This is the 3rd Hallmark movie I've seen the female lead in and unfortunately, she seems to act the same in all of them. She tends to have a very flat affect - maybe it's her inherent personality and not her acting. But she doesn't seem to ever be overy excited or overly upset. She just .... IS. .. whether she's tracking down a msytery story in this movie or designing couture clothes or tracking down a father she never knew. It isn't the worst movie Hallmark has ever made, but it won't go down in history as one of their most popular ever. The authentic location really saves it. For once, Hallmark spent some cash and filmed in France instead of trying to make Vancouver look like France. Whoever oversaw the wardrobe should be fired. The female lead is a plus-size woman, apparently Hallmark's attempt at body positivity. She's very attractive, but was dressed in clothes at least 2 sizes too small for her. The winter coat especially was nothing short of criminal. It was a nice sashed wrap-style coat but she was forced to wear it like a bolero. It was literally inches short of even meeting in front, much less wrapping. She kept tugging on it and trying to straighten it over her bust, almost self-consciously. If it had been 2 sizes bigger, it would have wrapped and fit nicely and she'd have looked slimmer and sleeker than she did poured into a too-small coat and fighting it constantly. Somebody in the wardrobe department needs some pointers in dressing plus-size people. They hired a plus-size lead, but then don't treat her with the respect due a lead. I'd bet my last dollar Lacey Chabert's wardrobe fits her perfectly. Everytime ;-)
