Lesbians Come To Hallmark

Wedding Every Weekend is on some level a fairly ordinary Hallmark romance with the male lead particularly familiar.  The female lead for me is best known from her role in the Nine Lives of Christmas, which by the way was better than the book.  (The male lead there is nice on the eyes, if a bit stiff. Paul Campbell here has a nice ordinary guy charm, favoring snark, which at times is appreciably toned down.)  At least a couple of the supporting characters look familiar, a friend is a person of color (rarely is a lead; Meghan Markle had white parents in one of her two films!). 

Overall a pleasant if somewhat slow (which has charms) film of two people who fall in love (after meeting cute though he was somewhat rude, emphasizing his "not interested in a relationship vibe")  while going to a bunch of weddings.  The complication comes in the last twenty minutes or so, is a tad forced, but you know, it has to done since these things have a style.  This includes (a Faith Ford film where she is a long time widow is an exception) only having the kiss at the end.  The conservative nature of these plots (though the characters often some off as fairly liberal types and religion is rarely referenced) suggests why there was a bit of a thing when the channel showed a lesbian wedding in an ad.

Well, after getting in trouble for pulling them after one particular protest campaign made a fuss (unclear how strong the group was in numbers), they are apparently going in the other direction.  Lifetime will have a gay romance, following the usual plot lines apparently.  And, Hallmark will have gay and lesbian (trans? will see)  content too. Well, it already did. One of the weddings here -- just inserted without fanfare -- is of two women.  Other than noting how touching it was, the couple here loathe to admit deep feelings especially the guy, it went off as normal. It might have been a bit shorter than the others, but the couple had other scenes too.

No "shoving down your throat" stuff here. (Joke omitted.)  Just a natural part of the plot, a quite reasonable possibility when the two are going to a bunch of weddings one summer.  (I take in this was 2019. Will we have a Covid-19 film eventually?)   Hallmark has so many of these movies, often with more than one plot (these films often have a "B" plot, at times more), we really should have more diversity of all types just for variety sake.

Anyway, I appreciate the effort.