Complete with cardboard characters that spew obvious dialogue designed to drive the plot along, viewers who choose to watch this disaster will be dragged out over a nearly one hundred minute runtime of melancholy delay of the inevitable just to have the so-called conflict resolved in five minutes or less. What was an intriguing plot about a highly pertinent issue facing many Christians-namely broken marriages-has been transformed into a mellow and boring snoozefest full of the typical Hallmark emptiness and the unrealistic fairy tale alternate realities. The otherwise interesting novel A Time to Dance has officially been #Hallmarked. In other words, A Time to Dance is business as usual for Hallmark.Īnything good about this plot can be credited to Karen Kingsbury, not Hallmark. As will be expounded upon shortly, the editing is lazy and sloppy, leaving the viewer with a half-effort plot. While the sets and locations seem above board, they are actually quite limited and dressed up to have that ‘magical’ Hallmark look. Audio quality is consistent throughout, but there’s the ever present generic melancholy-serene Hallmark soundtrack to listen to throughout the scenes. Clear video quality is evident, as is professional camera work. Not to be deterred from their endless factory model of manufacturing inspirational films ripped off from popular authors, Hallmark always spends the money on production quality. But they must rekindle their romance before time runs out. Forced to work together for their daughter’s wedding, Abby and John begin to relive why they fell in love in the first place. However, Abby’s father uses this time to step into their business to find out what’s really going on between them.

Not wanting to spoil her time, they decide to hold off until she gets married. They are ready to file for divorce when their daughter comes home from college suddenly engaged to her boyfriend.

They raised a family together, but now they are growing apart. Abby and John fell in love in high school, went to college together, got married, and came back to the small town where they grew up.

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