For Better or for Worse

Well. What to say about this flick? Aired on Hallmark as part of their WEDDING movies extravaganza!! The biggest draw was the reunion on screen of Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields. Beyond that it's your typical fluffy wedding movie. Neither parent is thrilled about the wedding of their children and do everything they can to bust up the impending nuptials. Enjoyable but mostly snooze-worthy!

Even for a Hallmark movie this is a real stinker. The poor actors really struggle through the awful script and the bad direction compounds the problem. Dont waste your time

Okay this movie is so cringe! The kids get married and their parents get together? Gross. Step brother and sister who are married? Also, horrible acting!

I get that the male lead was heartbroken by his wife leaving, and he's having trouble opening his heart again. But making him be so blatantly cynical and anti-marriage just made him unlikable. A divorce lawyer can still wish a newlywed couple the best, and accept that many marriages are happily successful. Both parents were terrible control freaks with their kids. I understand being alarmed by your kid dropping out of school. And the son could have called his mom weeks earlier and told her that he was getting serious with somebody. But that doesn't excuse the parents' behavior. They deserved the scolding that their kids eventually give them. Also, I don't know much about veganism. But wouldn't a vegan object to fishing and cow-milking and harvesting chicken eggs?

This started out almost feeling like a comedy. And I think that was intentional. One thing, that may have bothered other viewers--even more, was the continual feeling of the age difference between Whelchel and Lugo. That was a bit of miscasting. As the story progressed, this theme continued. A lot of silliness and predictable moments. And as things started to come together, some joyful tears. I enjoyed it! Cute and different!