Key to Love (2023) User Reviews

So much potential and went horribly wrong

[hallmarkmov · 4/10 · 8 July 2023]

I don't know how they screwed up this movie. The concept was good, all the characters seemed like typical ones you would see in rom coms and yet after the first act it just goes downhill fast! Maybe because it seemed like the focus was going to be on the girl but turns out it's all about the guy? It seemed like the movie was a rip off of the lost city and this one is the lost key, but it doesn't have the charm of Sandra bullock and here the story drags on!!! A funny cover model for romance books, a struggling bookstore, evil lawyers that somehow sell the library before the guy gets his inheritance ? Shouldn't everything belong to the guy? How could they sell things when the terms of the will were not met as the letters didn't appear? The mystery of the key is overshadowed by dress ups, tea parties, endless iced tea, a random drunken night that seemed like it was a hook up with the villain but not? A photo album that for some reason is at the bookstore? I don't understand how the guy could be soooooo dumb after being played by the lawyer, being told by the bookstore girl that they are evil, and he hands them the box no questions? Wouldn't they rip up the letters if it was obviously laid out in the box? Also who did the grandfather marry who would be okay with him naming his favourite boat after an ex love? Isn't that a problem? I likely missed why the grandmother turned down the proposal as there was a lot of fast talking in that part as if it wasn't important yet other parts dragggggggggedddddd like it was an avatar sequel! Do we really need dress up time? Slow dancing? Black and white flashbacks? If the movie moved at a faster pace or if the two of them actually searched the house instead of him having a hang over and delusions it would have been more interesting. It was really boring and I should have just rewatched a Christmas in July movie.

A great little mystery !

[dancinsuzie · 10/10 · 3 June 2023]

I found the story line to be interesting with just enough twists and turns to keep one wondering what would come next. The grandson (played by Corey Sevier) has to return to the small town where his grandfather has just passed and is overwhelmed by all that his grandfather has left him. Add to that, the lawyers (father and daughter) who are probating the grandfathers will may have ulterior motives. There is a missing piece to the will that has not yet been found. Once the bookstore owner (played by Alicia Dea Josipovic) finds a key in one of the books from the grandfather's library, the mystery begins. I enjoyed the chemistry between the bookstore owner and the muscular model (The Viking-also played Corey) to be playful and pleasant although very antagonistic at the first. They also share how hard it has been to deal with the loss of their loved ones creating a great space for a potential romance. I liked the rivalry between one of the lawyers and the bookstore owner, each vying for a chance at that romance. The comradery within the bookstore characters created a great business environment with puns and plays on words that kept things light. A surprising twist to the story when more than one letter is found. Corey plays the discovery of what is in those letters with wit and wisdom. I will watch this more than one time to find all of the twists in this story. A great little mystery!