This movie had potential, but fell short. Low budget and poor script. First, the female lead is no surgeon. She is too young and too cutesy to be a serious surgeon. Being a surgeon takes many years, and since they didn't say she was a child prodigy, not likely. Then cut to single parent of young boy - to be in the position she was in during her career - she would have no time to raise him on her own without a nanny. They head to the family farm, which would have been believable as a farm except for the really bad green-screen shots of the "scenery". Obviously they are standing in front of matte paintings - and more than once.
Talk about low budget. Jen's characters always seem forced and rely on her big doe eyes to make you forget she can't really act. But Hallmark has a few actresses that look good, but can't get the job done. And as a surgeon, she wouldn't be doing all the "country- doctoring" on the fly or be able to diagnose the broken leg and the swollen knee issues without x-rays and testing. She seems to be able to just look at a leg and a knee and tell what's wrong with it - that's not how medicine works. They tried to give her medical terms to say to sound official, but it comes off as trying too hard. Ryan is charming, and he's played a farm-hand enough to make it work. But not enough substance to the characters or real relationship development to make it a worthwhile watch. This just felt rushed and slapped together. It's too bad that they didnt give more time to develop the romance and a believable storyline, as it would have made for a better watch.
