I know a lot of Hallmarks movies are cheesy but this one is definitely not. It's original, has beautiful Christmas ambiance and has a freakin awesome German Shepherd dog. If you are a Shepherd lover like me you will love this movie and the romance story that it tells.
It's about a widower (the beautiful Teri Polo) who loses her German Shepherd dog named Buddy who gets lost during a storm. She's had him for 5 years and he was her late husbands dog so her connection to Buddy is strong and endearing. A truck driver finds Buddy injured from the storm and takes him to a rescue center. The owner of this rescue center convinces her brother/widower (the handsome Martin Cummings) to take in Buddy until she can find a permanent home for him. His daughter (the terrific Jordan Ashley Olson) is hesitant about taking in Buddy because she's still suffering grief from losing her mother 2 years prior. But the father and daughter of course fall in love with Buddy and officially adopt him only to be find out the his original owner has tracked him down. The father doesn't want to give Buddy back because his daughter loves the dog so much and she has been through so much grief with losing her mother. But eventually they do give him back and then the love story between the widowers begins. Buddy turns out to be an excellent matchmaker with his slick shenanigans. You find yourself really rooting for these two and hope for a beautiful ending just like Buddy does.
I wish they would make a sequel because the ending just leaves you craving for more. I would love to see the widowers happily married and and sub-story on the daughter. And most of all I want to see more of the star... Buddy!
It's about a widower (the beautiful Teri Polo) who loses her German Shepherd dog named Buddy who gets lost during a storm. She's had him for 5 years and he was her late husbands dog so her connection to Buddy is strong and endearing. A truck driver finds Buddy injured from the storm and takes him to a rescue center. The owner of this rescue center convinces her brother/widower (the handsome Martin Cummings) to take in Buddy until she can find a permanent home for him. His daughter (the terrific Jordan Ashley Olson) is hesitant about taking in Buddy because she's still suffering grief from losing her mother 2 years prior. But the father and daughter of course fall in love with Buddy and officially adopt him only to be find out the his original owner has tracked him down. The father doesn't want to give Buddy back because his daughter loves the dog so much and she has been through so much grief with losing her mother. But eventually they do give him back and then the love story between the widowers begins. Buddy turns out to be an excellent matchmaker with his slick shenanigans. You find yourself really rooting for these two and hope for a beautiful ending just like Buddy does.
I wish they would make a sequel because the ending just leaves you craving for more. I would love to see the widowers happily married and and sub-story on the daughter. And most of all I want to see more of the star... Buddy!