Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

juneebuggy This was a cute Christmas romance, better than a lot I have seen. Brandon Routh takes the lead here as a confirmed bachelor/firefighter and does a great job -definitely one of the reasons to take the time to watch this.The story is based on a book by Sheila Roberts and follows "Zachary" as he adopts a stray cat, which leads a pretty veterinary student to enter his life and alter his feelings about remaining single. In the book version the cat has a voice and is the star of the story bringing Zach and Merilee together and providing much comedy along the way. I wish they'd included this aspect in the movie, a missed opportunity.There is a cheese here, with Routh posing for a calendar and some terrible (silly) banter with a couple of fellow firefighters in the house. I did enjoy Gregory Harrison as the chief. The romance is fine and unfolds as expected, with a nice feel good ending.This was filmed in Langley B.C (Canada)as somewhere USA and is another one of those Christmas movies shot early or late summer with lots of green grass, sunshiny bright days and leaves on the trees. -Just a personal gripe

utgard14 Charming and fun Hallmark romcom about a handsome fireman (Brandon Routh) who takes in a stray cat, which leads him to meeting a veterinary student (Kimberly Sustad). Despite some obstacles, such as his witchy model girlfriend, the two become fast friends and eventually roommates. Will they become more? No, actually, they will not...because this is the only Hallmark movie ever made where the guy and the girl don't get together in the end.I'm kidding, obviously. We all know where this will end up but, as they say, "it's the journey not the destination." The two leads are both extremely likable and attractive. Like everyone else, I'm familiar with Brandon Routh from Superman Returns and a few other movies and television shows. So I knew what to expect from him. Kimberly Sustad, however, I wasn't sure about. I could have sworn I'd seen her in something before. She looks vaguely familiar and her style of acting also seemed to ring some bells. However, I looked at her IMDb filmography and drew nothing but blanks. So I guess she just has one of those faces. Anyway, she's a treat to watch and easy to root for. She also has very nice chemistry with Routh. Can I just say how happy I was to see a male character in one of these things who wasn't rich and didn't have an MBA? The guy's ridiculously good-looking, brave, and dates models so, no, he's not Joe Everyman. But Hallmark has this annoying habit of writing the men in their romcoms to either be from a wealthy family or have some kind of business degree that lets us know he could be wealthy if he wanted to be. It's nice to see them stepping away from that irritating trope this time around. Anyway, it's a fun, lighthearted romantic comedy with a little bit of Christmas flavor. If you enjoy Hallmark movies then you'll probably like this one.

Andrew Harris In this day and age it is nice to have an hour or so of escapism. The casting was spot on. Brandon and Kimberley's acting was believable.I've seen Kimberly in a few things. And she is a beautiful and talented actress able to display emotions convincingly,and professionally.and at times comical.So there might have been a few inconsistencies,it's only a film and it is what it is.The rest of the cast were very well chosen and played there individual roles brilliantly.The sub plots were in keeping with the film.The two cats were wonderful and very well trained a credit to their handlers.Hallmark make wonderful films,who cares if they don't make sense.An hour or so in there company temporarily makes you forget all the terrible things going on in the world at the moment.Keep up the good work.

boblipton He's a hunky fireman -- Brandon Routh, who recently played Superman -- who's going to be the cover on the calendar, with a girlfriend who's a model. Kimberly Sustad's holding down a full-time job in a pet store and studying to be a veterinarian -- she keeps falling asleep in class, only to give the complete answers in her sleep. It's obvious to even the most casual viewer what's going to happen.However, that's rarely a problem in a romantic comedy. It's always apparent from the beginning that the two leads are going to wind up together. What can be interesting is the way they get there. Here the connection is a ginger tabby that he rescues. Thereafter circumstances keep throwing them together, as do their friends, with all the subtlety of jackhammers -- the leads never notice.The movie is chock full of extraneous characters who show up for a scene or two to motivate the action and then vanish -- presumably they are fitted in better in the book this is based on. The Christmas aspect of the movie is incidental.However the leads perform their roles with a great deal of anxious charm, and the cat they got for the ginger tabby is a charming clown. More than good enough.