, 2025 • 32 mins
All aboard for another episode of Pour The Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time! This week, Garry and Amy set sail on a romantic journey as they take a cruise down the Danube to review Love on the Danube: Love Song. When Sarah (Nazneen Contractor) and Jack (Wes Brown) meet on a scenic river cruise with their recently widowed, musically-gifted parents, they both secretly chart the same course: to play cupid for their folks. But as they compose romantic interludes, they find the tides turning on their own hearts. Did Garry and Amy enjoy the ride or did this rom-com miss the boat? Tune in now to find out!
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Amy (00:08):
welcome to pour the wine.
It's rom-com time where we'llsip some wine and review all
things rom-com on the hallmarkchannel.
I'm amy and I'm gary and areyou ready to pour it?
Garry (00:18):
I am ready to pour the wine.
Amy (00:20):
Let's do it, it's time and we're having drum roll a cab as
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Garry (01:06):
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Amy (01:08):
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Garry (01:16):
I'm going to have a sip real quick.
Amy (01:18):
Oh, okay, you're going to dive into that, huh.
Garry (01:25):
I haven't even started yet and you're like I need a sip
, had to wet my whistle, mywhistle.
So today we're reviewing thefirst of three Love on the Dan U
movies, called Love Song, thataired on Hallmark Channel on
Saturday, May 17th 2025.
It originally aired on HallmarkPlus on September 10th 2024,
when Hallmark Plus launched.
Amy (01:45):
That's almost a year ago.
Can you believe that I know.
Garry (01:46):
Time is flying Woo Woo on Hallmark Plus on September 10th
2024, when Hallmark Pluslaunched.
That's almost a year ago.
Can you believe that I knowTime is flying Woo?
Amy (01:51):
Woo, if you missed it, guess what?
What, tell me.
Garry (01:53):
Lay it on me, it's still on Hallmark Plus.
Amy (01:55):
It's still on Hallmark Plus .
It is there Without commercials, correct?
Garry (01:59):
Yes, correct.
So do you want to tell us who'sin this one?
Amy (02:03):
Sure, I will start with that, let's go.
Nainzine Contractor plays Sarah.
Her Hallmark work includesplaying I think it's either
Neela or Nyla, I'm not sure ifit's a hard I or a soft I In
four episodes of the Love Cluband in the Love Club Mom's Tori
movie in 2025.
(02:24):
She was in two episodes ofHolidays in 2024.
Ooh loved.
Garry (02:29):
Holidays which we know we love that.
Amy (02:31):
The Perfect Pairing in 2022 , which is super cute.
We just watched that one AWinter Getaway in 2021.
And it looks like her firstHallmark movie was the Christmas
Ring in 2020.
Wow, she's voiced a fewanimated series, including Star
Wars, resistance and Mickey andthe Roadster Racers.
(02:51):
She was in a series calledRansom.
She was in 39 episodes from2017 to 2019, five episodes of
Major Crimes which we loved in2017.
Garry (03:02):
Another one you got me hooked on.
Amy (03:04):
And an episode of Person of Interest which you got me
hooked on in 2014.
Garry (03:08):
The only one I got her hooked on.
The only.
Amy (03:10):
That's not true.
That's not true.
Wes Brown plays Jack and he's aHallmark favorite.
Yes, that's a good-looking manright there.
Garry (03:23):
But let's be honest, I'm better looking, right, right you
?
Amy (03:25):
are better looking, baby.
That is true.
That is true, wink wink youknow who he reminds me of.
I thought about during thismovie and this is total sidebar.
He reminds me of a youngbrendan frazier yes, he does,
yes, yes yep, yep, yep.
So I was thinking about thatwhen we were watching this.
I'm like you know what that'sfunny you said that.
That's what he reminds me ofAnyhoot.
(03:47):
We could call him practicallyMr Hallmark.
He has something like 19Hallmark movies shows
productions that he has done sofar, and he was in four movies
in 2024, including HolidayTouchdown Deck, the Walls,
autumn at Apple Hill and thisone.
(04:09):
They were all in 2024.
He was in one of our faves,biltmore Christmas in 2023, and
the Holly movies in 2023 and2022.
We love those two, those are socute.
He's also going to be inCountdown to Christmas 2025 in A
Newport Christmas with GinaClaire Mason from Hats Off to
(04:32):
Love Awesome, the star of thatone.
So, yeah, that's pretty cool.
Looking forward to that Some ofhis other work includes the
movie Inheritance in 2024, oneepisode of Once Upon a Time in
2016, and 11 episodes ofDeception in 2013.
Wow, oh, and he was in anepisode of Desperate Housewives
in 2012.
(04:53):
There's Desperate.
Garry (04:54):
Housewives again there's Desperate Housewives shows up.
Amy (04:57):
Catherine Drysdale plays Teddy.
This is her Hallmark debut andshe's in all three Love on the
Danube movies.
She was in 18 episodes ofbridgerton the ever popular
bridgerton.
Between 2020 and 2024 she wasin a series called the windsors.
She was in 11 episodes of thatfrom 2016 to 2023, where she
(05:19):
played megan markle, and this isactually a comedy soap opera
about the royals, okay so.
Garry (05:24):
So we might have to check that out.
It might be kind of funny.
Yes, we will.
Amy (05:28):
She's voiced a lot of animated series like Circle
Square she was in 21 episodes ofthat Between 2021 and 2022,.
Dennis and Nasher Unleashed shevoiced 17 episodes of that from
2017 to 2020.
Garry (05:44):
Okay.
Amy (05:44):
And Dennis and Nasher on the big screen.
She was a voice in 2020.
Garry (05:50):
Oh, wow, yeah, Gee crackers.
Amy (05:52):
Pamela Sinha plays Julia.
This is her Hallmark debut.
She was in the movie Shook in2024.
Okay, she was in ER.
There's ER, there's ER 17episodes between 1999 and 2005.
And she was in one episode ofCrossing Jordan in 2014.
David Samartin plays Jack.
(06:14):
He is actually a composer,really.
Garry (06:18):
Yeah, isn't that what he kind?
Amy (06:19):
of plays.
In this he's the music teacher,the band right he has the band
in the Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Garry (06:26):
Yeah, band right, he has the band in the.
Yeah, I think I think he doeshave the man.
Yeah, he has 10 the marchingband credits.
Yeah, I'm sorry, I was tryingto think about it.
Amy (06:34):
I know you're like what, where am I?
Garry (06:36):
is it jack what's happening?
Which one is it?
Amy (06:39):
he does play.
Oh, I said jack, didn't I yes,you did you did.
You are right.
Garry (06:44):
It's Andre.
That's what made me.
I was confused.
Amy (06:48):
I was like was there another man in this movie that
was playing bad?
Okay, maybe I need the wine.
Garry (06:51):
I take full credit for that.
Amy (06:53):
That's why you look so confused.
Garry (06:54):
I have to cherish this moment, y'all, because she
doesn't mess up that much.
Actually, I don't think shemesses up at all.
Amy (07:01):
I don't think she messes up at all.
No, I do, I do.
Yes, I can't believe I saidthat.
And I looked at you, like youwere losing your mind.
We have recorded evidence ofthat.
That's so funny.
Yeah, andre.
Okay, let me start that over.
David Smart plays Andre.
Yes, he's actually a composer.
Garry (07:21):
That's pretty cool.
Amy (07:23):
Oh gosh, okay.
He has 10 acting credits thatinclude emergency la he was in
seven episodes of that in 2023and the series harry's law he
was in one episode in 2011 andthat starred kathy bates.
Oh sweet, pretty cool.
Mark holden plays the captainof the ship, captain magnusson
(07:43):
yes, he has a ton of work thathe's done.
This is his homework debut, asfar as I could see.
He had a lot of acting credits.
We will see him in all threeLove on the Danube movies.
He was in the movie Damaged in2024 with Samuel L Jackson.
He was in Discovery of Witches.
Two episodes of that in 2021.
Garry (08:04):
Yeah, we watched like the first season.
Amy (08:05):
The first season, yeah world war z in 2013.
That's what tom cruise rightworld war z.
Garry (08:13):
No, I think that was with um oh I'm wrong, I take it back
.
Amy (08:16):
I need to drink some more wine uh, eight monkeys um brad
pitt?
Garry (08:22):
yeah, I think oh okay, I don't know.
Amy (08:24):
Yeah, someone will tell us, or correct?
Garry (08:26):
us.
Amy (08:26):
I'm sure, or I could look it up.
He was in final destination in2000 isn't that crazy?
And two episodes of one of yourfavorite shows, the x-files in
1997 in 1998, somewhere, richardhugh plays stanley.
This is his hallmark premiere.
His acting work dates all theway back to 1980.
Garry (08:48):
Wow.
Amy (08:48):
He was in the series the Diplomat.
He was in two episodes in 2024,which we have to get back to.
Garry (08:54):
Yes.
Amy (08:55):
He was in the series the Bay four episodes in 2019.
He was in Succession oneepisode in 2018.
Garry (09:02):
Another good movie there.
No, it's a series or series,sorry progression.
Amy (09:08):
Oh, one episode in 2018, another.
No, it's a series or series.
Sorry, he was also in um lineof duty.
Four episodes in 2014 and y'all.
If you haven't seen line ofduty, it is an excellent series
yes, it is excellent, excellent.
I was hoping that would comeback, but it won't.
It's a british series but yeahso good the gaffa the gaffer.
The gaffer.
Catherine Disher plays Betty.
She has been in severalHallmark productions, including
(09:33):
all three of the Love on theDanube movies.
She was in my Sweet AustrianHoliday, which is also known as
the Christmas Chocolatier, in2024.
That was really cute.
We know and love her from theGood Witch series, where she
played Martha Tinsdale in 76episodes from 2015 to 2021.
And she's in all of the GoodWitch movies dating back to 2008
(09:53):
.
Garry (09:53):
She's awesome.
Amy (09:54):
We could figure out how the movies fit in with the series.
We didn't watch any of themovies, but I think we watched
one, but it was a weird.
Garry (10:01):
Yeah, yeah.
Amy (10:02):
There was some missing there, but we loved the good
witch series.
Love, love, loved it.
She was in law and order,toronto, criminal intent, for
two episodes between 2024 and2025, and she too has voiced a
lot.
I mean a lot of animated workuh like x-men 97.
(10:23):
She did six episodes of that in2024.
Thomas and friends all enginesgo 11 episodes between 2021 and
2023.
Daniel spellbound 20 episodesbetween 2022 and 2023.
And roly-poly-oly, which thekids watched.
Garry (10:41):
You remember that?
Amy (10:42):
roly-poly-oly.
She voiced in 75 episodes ofthat between 1998 and 2004.
Garry (10:49):
Wow.
Amy (10:50):
And she was in a series called the Border for 38
episodes between 2008 and 2010.
Wow that was a lot.
There you go.
I love her though.
Garry (11:01):
Yeah, she's a great actress.
I really enjoy her stuff.
Yeah, she's a great actress, Ireally enjoy her stuff.
Amy (11:05):
Yeah, yeah, she's good.
Garry (11:08):
And I'm kind of anxious to see how she plays out in this
particular series.
I agree In this series.
Amy (11:14):
What's going to be her storyline?
Does it grow she?
Garry (11:16):
probably owns the boat.
Amy (11:18):
She probably does own the boat.
Yeah, we don't know it's herfloating home.
Yeah, it's her floating.
It might be.
I'm gonna be curious to see.
Garry (11:26):
Yeah, yeah, that's a good point that would be funny, if
that's what it was yep so what?
Amy (11:31):
did you think what did I think?
Should I drop the synopsis or?
Garry (11:35):
should I?
Goodness I am, we are.
Maybe I should take a sip ofwine, is it?
Amy (11:39):
friday.
Is it monday?
Garry (11:40):
I don't know what day it is now.
It's only Tuesday.
It's Monday.
This guy's is Tuesday.
Okay, it's time to drop this.
Enough, okay.
Amy (11:47):
Here we go A daughter traveling with her widowed
mother, a musical theaterperformer, and a son traveling
with his widowed father, apianist, meet on a cruise and
decide that their musicalparents would make the perfect
couple.
They just need to help themrealize it.
They spend the rest of the triptrying to engineer a romance,
only to discover it might not betheir parents who are falling
(12:09):
in love.
Garry (12:10):
Right, right.
Amy (12:12):
Okay, right.
So what did you think?
Garry (12:17):
I loved the movie.
I loved the concept, definitelyloved the locations.
Amy (12:22):
Yeah.
Garry (12:28):
I enjoyed the various stops that you know the boat
took along the way.
However, I did feel like it wasa little slow.
Amy (12:34):
You did.
Garry (12:35):
Yeah, yeah, I didn't feel like it flowed like the other
movies.
That we've watched, but that'sokay.
I also felt like the charactersdidn't grow a lot in this one.
Amy (12:47):
Right.
Garry (12:47):
Well, maybe Julia.
Amy (12:50):
We might have to disagree a little bit about that, but yeah
, we can disagree but that's howI felt about this particular
one.
Well, I think too.
We're coming off of watchingthe Chicken Sisters, where we
had monumental growth for allthese characters, and this is
not the same.
That's fair.
Garry (13:04):
This is not the same.
That's fair.
This is not the same.
Yeah, so tell me what youthought.
Amy (13:09):
Well, I was sort of I mean, it'll be similar to yours in
that I enjoyed it.
I actually thought it wasreally cute.
I thought the cast had reallygood chemistry.
Garry (13:19):
Mm-hmm.
Amy (13:20):
And I actually, you know, love the location shoot, of
course, right, and it was filmed.
I did read that it was filmedmainly in Budapest.
Garry (13:28):
Right.
Amy (13:28):
Hungary.
They didn't make all the stops,but it was still beautiful,
right.
Garry (13:32):
Right.
Amy (13:33):
The architecture.
One of the shoes was literallyat one of the baths there when
they were in the pool.
Garry (13:40):
That was pretty cool yeah .
Amy (13:42):
Yeah, that's called the Gellert I don't know how to
pronounce that thermal bath.
It was built on historicalhealing hot springs in 1918.
Wow, and I read that the cameracrew had to get on bathing
suits because the angles theywanted they had to get in the
water.
Oh, wow To shoot, which Ithought was pretty cool, and
then the church scene that theyfilmed in.
It was the first time that thatchurch ever allowed a filming
crew inside to film.
Garry (14:04):
Wow, Hallmark got the first shoot.
Church of Our.
Amy (14:05):
Lady of Buddha Castle.
It's also known as St MatthiasChurch.
Garry (14:09):
It was beautiful inside.
Amy (14:10):
Yeah, I thought that was cool.
So the location shoot I alwayslove that when they do that.
You know, I actually thought itflowed smoothly.
I just kept thinking like softand smooth as we were going
through it.
Right, the story, the locationshoot, the actors Did it blow me
away.
No right, you know.
But it doesn't have to knock mysocks off to just be an
(14:31):
enjoyable, heartfelt movie.
Yeah so that's kind of how Ifelt, I mean I wasn't sad that
we watched it, you know I mean Ithought.
I thought it was enjoyable, butit didn't like blow me away,
like some of our other favoritehomework movies.
So, yeah, we're kind of on thesame page there.
Okay, yeah.
Garry (14:49):
What about favorite scenes?
Did you have any?
Amy (14:51):
A few the location shoot in general.
Garry (14:56):
Yes.
Amy (14:56):
I just loved all the shots.
Garry (14:59):
It was beautiful.
Amy (14:59):
So yeah, so I have to give a shout out to that.
I thought the meet cute workedon the steps when she was trying
to get reception right on thesteps.
Garry (15:09):
Okay, so what do?
Amy (15:10):
you what do you?
That's one of your favoritescenes.
Garry (15:12):
It's one of my favorite scenes where she's walking up
the steps trying to get a signalon her phone yeah she's talking
to herself and then, um jackcomes up behind her like he's
dancing and then she turnsaround and they start to talk
and you know, they introducethemselves to each other.
But then, as they're sayinggoodbye, he turns around to her
(15:35):
and says talk typos later.
Yeah, and he was like why did Isay?
Amy (15:40):
that that was just seemed like a.
They did seem so genuine.
Garry (15:45):
And.
Amy (15:45):
I don't know.
Yeah, I thought that, so I'mglad we agree with that.
That was just such a cute meetcute, so to speak.
Yeah, I enjoyed that.
Any other scenes that you liked?
Garry (15:56):
I loved the cake scene that they did the cake scene.
Yeah, where Jack and Sarah wentto go taste the cake.
Amy (16:01):
Oh, yes, yes, where they?
Garry (16:04):
And I think his name was Lucas, the character who was,
you know, providing the cakes.
Amy (16:10):
Yeah, was it cheesecake, or was it it was just cake?
Garry (16:12):
I'm not sure.
I think some of it might havebeen cheesecake.
Amy (16:14):
Yeah.
Garry (16:16):
But the way the guy or Lucas, he was really serious
about them enjoying the tastingof these cakes.
Amy (16:23):
Yes, it was very serious business.
Garry (16:25):
But then you have Sarah and Jake, you know, trying to
make fun of the moment and theydecided, oh, you know, we're
getting engaged.
And then the guy was like, well, there's no spots for weddings
because it takes years to bookit right.
And they're like, oh, thatwould take too long.
But there was a courthouseacross the street, so they
talked about going there.
Amy (16:46):
Yeah.
Garry (16:46):
But then they said oh, can we get a to-go box In?
Amy (16:49):
his face In his face Like what, yeah, yeah what.
Garry (16:54):
A to-go box.
Yeah, are you serious?
That whole scene really worked.
It was cute and fun.
Amy (17:00):
So I thought that was fun.
Yeah, the library scene too,just because I love the library
you know just all the books, thecool architecture, you know, I
just thought it looked cool andthen walking through it, and
then of course.
Garry (17:14):
Then they go to the music room right, that's in the
library or a part of the library, right?
Amy (17:18):
And they go in into the music room, which again I
thought was really cool, and Ididn't look up to see what
library that was.
I bet that was a real.
Garry (17:24):
It was.
Oh, did you look it up?
I didn't write it down.
It kind of reminded me of theLibrary of Congress.
Amy (17:30):
Yeah, I mean, that's a beautiful library too.
Garry (17:33):
Yes, but yeah, because I had that down as one of my
favorites too, did you?
Amy (17:37):
Yeah, so they go in and he gifts his father.
Garry (17:42):
His name is going to be in the book and the oldest book,
I think of marching bands.
Amy (17:47):
Every time she said Guggenheim, I kept thinking
Guggenheim, like the Guggenheim.
Garry (17:52):
Yeah, it was interesting though, Because when he sat down
and, I think, sarah came upwith the idea, and so they
booked this private viewing ofthis book.
Amy (18:02):
Oh, that's right, she did.
Garry (18:03):
You're right, he got his name in, and then they take a
picture of Andre and his father.
And yeah, I liked that scenetoo.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Amy (18:13):
Yeah, yeah, did you have any other?
No, no.
Garry (18:16):
What about you?
Amy (18:17):
The other one that I had listed was when Julia and Betty
sing the trolley song.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
That was really good.
Yeah, I thought that was reallygood.
Do you know what that's?
Garry (18:29):
from no, that's from the musical no, it's.
Amy (18:30):
Meet Me in St Louis.
Garry (18:33):
Oh, meet me in St Louis.
That was a fun scene too, Ithought that was a really fun
scene.
I just liked it and I likedthat they got to sing.
Yeah, yeah, I thought that wascute.
I forgot about that scene.
Yep, yep, yep.
Amy (18:45):
Yeah.
Garry (18:46):
Any more.
Amy (18:47):
No, that's it for favorite scenes for me.
Garry (18:49):
So shall we move on to Cheers.
Amy (18:51):
Cheers, biggest cheer, from you.
Or a cheer if you have several.
Garry (18:57):
No, my biggest cheer was that they actually shot it on
location.
Amy (19:00):
Yep, I have that too and, like you said, mostly in.
Garry (19:03):
Budapest and Hungary.
Amy (19:05):
Yeah, budapest and Hungary, yeah, Budapest, hungary is
Right, right, right, right and.
Garry (19:09):
The city?
I didn't know, but along theway there's a lot of houses that
are along the bank.
Amy (19:17):
Of the Danube.
Garry (19:18):
Yeah, oh yeah, because the Danube, I think it's.
What did they say?
It's like I don't know.
Like 1,700 miles long.
Amy (19:26):
Did they talk about it in the movie?
No, they didn't.
I looked it up, yeah.
Garry (19:30):
Yeah, 1,770 miles long.
Amy (19:33):
And you know we've never been on a cruise, but that type
of cruise, yeah, Boat.
Garry (19:38):
Yeah.
Amy (19:38):
I mean, obviously, I guess you wouldn't have the big cruise
ships on the Danube.
Garry (19:46):
I I don't really know.
I mean, don't quote me on that,I don't really know.
It's a river and you can't getunder those bridges with a big
old cruise ship.
Amy (19:50):
That's true, but I thought that was really just cool the
way it was.
Garry (19:54):
I would do that, I would totally go over there and do
that and you know they do havecruises and I looked that up by
the way.
Amy (19:58):
Oh, okay, are we going.
Garry (20:07):
Did two to five days.
They have standard cruises,which is seven to eight days,
extended cruises, which is 10 to14 days, and then the grand
cruises, which is 15 to 22 plusdays.
Amy (20:13):
Now is this a 22 plus days, so maybe that's what the one?
Garry (20:18):
what's her name?
Amy (20:19):
I forgot her name Betty, betty, the character Betty.
Garry (20:21):
Maybe that's what she booked is the long one.
Maybe That'd be interesting,yeah to see and they have
different places where you canget on and off for each of those
cruises.
Amy (20:30):
So is that a particular cruise line?
Garry (20:33):
or you're just saying in general, it is danube, but I I,
I think it's on the danube, ordanube, anyways it's well, I
hope it is because you're butthe one that they shot on, the
boat that they shot on, wasactually one of the real ones
and they had their pamphlets onthere that you could see if you
were paying attention.
Amy (20:51):
It's legit.
Yes, oh, that's so cool.
Look at you with the trivia.
That's awesome yeah.
Garry (20:57):
I thought I'd drop that in there for you.
Amy (20:58):
Look at you.
Garry (20:59):
So did you have any cheers?
Amy (21:01):
Well, you said the location shoot.
Um, I had a few I I loved thatthey didn't have.
Julia regret her choice to umstep down from her career not
step down but step away from hercareer.
When she became a parent and youknow I mean so many times the
movies are, it's like the oldtrope, you know, like oh gosh, I
(21:22):
wish I wouldn't have done that,I should have have stayed.
But she was like you know, Ididn't regret it.
I mean, you can be sad aboutsomething and you can miss it
and not regret it.
Garry (21:31):
Right.
Amy (21:31):
Right.
So I just I kind of enjoyedthat storyline part of it.
I actually thought thechemistry worked really well
between everybody.
Garry (21:41):
Yeah.
Amy (21:46):
It wasn't like explosive, but I just thought it flowed
lovely.
Garry (21:48):
You know I thought it was just a lovely flow throughout
the whole movie.
Amy (21:50):
I can see that.
Yeah, those were.
Do you have any other cheers?
No, I don't have any other.
You don't have any other?
No, nothing else.
The winery stop.
Garry (21:58):
We've got to shout that out.
Well, that winery is prettycool because they said the
cellar goes on for miles.
Yes, can you imagine?
Amy (22:04):
That would be so cool to see.
Garry (22:06):
So cool.
I'm just giving a shout out tothe winery.
So I mean it's gotta be a cheerwe have to.
Amy (22:12):
I love which we've already.
You know which I've alreadymentioned um Catherine Disher I
just love her she's, so I justlove her quirkiness and the, the
characters and how she kind of,you know, talked to everyone
and Kind of cheered them up.
Cheered them up, brought themaround.
You know it was cool, and thefact that she knew everything
about them, she was like, oh mygosh, I know all your music.
Garry (22:33):
You know, and like that was funny.
Amy (22:35):
And I have a favorite play of yours to Stanley you know.
So she kind of just like I justthought her character, I loved
her character, so I character,so I'm okay, so I'm looking, I'm
looking forward to seeing herin the other two movies, right,
and like you said earlier, tosee where she goes, where her
character goes and what she does.
Um, I kind of am digging theopenings, the cartoony with the
(22:58):
and the music.
I thought that was really cool.
Garry (23:01):
Remind me of the royals, the royal series that's exactly
what I had down.
Amy (23:04):
Yeah, the royal weekends that we had.
Garry (23:06):
Yeah, royalish, royalish and the.
Amy (23:08):
Royal we and yeah, where they had that cute little
opening.
So we should watch this oneagain and then see if it differs
from the next one which I'msure it probably will.
Maybe it's the different stopsor whatever, but I kind of like
that, I think it's cute and, youknow, a little quirky.
And then the song slash musicat the end just reminded me of
the 80s music.
Garry (23:26):
Yes.
Amy (23:27):
It was very.
I know it wasn't from the 80s,but it was reminiscent of that,
so I love that.
Well, cool yeah.
So there you go.
Garry (23:34):
So that was all your cheers, huh.
Amy (23:35):
That was it.
Those were my cheers.
Garry (23:38):
So we're going to move on to jeers.
Amy (23:40):
All right, let's move on to jeers and see what you got.
What you got.
Okay, my one of my, just Do youhave a whole list?
Well, I have a couple.
Okay, I have like three.
Garry (23:48):
Okay, julia, I just I understand you know the fear of
getting back up on stage, but Ifelt like there were too many
scenes where she kept saying Idon't want to go on there, I
don't want to go up on stage,you know I don't want to go on
there.
I don't want to go up on stage,you know, I don't want to be
the lead, I just want to be inthe chorus.
It just felt like I think itwas like three or four scenes
(24:10):
where she said that and then shetakes, she leaves a note on her
bed for Sarah that you knowwhere she went and just kind of
sat on a bench, contemplate youknow her life or whatever, and
then she tells her about how shedoesn't want to do it, but then
Sarah kind of talks her into itso that was one of my tears.
I loved her as a character.
(24:31):
Yeah, I just felt that part ofit, just to me was Did you feel
like it was too much?
Amy (24:37):
It was too much.
It was too much for rehearsing.
Garry (24:39):
I mean for somebody that was on stage for a while.
I wouldn't think the nerveswould be that much as much as
they portrayed in this.
Amy (24:48):
I don't know if you haven't done it in 35 years or however
long.
It was 30 years.
Garry (24:51):
And then I think another reason was because her husband's
passing, who was always therefor her plays musicals.
Amy (24:59):
Right.
Garry (24:59):
Maybe that has something to do with it too.
Maybe, yeah, that was one ofthem.
What about you?
Amy (25:03):
Okay, it looked like Jack and Andre could have been
brothers and not father and son.
I swear.
I mean and you know and that'sa compliment towards Andre if he
is in fact old enough to beJack's father.
But I just felt like the agedifference.
You know, in certain anglesjust wasn't enough for me?
Garry (25:24):
Are there just not enough ?
Older actors?
I don't know, I don't know.
Wasn't enough for me, are therejust not enough?
Amy (25:25):
older actors?
I don't know.
I don't know but it just theyjust seem closer in age than
what I think they were trying toput off.
And again, maybe that's just atestament to Andre or the actor
who plays Andre.
Garry (25:40):
True.
Amy (25:41):
And, by the way, when I say , did you ever watch Project
Runway with Heidi Klum and TimGunn?
yeah, we watched it a little bit, but there was one of the first
few seasons there was one ofthe contestants.
His name was andre.
So when we were watching this,tim gunn used to say andre, and
he used to say it in such a wayand it became like a thing right
(26:04):
during that season.
He'd go Andre, where are you?
You know, oh, andre, and justthe way he said so in my head
the whole time we were watchingthis movie that's what I kept
thinking of.
So shout out to Project Runwayfor that.
Garry (26:18):
That is funny.
Amy (26:19):
What other jeers did you have?
Garry (26:21):
The scene when, with Jack and Sarah taking a carriage
ride.
Oh, oh, my God, that hurt myhead Because it was bouncy, with
Jack and Sarah taking acarriage ride.
Amy (26:31):
Oh, oh, my God, that hurt my head Because it was bouncy.
Yeah, it was, it was, yeah.
Garry (26:32):
I don't know if that was a green screen, or if it was
real, because the aperture onthe camera I don't know.
Amy (26:38):
But yeah, I had to look away.
Garry (26:39):
It was hard to tell Because they kept bouncing, but
I don't think their voicessounded like they were bouncing.
They were like bouncing up anddown.
That's true.
I didn't think about that whenwe were watching it and it just
drove me crazy.
Amy (26:49):
I just didn't like that, yeah it was too like jerky
almost, and up and down it washurt my eyes I mean, I guess the
fact that we couldn't tell ifit was a green screen is not a
bad thing, because that means itwas decent, but it was like
green screen and it was legit.
And then other parts you knowif they had to reshoot or
whatever.
Garry (27:08):
And the car that was behind them.
It was like if the carriagewould have had a sudden stop,
that car would have ran up onthem.
Amy (27:15):
I didn't even know Was it right close.
Garry (27:17):
I didn't see it, I didn't even know.
Amy (27:18):
I was paying attention to the dialogue.
Thank you very much.
Garry (27:21):
Okay, no, just kidding.
Amy (27:28):
So what about you?
What's your cheer Sarah's boss?
Can we just make bosses?
Garry (27:30):
be a boss.
I know be a boss people.
Amy (27:31):
It was like a weird like we almost didn't even need that.
Garry (27:34):
Yes.
Amy (27:35):
You know, I mean, we didn't need that character.
I didn't think and I justdidn't.
I don't know the whole over.
You know you're fired if youdon't get this in right.
Garry (27:45):
I know.
Amy (27:51):
I mean, they have these.
I just our bosses.
Really, I just wish they wouldget away from that.
You know, you could have a bosswho's you know hard on you and
whatnot, but it just I don'tknow.
I'm just maybe I'm kind of wornout from that, but I just
didn't think it worked.
Um, I didn't like when sarahacted, surprised that jack was
into her when they were at theirdinner, I know, she's like what
?
yeah, but she was flirting with.
They were kind of like buildingit up a little bit.
(28:11):
Yeah, I don't know.
Garry (28:12):
I just felt like in that part it didn't that one scene
like oh, yeah, for the wholescene I'm like, but y'all just
met yeah, well, yeah yeah sothat was another one.
Amy (28:24):
Do you have any more?
Garry (28:24):
was that the scene where he kind of, you know, laid it
out for her like he he was inlove with her and all that?
Yeah, it kind of reminded me ofJohn Cusack's Say Anything.
Amy (28:36):
I gave her my heart.
She gave me a pen.
Garry (28:38):
Yeah, that was funny, but no, I didn't have any more.
Amy (28:43):
No, that was it.
The only other one that I hadfor a jeer was the hats.
Garry (28:48):
Yes.
Amy (28:48):
When Jack and Andre wear the hats, I didn't view it so
much as Frank Sinatra.
Did you think of Frank Sinatrawhen you saw those hats on them?
No, no, I just didn't.
And we love Frank Sinatra.
Garry (29:00):
Yes, Now.
Amy (29:00):
I don't know all of his stuff.
I mean I know he wore what, dothey call them Fedoras or
whatever, so but I just didn'tfeel like it.
He's like, oh, you look justlike Frank Sinatra.
And I'm like, yeah, no, notreally.
Garry (29:14):
I didn't get that.
Oh, I did have one more, Jerryit was the captain.
Amy (29:19):
The captain.
Garry (29:20):
It was kind of like a voiceover a couple of times
throughout the movie where hewas saying we're now stopping at
whatever port, and why wouldn'tyou just show him he's there?
I would rather them show him onthe microphone saying okay, our
next stop is blah blah blah.
But it just kind of soundedlike they were coming off the
(29:44):
boat.
And there's this voice, likeGod is speaking to you.
Amy (29:46):
Well, it's so interesting that you say that, because I
kind of liked it.
Garry (29:48):
Oh, did you.
Amy (29:49):
The voiceover in that part of it.
Yeah, where he was like nextstop you know, vienna or
whatever they would say, andthen he would talk about some of
the things.
Garry (29:57):
Yeah.
Amy (29:57):
That's interesting.
We have a different opinionabout that.
Garry (30:01):
Yes, but yes.
Amy (30:03):
I understand your point, but I don't agree with it
Because I'm not changing it.
I didn't like the voiceover atthe very beginning, when you
hear Sarah and Julia talking inlike the cab they're pulling up
to get on the cruise.
Garry (30:17):
Right.
Amy (30:17):
And it's like a weird, like just show them.
Garry (30:19):
That's what I was saying.
Amy (30:20):
It's kind of like what you were just saying about the
captain, but I felt like thatkind of worked, but with them I
just felt like why are we?
We don't even know who they are.
I don't know.
I just thought that that was.
It was weird, a little bitweird.
Garry (30:31):
Yeah, but that's it for me.
Amy (30:32):
Yeah, yeah.
Garry (30:33):
What about you?
Amy (30:35):
That's all I got to say about that.
Garry (30:38):
No, that's it for me.
So, out of five corks, then,how many would you give it?
Oh, um, I'd probably give it asolid three and a half.
Yeah, that's what I.
What would you give it?
Amy (30:53):
three and a half really, we're the same.
Yes, I almost went a four metoo but that's bordering on what
I really like and I know we'vebeen freely giving away fives
and stuff that we just reallylike, because we're just, you
know, into the stuff that, andit wasn't bad acting.
Garry (31:05):
It was not bad acting.
No, it wasn't the chemistry.
It wasn't like love is in.
No, no, it was not bad acting.
No, it wasn't like it wasn'tthe chemistry.
It wasn't like love is in theair, just some of the clips.
Or love in the clouds Love inthe clouds, love in the clouds,
see I don't even know it wassupposed to be called love in
the air, but Whatever Love inthe, but it was a nice movie
(31:25):
night for us, don't you think?
I enjoyed it.
A nice Saturday night.
Amy (31:29):
Okay, yeah, there you go.
Garry (31:31):
Well, is that a wrap?
Amy (31:31):
That's a wrap.
Garry (31:32):
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We'd not only love it, but we'dreally appreciate it Right,
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We'd love to hear what youthink or type to you or type to
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Be sure to join us nextWednesday for our review, may
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And we're gonna start withmistletoe murders.
Yep, we we're going to startreviewing each episode because
(32:29):
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a season two, so we need towatch it and catch up before
season two premieres.
Until then, fill up yourglasses and push play.
Thanks for listening, cheers.
welcome to pour the wine.
It's rom-com time where we'llsip some wine and review all
things rom-com on the hallmarkchannel.
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Garry (00:18):
I am ready to pour the wine.
Amy (00:20):
Let's do it, it's time and we're having drum roll a cab as
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Garry (00:54):
That's right.
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Hopefully it's a positive review, but make sure you follow
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Garry (01:06):
Falling on me.
Amy (01:08):
I still want to say Twitter , I know right, and threads,
it's hard to not say it everyonce in a while.
Here's your wine, thank you.
Garry (01:16):
I'm going to have a sip real quick.
Amy (01:18):
Oh, okay, you're going to dive into that, huh.
Garry (01:25):
I haven't even started yet and you're like I need a sip
, had to wet my whistle, mywhistle.
So today we're reviewing thefirst of three Love on the Dan U
movies, called Love Song, thataired on Hallmark Channel on
Saturday, May 17th 2025.
It originally aired on HallmarkPlus on September 10th 2024,
when Hallmark Plus launched.
Amy (01:45):
That's almost a year ago.
Can you believe that I know.
Garry (01:46):
Time is flying Woo Woo on Hallmark Plus on September 10th
2024, when Hallmark Pluslaunched.
That's almost a year ago.
Can you believe that I knowTime is flying Woo?
Amy (01:51):
Woo, if you missed it, guess what?
What, tell me.
Garry (01:53):
Lay it on me, it's still on Hallmark Plus.
Amy (01:55):
It's still on Hallmark Plus .
It is there Without commercials, correct?
Garry (01:59):
Yes, correct.
So do you want to tell us who'sin this one?
Amy (02:03):
Sure, I will start with that, let's go.
Nainzine Contractor plays Sarah.
Her Hallmark work includesplaying I think it's either
Neela or Nyla, I'm not sure ifit's a hard I or a soft I In
four episodes of the Love Cluband in the Love Club Mom's Tori
movie in 2025.
(02:24):
She was in two episodes ofHolidays in 2024.
Ooh loved.
Garry (02:29):
Holidays which we know we love that.
Amy (02:31):
The Perfect Pairing in 2022 , which is super cute.
We just watched that one AWinter Getaway in 2021.
And it looks like her firstHallmark movie was the Christmas
Ring in 2020.
Wow, she's voiced a fewanimated series, including Star
Wars, resistance and Mickey andthe Roadster Racers.
(02:51):
She was in a series calledRansom.
She was in 39 episodes from2017 to 2019, five episodes of
Major Crimes which we loved in2017.
Garry (03:02):
Another one you got me hooked on.
Amy (03:04):
And an episode of Person of Interest which you got me
hooked on in 2014.
Garry (03:08):
The only one I got her hooked on.
The only.
Amy (03:10):
That's not true.
That's not true.
Wes Brown plays Jack and he's aHallmark favorite.
Yes, that's a good-looking manright there.
Garry (03:23):
But let's be honest, I'm better looking, right, right you
?
Amy (03:25):
are better looking, baby.
That is true.
That is true, wink wink youknow who he reminds me of.
I thought about during thismovie and this is total sidebar.
He reminds me of a youngbrendan frazier yes, he does,
yes, yes yep, yep, yep.
So I was thinking about thatwhen we were watching this.
I'm like you know what that'sfunny you said that.
That's what he reminds me ofAnyhoot.
(03:47):
We could call him practicallyMr Hallmark.
He has something like 19Hallmark movies shows
productions that he has done sofar, and he was in four movies
in 2024, including HolidayTouchdown Deck, the Walls,
autumn at Apple Hill and thisone.
(04:09):
They were all in 2024.
He was in one of our faves,biltmore Christmas in 2023, and
the Holly movies in 2023 and2022.
We love those two, those are socute.
He's also going to be inCountdown to Christmas 2025 in A
Newport Christmas with GinaClaire Mason from Hats Off to
(04:32):
Love Awesome, the star of thatone.
So, yeah, that's pretty cool.
Looking forward to that Some ofhis other work includes the
movie Inheritance in 2024, oneepisode of Once Upon a Time in
2016, and 11 episodes ofDeception in 2013.
Wow, oh, and he was in anepisode of Desperate Housewives
in 2012.
(04:53):
There's Desperate.
Garry (04:54):
Housewives again there's Desperate Housewives shows up.
Amy (04:57):
Catherine Drysdale plays Teddy.
This is her Hallmark debut andshe's in all three Love on the
Danube movies.
She was in 18 episodes ofbridgerton the ever popular
bridgerton.
Between 2020 and 2024 she wasin a series called the windsors.
She was in 11 episodes of thatfrom 2016 to 2023, where she
(05:19):
played megan markle, and this isactually a comedy soap opera
about the royals, okay so.
Garry (05:24):
So we might have to check that out.
It might be kind of funny.
Yes, we will.
Amy (05:28):
She's voiced a lot of animated series like Circle
Square she was in 21 episodes ofthat Between 2021 and 2022,.
Dennis and Nasher Unleashed shevoiced 17 episodes of that from
2017 to 2020.
Garry (05:44):
Okay.
Amy (05:44):
And Dennis and Nasher on the big screen.
She was a voice in 2020.
Garry (05:50):
Oh, wow, yeah, Gee crackers.
Amy (05:52):
Pamela Sinha plays Julia.
This is her Hallmark debut.
She was in the movie Shook in2024.
Okay, she was in ER.
There's ER, there's ER 17episodes between 1999 and 2005.
And she was in one episode ofCrossing Jordan in 2014.
David Samartin plays Jack.
(06:14):
He is actually a composer,really.
Garry (06:18):
Yeah, isn't that what he kind?
Amy (06:19):
of plays.
In this he's the music teacher,the band right he has the band
in the Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Garry (06:26):
Yeah, band right, he has the band in the.
Yeah, I think I think he doeshave the man.
Yeah, he has 10 the marchingband credits.
Yeah, I'm sorry, I was tryingto think about it.
Amy (06:34):
I know you're like what, where am I?
Garry (06:36):
is it jack what's happening?
Which one is it?
Amy (06:39):
he does play.
Oh, I said jack, didn't I yes,you did you did.
You are right.
Garry (06:44):
It's Andre.
That's what made me.
I was confused.
Amy (06:48):
I was like was there another man in this movie that
was playing bad?
Okay, maybe I need the wine.
Garry (06:51):
I take full credit for that.
Amy (06:53):
That's why you look so confused.
Garry (06:54):
I have to cherish this moment, y'all, because she
doesn't mess up that much.
Actually, I don't think shemesses up at all.
Amy (07:01):
I don't think she messes up at all.
No, I do, I do.
Yes, I can't believe I saidthat.
And I looked at you, like youwere losing your mind.
We have recorded evidence ofthat.
That's so funny.
Yeah, andre.
Okay, let me start that over.
David Smart plays Andre.
Yes, he's actually a composer.
Garry (07:21):
That's pretty cool.
Amy (07:23):
Oh gosh, okay.
He has 10 acting credits thatinclude emergency la he was in
seven episodes of that in 2023and the series harry's law he
was in one episode in 2011 andthat starred kathy bates.
Oh sweet, pretty cool.
Mark holden plays the captainof the ship, captain magnusson
(07:43):
yes, he has a ton of work thathe's done.
This is his homework debut, asfar as I could see.
He had a lot of acting credits.
We will see him in all threeLove on the Danube movies.
He was in the movie Damaged in2024 with Samuel L Jackson.
He was in Discovery of Witches.
Two episodes of that in 2021.
Garry (08:04):
Yeah, we watched like the first season.
Amy (08:05):
The first season, yeah world war z in 2013.
That's what tom cruise rightworld war z.
Garry (08:13):
No, I think that was with um oh I'm wrong, I take it back
.
Amy (08:16):
I need to drink some more wine uh, eight monkeys um brad
pitt?
Garry (08:22):
yeah, I think oh okay, I don't know.
Amy (08:24):
Yeah, someone will tell us, or correct?
Garry (08:26):
us.
Amy (08:26):
I'm sure, or I could look it up.
He was in final destination in2000 isn't that crazy?
And two episodes of one of yourfavorite shows, the x-files in
1997 in 1998, somewhere, richardhugh plays stanley.
This is his hallmark premiere.
His acting work dates all theway back to 1980.
Garry (08:48):
Wow.
Amy (08:48):
He was in the series the Diplomat.
He was in two episodes in 2024,which we have to get back to.
Garry (08:54):
Yes.
Amy (08:55):
He was in the series the Bay four episodes in 2019.
He was in Succession oneepisode in 2018.
Garry (09:02):
Another good movie there.
No, it's a series or series,sorry progression.
Amy (09:08):
Oh, one episode in 2018, another.
No, it's a series or series.
Sorry, he was also in um lineof duty.
Four episodes in 2014 and y'all.
If you haven't seen line ofduty, it is an excellent series
yes, it is excellent, excellent.
I was hoping that would comeback, but it won't.
It's a british series but yeahso good the gaffa the gaffer.
The gaffer.
Catherine Disher plays Betty.
She has been in severalHallmark productions, including
(09:33):
all three of the Love on theDanube movies.
She was in my Sweet AustrianHoliday, which is also known as
the Christmas Chocolatier, in2024.
That was really cute.
We know and love her from theGood Witch series, where she
played Martha Tinsdale in 76episodes from 2015 to 2021.
And she's in all of the GoodWitch movies dating back to 2008
(09:53):
.
Garry (09:53):
She's awesome.
Amy (09:54):
We could figure out how the movies fit in with the series.
We didn't watch any of themovies, but I think we watched
one, but it was a weird.
Garry (10:01):
Yeah, yeah.
Amy (10:02):
There was some missing there, but we loved the good
witch series.
Love, love, loved it.
She was in law and order,toronto, criminal intent, for
two episodes between 2024 and2025, and she too has voiced a
lot.
I mean a lot of animated workuh like x-men 97.
(10:23):
She did six episodes of that in2024.
Thomas and friends all enginesgo 11 episodes between 2021 and
2023.
Daniel spellbound 20 episodesbetween 2022 and 2023.
And roly-poly-oly, which thekids watched.
Garry (10:41):
You remember that?
Amy (10:42):
roly-poly-oly.
She voiced in 75 episodes ofthat between 1998 and 2004.
Garry (10:49):
Wow.
Amy (10:50):
And she was in a series called the Border for 38
episodes between 2008 and 2010.
Wow that was a lot.
There you go.
I love her though.
Garry (11:01):
Yeah, she's a great actress.
I really enjoy her stuff.
Yeah, she's a great actress, Ireally enjoy her stuff.
Amy (11:05):
Yeah, yeah, she's good.
Garry (11:08):
And I'm kind of anxious to see how she plays out in this
particular series.
I agree In this series.
Amy (11:14):
What's going to be her storyline?
Does it grow she?
Garry (11:16):
probably owns the boat.
Amy (11:18):
She probably does own the boat.
Yeah, we don't know it's herfloating home.
Yeah, it's her floating.
It might be.
I'm gonna be curious to see.
Garry (11:26):
Yeah, yeah, that's a good point that would be funny, if
that's what it was yep so what?
Amy (11:31):
did you think what did I think?
Should I drop the synopsis or?
Garry (11:35):
should I?
Goodness I am, we are.
Maybe I should take a sip ofwine, is it?
Amy (11:39):
friday.
Is it monday?
Garry (11:40):
I don't know what day it is now.
It's only Tuesday.
It's Monday.
This guy's is Tuesday.
Okay, it's time to drop this.
Enough, okay.
Amy (11:47):
Here we go A daughter traveling with her widowed
mother, a musical theaterperformer, and a son traveling
with his widowed father, apianist, meet on a cruise and
decide that their musicalparents would make the perfect
couple.
They just need to help themrealize it.
They spend the rest of the triptrying to engineer a romance,
only to discover it might not betheir parents who are falling
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in love.
Garry (12:10):
Right, right.
Amy (12:12):
Okay, right.
So what did you think?
Garry (12:17):
I loved the movie.
I loved the concept, definitelyloved the locations.
Amy (12:22):
Yeah.
Garry (12:28):
I enjoyed the various stops that you know the boat
took along the way.
However, I did feel like it wasa little slow.
Amy (12:34):
You did.
Garry (12:35):
Yeah, yeah, I didn't feel like it flowed like the other
movies.
That we've watched, but that'sokay.
I also felt like the charactersdidn't grow a lot in this one.
Amy (12:47):
Right.
Garry (12:47):
Well, maybe Julia.
Amy (12:50):
We might have to disagree a little bit about that, but yeah
, we can disagree but that's howI felt about this particular
one.
Well, I think too.
We're coming off of watchingthe Chicken Sisters, where we
had monumental growth for allthese characters, and this is
not the same.
That's fair.
Garry (13:04):
This is not the same.
That's fair.
This is not the same.
Yeah, so tell me what youthought.
Amy (13:09):
Well, I was sort of I mean, it'll be similar to yours in
that I enjoyed it.
I actually thought it wasreally cute.
I thought the cast had reallygood chemistry.
Garry (13:19):
Mm-hmm.
Amy (13:20):
And I actually, you know, love the location shoot, of
course, right, and it was filmed.
I did read that it was filmedmainly in Budapest.
Garry (13:28):
Right.
Amy (13:28):
Hungary.
They didn't make all the stops,but it was still beautiful,
right.
Garry (13:32):
Right.
Amy (13:33):
The architecture.
One of the shoes was literallyat one of the baths there when
they were in the pool.
Garry (13:40):
That was pretty cool yeah .
Amy (13:42):
Yeah, that's called the Gellert I don't know how to
pronounce that thermal bath.
It was built on historicalhealing hot springs in 1918.
Wow, and I read that the cameracrew had to get on bathing
suits because the angles theywanted they had to get in the
water.
Oh, wow To shoot, which Ithought was pretty cool, and
then the church scene that theyfilmed in.
It was the first time that thatchurch ever allowed a filming
crew inside to film.
Garry (14:04):
Wow, Hallmark got the first shoot.
Church of Our.
Amy (14:05):
Lady of Buddha Castle.
It's also known as St MatthiasChurch.
Garry (14:09):
It was beautiful inside.
Amy (14:10):
Yeah, I thought that was cool.
So the location shoot I alwayslove that when they do that.
You know, I actually thought itflowed smoothly.
I just kept thinking like softand smooth as we were going
through it.
Right, the story, the locationshoot, the actors Did it blow me
away.
No right, you know.
But it doesn't have to knock mysocks off to just be an
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enjoyable, heartfelt movie.
Yeah so that's kind of how Ifelt, I mean I wasn't sad that
we watched it, you know I mean Ithought.
I thought it was enjoyable, butit didn't like blow me away,
like some of our other favoritehomework movies.
So, yeah, we're kind of on thesame page there.
Okay, yeah.
Garry (14:49):
What about favorite scenes?
Did you have any?
Amy (14:51):
A few the location shoot in general.
Garry (14:56):
Yes.
Amy (14:56):
I just loved all the shots.
Garry (14:59):
It was beautiful.
Amy (14:59):
So yeah, so I have to give a shout out to that.
I thought the meet cute workedon the steps when she was trying
to get reception right on thesteps.
Garry (15:09):
Okay, so what do?
Amy (15:10):
you what do you?
That's one of your favoritescenes.
Garry (15:12):
It's one of my favorite scenes where she's walking up
the steps trying to get a signalon her phone yeah she's talking
to herself and then, um jackcomes up behind her like he's
dancing and then she turnsaround and they start to talk
and you know, they introducethemselves to each other.
But then, as they're sayinggoodbye, he turns around to her
(15:35):
and says talk typos later.
Yeah, and he was like why did Isay?
Amy (15:40):
that that was just seemed like a.
They did seem so genuine.
Garry (15:45):
And.
Amy (15:45):
I don't know.
Yeah, I thought that, so I'mglad we agree with that.
That was just such a cute meetcute, so to speak.
Yeah, I enjoyed that.
Any other scenes that you liked?
Garry (15:56):
I loved the cake scene that they did the cake scene.
Yeah, where Jack and Sarah wentto go taste the cake.
Amy (16:01):
Oh, yes, yes, where they?
Garry (16:04):
And I think his name was Lucas, the character who was,
you know, providing the cakes.
Amy (16:10):
Yeah, was it cheesecake, or was it it was just cake?
Garry (16:12):
I'm not sure.
I think some of it might havebeen cheesecake.
Amy (16:14):
Yeah.
Garry (16:16):
But the way the guy or Lucas, he was really serious
about them enjoying the tastingof these cakes.
Amy (16:23):
Yes, it was very serious business.
Garry (16:25):
But then you have Sarah and Jake, you know, trying to
make fun of the moment and theydecided, oh, you know, we're
getting engaged.
And then the guy was like, well, there's no spots for weddings
because it takes years to bookit right.
And they're like, oh, thatwould take too long.
But there was a courthouseacross the street, so they
talked about going there.
Amy (16:46):
Yeah.
Garry (16:46):
But then they said oh, can we get a to-go box In?
Amy (16:49):
his face In his face Like what, yeah, yeah what.
Garry (16:54):
A to-go box.
Yeah, are you serious?
That whole scene really worked.
It was cute and fun.
Amy (17:00):
So I thought that was fun.
Yeah, the library scene too,just because I love the library
you know just all the books, thecool architecture, you know, I
just thought it looked cool andthen walking through it, and
then of course.
Garry (17:14):
Then they go to the music room right, that's in the
library or a part of the library, right?
Amy (17:18):
And they go in into the music room, which again I
thought was really cool, and Ididn't look up to see what
library that was.
I bet that was a real.
Garry (17:24):
It was.
Oh, did you look it up?
I didn't write it down.
It kind of reminded me of theLibrary of Congress.
Amy (17:30):
Yeah, I mean, that's a beautiful library too.
Garry (17:33):
Yes, but yeah, because I had that down as one of my
favorites too, did you?
Amy (17:37):
Yeah, so they go in and he gifts his father.
Garry (17:42):
His name is going to be in the book and the oldest book,
I think of marching bands.
Amy (17:47):
Every time she said Guggenheim, I kept thinking
Guggenheim, like the Guggenheim.
Garry (17:52):
Yeah, it was interesting though, Because when he sat down
and, I think, sarah came upwith the idea, and so they
booked this private viewing ofthis book.
Amy (18:02):
Oh, that's right, she did.
Garry (18:03):
You're right, he got his name in, and then they take a
picture of Andre and his father.
And yeah, I liked that scenetoo.
I thought it was pretty cool.
Amy (18:13):
Yeah, yeah, did you have any other?
No, no.
Garry (18:16):
What about you?
Amy (18:17):
The other one that I had listed was when Julia and Betty
sing the trolley song.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
That was really good.
Yeah, I thought that was reallygood.
Do you know what that's?
Garry (18:29):
from no, that's from the musical no, it's.
Amy (18:30):
Meet Me in St Louis.
Garry (18:33):
Oh, meet me in St Louis.
That was a fun scene too, Ithought that was a really fun
scene.
I just liked it and I likedthat they got to sing.
Yeah, yeah, I thought that wascute.
I forgot about that scene.
Yep, yep, yep.
Amy (18:45):
Yeah.
Garry (18:46):
Any more.
Amy (18:47):
No, that's it for favorite scenes for me.
Garry (18:49):
So shall we move on to Cheers.
Amy (18:51):
Cheers, biggest cheer, from you.
Or a cheer if you have several.
Garry (18:57):
No, my biggest cheer was that they actually shot it on
location.
Amy (19:00):
Yep, I have that too and, like you said, mostly in.
Garry (19:03):
Budapest and Hungary.
Amy (19:05):
Yeah, budapest and Hungary, yeah, Budapest, hungary is
Right, right, right, right and.
Garry (19:09):
The city?
I didn't know, but along theway there's a lot of houses that
are along the bank.
Amy (19:17):
Of the Danube.
Garry (19:18):
Yeah, oh yeah, because the Danube, I think it's.
What did they say?
It's like I don't know.
Like 1,700 miles long.
Amy (19:26):
Did they talk about it in the movie?
No, they didn't.
I looked it up, yeah.
Garry (19:30):
Yeah, 1,770 miles long.
Amy (19:33):
And you know we've never been on a cruise, but that type
of cruise, yeah, Boat.
Garry (19:38):
Yeah.
Amy (19:38):
I mean, obviously, I guess you wouldn't have the big cruise
ships on the Danube.
Garry (19:46):
I I don't really know.
I mean, don't quote me on that,I don't really know.
It's a river and you can't getunder those bridges with a big
old cruise ship.
Amy (19:50):
That's true, but I thought that was really just cool the
way it was.
Garry (19:54):
I would do that, I would totally go over there and do
that and you know they do havecruises and I looked that up by
the way.
Amy (19:58):
Oh, okay, are we going.
Garry (20:07):
Did two to five days.
They have standard cruises,which is seven to eight days,
extended cruises, which is 10 to14 days, and then the grand
cruises, which is 15 to 22 plusdays.
Amy (20:13):
Now is this a 22 plus days, so maybe that's what the one?
Garry (20:18):
what's her name?
Amy (20:19):
I forgot her name Betty, betty, the character Betty.
Garry (20:21):
Maybe that's what she booked is the long one.
Maybe That'd be interesting,yeah to see and they have
different places where you canget on and off for each of those
cruises.
Amy (20:30):
So is that a particular cruise line?
Garry (20:33):
or you're just saying in general, it is danube, but I I,
I think it's on the danube, ordanube, anyways it's well, I
hope it is because you're butthe one that they shot on, the
boat that they shot on, wasactually one of the real ones
and they had their pamphlets onthere that you could see if you
were paying attention.
Amy (20:51):
It's legit.
Yes, oh, that's so cool.
Look at you with the trivia.
That's awesome yeah.
Garry (20:57):
I thought I'd drop that in there for you.
Amy (20:58):
Look at you.
Garry (20:59):
So did you have any cheers?
Amy (21:01):
Well, you said the location shoot.
Um, I had a few I I loved thatthey didn't have.
Julia regret her choice to umstep down from her career not
step down but step away from hercareer.
When she became a parent and youknow I mean so many times the
movies are, it's like the oldtrope, you know, like oh gosh, I
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wish I wouldn't have done that,I should have have stayed.
But she was like you know, Ididn't regret it.
I mean, you can be sad aboutsomething and you can miss it
and not regret it.
Garry (21:31):
Right.
Amy (21:31):
Right.
So I just I kind of enjoyedthat storyline part of it.
I actually thought thechemistry worked really well
between everybody.
Garry (21:41):
Yeah.
Amy (21:46):
It wasn't like explosive, but I just thought it flowed
lovely.
Garry (21:48):
You know I thought it was just a lovely flow throughout
the whole movie.
Amy (21:50):
I can see that.
Yeah, those were.
Do you have any other cheers?
No, I don't have any other.
You don't have any other?
No, nothing else.
The winery stop.
Garry (21:58):
We've got to shout that out.
Well, that winery is prettycool because they said the
cellar goes on for miles.
Yes, can you imagine?
Amy (22:04):
That would be so cool to see.
Garry (22:06):
So cool.
I'm just giving a shout out tothe winery.
So I mean it's gotta be a cheerwe have to.
Amy (22:12):
I love which we've already.
You know which I've alreadymentioned um Catherine Disher I
just love her she's, so I justlove her quirkiness and the, the
characters and how she kind of,you know, talked to everyone
and Kind of cheered them up.
Cheered them up, brought themaround.
You know it was cool, and thefact that she knew everything
about them, she was like, oh mygosh, I know all your music.
Garry (22:33):
You know, and like that was funny.
Amy (22:35):
And I have a favorite play of yours to Stanley you know.
So she kind of just like I justthought her character, I loved
her character, so I character,so I'm okay, so I'm looking, I'm
looking forward to seeing herin the other two movies, right,
and like you said earlier, tosee where she goes, where her
character goes and what she does.
Um, I kind of am digging theopenings, the cartoony with the
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and the music.
I thought that was really cool.
Garry (23:01):
Remind me of the royals, the royal series that's exactly
what I had down.
Amy (23:04):
Yeah, the royal weekends that we had.
Garry (23:06):
Yeah, royalish, royalish and the.
Amy (23:08):
Royal we and yeah, where they had that cute little
opening.
So we should watch this oneagain and then see if it differs
from the next one which I'msure it probably will.
Maybe it's the different stopsor whatever, but I kind of like
that, I think it's cute and, youknow, a little quirky.
And then the song slash musicat the end just reminded me of
the 80s music.
Garry (23:26):
Yes.
Amy (23:27):
It was very.
I know it wasn't from the 80s,but it was reminiscent of that,
so I love that.
Well, cool yeah.
So there you go.
Garry (23:34):
So that was all your cheers, huh.
Amy (23:35):
That was it.
Those were my cheers.
Garry (23:38):
So we're going to move on to jeers.
Amy (23:40):
All right, let's move on to jeers and see what you got.
What you got.
Okay, my one of my, just Do youhave a whole list?
Well, I have a couple.
Okay, I have like three.
Garry (23:48):
Okay, julia, I just I understand you know the fear of
getting back up on stage, but Ifelt like there were too many
scenes where she kept saying Idon't want to go on there, I
don't want to go up on stage,you know I don't want to go on
there.
I don't want to go up on stage,you know, I don't want to be
the lead, I just want to be inthe chorus.
It just felt like I think itwas like three or four scenes
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where she said that and then shetakes, she leaves a note on her
bed for Sarah that you knowwhere she went and just kind of
sat on a bench, contemplate youknow her life or whatever, and
then she tells her about how shedoesn't want to do it, but then
Sarah kind of talks her into itso that was one of my tears.
I loved her as a character.
(24:31):
Yeah, I just felt that part ofit, just to me was Did you feel
like it was too much?
Amy (24:37):
It was too much.
It was too much for rehearsing.
Garry (24:39):
I mean for somebody that was on stage for a while.
I wouldn't think the nerveswould be that much as much as
they portrayed in this.
Amy (24:48):
I don't know if you haven't done it in 35 years or however
long.
It was 30 years.
Garry (24:51):
And then I think another reason was because her husband's
passing, who was always therefor her plays musicals.
Amy (24:59):
Right.
Garry (24:59):
Maybe that has something to do with it too.
Maybe, yeah, that was one ofthem.
What about you?
Amy (25:03):
Okay, it looked like Jack and Andre could have been
brothers and not father and son.
I swear.
I mean and you know and that'sa compliment towards Andre if he
is in fact old enough to beJack's father.
But I just felt like the agedifference.
You know, in certain anglesjust wasn't enough for me?
Garry (25:24):
Are there just not enough ?
Older actors?
I don't know, I don't know.
Wasn't enough for me, are therejust not enough?
Amy (25:25):
older actors?
I don't know.
I don't know but it just theyjust seem closer in age than
what I think they were trying toput off.
And again, maybe that's just atestament to Andre or the actor
who plays Andre.
Garry (25:40):
True.
Amy (25:41):
And, by the way, when I say , did you ever watch Project
Runway with Heidi Klum and TimGunn?
yeah, we watched it a little bit, but there was one of the first
few seasons there was one ofthe contestants.
His name was andre.
So when we were watching this,tim gunn used to say andre, and
he used to say it in such a wayand it became like a thing right
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during that season.
He'd go Andre, where are you?
You know, oh, andre, and justthe way he said so in my head
the whole time we were watchingthis movie that's what I kept
thinking of.
So shout out to Project Runwayfor that.
Garry (26:18):
That is funny.
Amy (26:19):
What other jeers did you have?
Garry (26:21):
The scene when, with Jack and Sarah taking a carriage
ride.
Oh, oh, my God, that hurt myhead Because it was bouncy, with
Jack and Sarah taking acarriage ride.
Amy (26:31):
Oh, oh, my God, that hurt my head Because it was bouncy.
Yeah, it was, it was, yeah.
Garry (26:32):
I don't know if that was a green screen, or if it was
real, because the aperture onthe camera I don't know.
Amy (26:38):
But yeah, I had to look away.
Garry (26:39):
It was hard to tell Because they kept bouncing, but
I don't think their voicessounded like they were bouncing.
They were like bouncing up anddown.
That's true.
I didn't think about that whenwe were watching it and it just
drove me crazy.
Amy (26:49):
I just didn't like that, yeah it was too like jerky
almost, and up and down it washurt my eyes I mean, I guess the
fact that we couldn't tell ifit was a green screen is not a
bad thing, because that means itwas decent, but it was like
green screen and it was legit.
And then other parts you knowif they had to reshoot or
whatever.
Garry (27:08):
And the car that was behind them.
It was like if the carriagewould have had a sudden stop,
that car would have ran up onthem.
Amy (27:15):
I didn't even know Was it right close.
Garry (27:17):
I didn't see it, I didn't even know.
Amy (27:18):
I was paying attention to the dialogue.
Thank you very much.
Garry (27:21):
Okay, no, just kidding.
Amy (27:28):
So what about you?
What's your cheer Sarah's boss?
Can we just make bosses?
Garry (27:30):
be a boss.
I know be a boss people.
Amy (27:31):
It was like a weird like we almost didn't even need that.
Garry (27:34):
Yes.
Amy (27:35):
You know, I mean, we didn't need that character.
I didn't think and I justdidn't.
I don't know the whole over.
You know you're fired if youdon't get this in right.
Garry (27:45):
I know.
Amy (27:51):
I mean, they have these.
I just our bosses.
Really, I just wish they wouldget away from that.
You know, you could have a bosswho's you know hard on you and
whatnot, but it just I don'tknow.
I'm just maybe I'm kind of wornout from that, but I just
didn't think it worked.
Um, I didn't like when sarahacted, surprised that jack was
into her when they were at theirdinner, I know, she's like what
?
yeah, but she was flirting with.
They were kind of like buildingit up a little bit.
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Yeah, I don't know.
Garry (28:12):
I just felt like in that part it didn't that one scene
like oh, yeah, for the wholescene I'm like, but y'all just
met yeah, well, yeah yeah sothat was another one.
Amy (28:24):
Do you have any more?
Garry (28:24):
was that the scene where he kind of, you know, laid it
out for her like he he was inlove with her and all that?
Yeah, it kind of reminded me ofJohn Cusack's Say Anything.
Amy (28:36):
I gave her my heart.
She gave me a pen.
Garry (28:38):
Yeah, that was funny, but no, I didn't have any more.
Amy (28:43):
No, that was it.
The only other one that I hadfor a jeer was the hats.
Garry (28:48):
Yes.
Amy (28:48):
When Jack and Andre wear the hats, I didn't view it so
much as Frank Sinatra.
Did you think of Frank Sinatrawhen you saw those hats on them?
No, no, I just didn't.
And we love Frank Sinatra.
Garry (29:00):
Yes, Now.
Amy (29:00):
I don't know all of his stuff.
I mean I know he wore what, dothey call them Fedoras or
whatever, so but I just didn'tfeel like it.
He's like, oh, you look justlike Frank Sinatra.
And I'm like, yeah, no, notreally.
Garry (29:14):
I didn't get that.
Oh, I did have one more, Jerryit was the captain.
Amy (29:19):
The captain.
Garry (29:20):
It was kind of like a voiceover a couple of times
throughout the movie where hewas saying we're now stopping at
whatever port, and why wouldn'tyou just show him he's there?
I would rather them show him onthe microphone saying okay, our
next stop is blah blah blah.
But it just kind of soundedlike they were coming off the
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boat.
And there's this voice, likeGod is speaking to you.
Amy (29:46):
Well, it's so interesting that you say that, because I
kind of liked it.
Garry (29:48):
Oh, did you.
Amy (29:49):
The voiceover in that part of it.
Yeah, where he was like nextstop you know, vienna or
whatever they would say, andthen he would talk about some of
the things.
Garry (29:57):
Yeah.
Amy (29:57):
That's interesting.
We have a different opinionabout that.
Garry (30:01):
Yes, but yes.
Amy (30:03):
I understand your point, but I don't agree with it
Because I'm not changing it.
I didn't like the voiceover atthe very beginning, when you
hear Sarah and Julia talking inlike the cab they're pulling up
to get on the cruise.
Garry (30:17):
Right.
Amy (30:17):
And it's like a weird, like just show them.
Garry (30:19):
That's what I was saying.
Amy (30:20):
It's kind of like what you were just saying about the
captain, but I felt like thatkind of worked, but with them I
just felt like why are we?
We don't even know who they are.
I don't know.
I just thought that that was.
It was weird, a little bitweird.
Garry (30:31):
Yeah, but that's it for me.
Amy (30:32):
Yeah, yeah.
Garry (30:33):
What about you?
Amy (30:35):
That's all I got to say about that.
Garry (30:38):
No, that's it for me.
So, out of five corks, then,how many would you give it?
Oh, um, I'd probably give it asolid three and a half.
Yeah, that's what I.
What would you give it?
Amy (30:53):
three and a half really, we're the same.
Yes, I almost went a four metoo but that's bordering on what
I really like and I know we'vebeen freely giving away fives
and stuff that we just reallylike, because we're just, you
know, into the stuff that, andit wasn't bad acting.
Garry (31:05):
It was not bad acting.
No, it wasn't the chemistry.
It wasn't like love is in.
No, no, it was not bad acting.
No, it wasn't like it wasn'tthe chemistry.
It wasn't like love is in theair, just some of the clips.
Or love in the clouds Love inthe clouds, love in the clouds,
see I don't even know it wassupposed to be called love in
the air, but Whatever Love inthe, but it was a nice movie
(31:25):
night for us, don't you think?
I enjoyed it.
A nice Saturday night.
Amy (31:29):
Okay, yeah, there you go.
Garry (31:31):
Well, is that a wrap?
Amy (31:31):
That's a wrap.
Garry (31:32):
Well, thanks for listening.
Be sure to follow the podcastwherever you listen so you don't
miss one.
Also, follow us on social media.
We'd love to have you leave usa review on Apple Podcast and or
Spotify.
Amy (31:47):
Hopefully it's a positive one and we'd really appreciate
it.
We'd not only love it, but we'dreally appreciate it Right,
we'd love to talk to you.
We'd love to talk to you.
We'd love to hear what youthink or type to you or type to
you Chat to you, whatever youwant to call it.
Be sure to join us nextWednesday for our review, may
24th 2025, on the hallmarkchannel and streams the next day
(32:09):
on hallmark plus yay you canalso now join us on tinsel
tuesdays yes, we're startingtinsel tuesdays for our hallmark
reviews of all things christmas.
And we're gonna start withmistletoe murders.
Yep, we we're going to startreviewing each episode because
(32:29):
we have not watched that yet andwe wanted to, and they do have
a season two, so we need towatch it and catch up before
season two premieres.
Until then, fill up yourglasses and push play.
Thanks for listening, cheers.
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