10 Steps to Love

One of Hallmark who is obvious more than a pretty romance. For few details, acting, humor and inspired solution to the old recipe. For a good energy, to. Because the dose of realistic situation is just the key in this case. And this makes all story just attractive, from the ten points plan to instant coffee and the farm , for sweet dose of jane Austen and for supporting actors reflecting the work of main one not only...supporting them. In short, just a real provocative surprise. Sure, far to be innovative but escaping from the boring cliches and proposing new style of storytelling. And this just works.

Another great movie from the GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY Network. Ella Cannon is simply outstanding. This is the third film I've seen her in, the second where she is the lead (see also 2023 Christmas movie "Peppermint and Postcards"). This film, "10 Steps to Love," is my favorite so far. It was well-acted by the entire cast, featured great scenery, and the production values were quite good. Well known romance actress Lexi Giovagnoli co-starred and did her usual excellent job, whether she's starring or co-starring. Male star Britton Webb is new to me, but did a very good job as well. If you've seen Ella Cannon before you know she is capable of great work even if the script is a little weak--but THIS script was great, so she really shined. This is a love story with Ella and two different men. Both guys playing potential love interests did a good job, both the winner and the loser, if I can call them that. The entire film progressed logically and yet wasn't simply full of boring expectations, either. If you really enjoy romance films and like being able to decide who to root for when there are more than one possible candidates, I really and truly believe you'll love this film. And did I mention that it stars the stunningly beautiful Ella Canon, my very favorite Australian import?

This is one of the best autumn/fall TV romance movies, and I watched them a lot (made for or by Hallmark, Reel One, Lifetime, and similar). This is how you properly do it. If this was made for or by Hallmark it would be ruined by obligatory Halloween theme, pumpkins, fake yellow/red leafs to hide that movie was obviously shot in summer, pumpkin pies, Vancouver pretending to be fake US city and all other stereotypes and tropes. Or if it was made for or by Reel One it would suffer from various technical issues like obnoxiously loud background music, poor audio and/or overusage of stock footage. There is nothing like this here. It was shot in North Carolina, they even used the real family name (Stepp) and location. I like that main lead actually drove Volvo XC40. This is the first time I ever watched both Ella Cannon and Britton Webb, and both were great. And the whole cast was at least fine up to great. Writing was good except one brief scene at the end of Act II when Sophie and Gaby get out of Volvo SUV - it was obviously crammed as after tought but it's nothing movie breaking. Nothing is perfect so my only real complain is that movie suffers from a lot of small bad cuts. I don't understand how is that even possible. They are not big, and I guess that if you casually watch it you won't notice them, but if you are into technical side of movies like me, yea, you are gonna to notice them. I'm going to blame director Elizabeth Snoderly who is obviously producer and writer by her resume, and this was her second directing... And don't watch trailer if you plan to watch it as it shows whole movie.