Accidentally in Love (2011 TV Movie) User Reviews

Why Don't Fools Fall in Love?

[boblipton · 7/10 · 13 February 2011]

This is a very pleasant romantic comedy from the Hallmark Channel, with all the trappings of a real comedy: good acting -- not only are the leads exceedingly handsome, but they are capable, and there's Marilu Henner and Fred Willard in support -- a story in which people change and some actual comedy as people fall into a pool. As Preston Sturges noted, if there is a pool, people must fall into it. Nor is it just a gag. Even the jokes serve to advance the plot.

Most of the credit must go to a fine script by Peter Facinelli and Charles T. Daniels, who manage to combine some soap-opera-like plot points into the mix. However, kudos to everyone for a superior production.

Super obnoxious is funny?

[Jackbv123 · 5/10 · 17 October 2020]

Another reviewer says that the leads start out as annoying, but stick with it. Oh boy, the annoying part is very true. It's not just the leads. Almost everyone is obnoxious and it's obviously intended to be funny. Not just obnoxious, but mean obnoxious. I didn't find any of that funny. Not to say that there weren't a few funny moments. Unfortunately the obnoxious lasts for nearly half the movie.

Then suddenly, the leads, at least, get nice. Then it turns into a love story which quickly develops a conflict.

There's also a family crisis angle which revolves around cute little Taylor and a predictable climax. I'd say it's a toss up whether it was worth sticking.

This is mostly a family movie with appeal to children. There are some interesting camera angles though.

Great line: "It's like a Superman, Clark Kent thing.... Except you're a bunny."

Nice, but hurt by contrived situations

[bettyegriffinunderwood · 6/10 · 7 September 2019]

Charming movie with more than capable leads (Jennie Garth and Ethan Erickson), as well as secondary characters (Marilu Henner and Fred Willard, plus the little boy on the Mulligan TV show and his stage mother and especially the hero's red-headed, no-talent roommate), but a few things that worked against it.

The very first scene features the heroine's young daughter wearing expensive-looking sunglasses, and the mother asks where they came from. The child is about 6; it's not like she went out and bought them herself. Not believable. Also, this same woman is a struggling single mother (her husband died without life insurance) who works as a waitress at a rather tacky restaurant and drives what looks like a 35-year-old AMC compact station wagon, but can nonetheless afford to live in a lovely house with an in-ground pool in the backyard in expensive Los Angeles (I felt the only purpose of this was to have a fight scene where two characters fall in).

This movie is too well written to rely upon contrived situations. Still, it's one of my favorites.

I liked it!

[CranberriAppl · 9 May 2011]

I guess 8/10 seems high, but I think it's a cute B-rated movie, not "C." Anyway, full disclosure: I'm a sucker for these Hallmark movies. I look forward to them. After a grueling work week plus after-work life activities, I like coming home to relax and watch these predictable/cheesy (sometimes) movies. Accidentally in Love is one of the better movies done by Hallmark in the last several months.

It's predictable, of course, but don't let that deter you. When predictability is a given, for me, it's all about the execution. The actors did great. They were funny, charming, and they played their parts well. As a fan of BH90210, but not a 'Kelly Taylor' fan, Jennie Garth was endearing as the character Annie. The guy who played Eddie was both jerky and charming in one package. Both of the kids were adorable. I just enjoyed the movie. Nothing that occurred seemed out of the realm of possibility (a problem w/some of Hallmark's latest). I'd recommend checking this out.

The leads' characters started as really annoying, so was hard to keep watching.

[DaggerSpawn · 6/10 · 25 September 2011]

The leads were NOT being good role models in the beginning. But the movie got better, so I give it a decent rating overall. My complaints are not the actors' fault. I feel that they did a good job overall,- especially the male lead. There was also one scene later where the male leads character was ill behaved which was disappointing (again, not the actor's fault). I don't understand why anyone would write a scene like that into the movie. I don't think anyone enjoyed that scene. I guess it was just to add drama into the plot, but that's like a vulgar joke, it's not a good way to do it. I did like the movie though, it gave me warm feelings overall.

don't bother with this movie **may contain spoilers**

[scarecrow72 · 2/10 · 12 February 2011]

Normally I'm a sucker for the Hallmark Channel and Larry Levinson movies, but this one is a clunker.

I would normally enjoy watch something with Jennie Garth, but this movie is terrible. The daughter is boring, unconvincing, and it is hard to feel any sympathy for her condition, which is hard to say for a movie that attempts to pull at your heart with her condition.

While the romance between Jennie Garth and Ethan Erickson has the stereotypical hating each other turned into romance (which was expected), it just didn't work in this movie. The dialogue must have been written by first grade drop-outs. EVERYTHING about this movie was bad. If you want to watch a Hallmark "romantic comedy" this season, go with the one they had last week (and again earlier today) in "Smooch." The dialogue given the daughters in the two movies, as well as their acting abilities are night and day. Don't waste your time with "Accidentally in Love." A more appropriate title would be "Accidentally Made a Movie."

No Accident...This is Really Good Love ***1/2

[edwagreen · 9/10 · 20 February 2011]

A wonderful picture in which we see the unusual way that a cad,so full of himself, who couldn't care less about others while attempting to stardom meets by chance a widow with a daughter going blind. How the two first meet in a traffic accident becomes absolutely hilarious, and how after disliking one another intensely, love blossoms when he finds out that her daughter is going blind.

We have a great cast proving once again that a selfish man can be made to show humility when there is adversity.

This is a movie for all ages, but especially it's for children and those who face adversity during their lifetimes.

Lovely film

[djkemballcook · 10/10 · 15 May 2021]

One of my all time favourites, in spite of the contrived situation of the pool that she could not afford!

I usually completely dismiss Hallmark films, but this is an exception.

Good acting, handsome and beautiful leads, clever humour, heartstrings pulled ...

I love the way Eddie's character changes as he realises that he makes children happy, and in particular Taylor. His heart softens and he falls for.the mother. He becomes a better person.

Not often you see real character development in one of these films, and done so well.

Congrats Hallmark.