התמלול המלא של Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story

Julie Sherman Wolf, is one of the world's biggest 49ers fans. 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:54.319 So, Hallmark, let's get you, Julie Sherman Wolf, in a room together, and let's make Holiday Touchdown, a 49ers love story, 2027, a reality. 00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:00.480 Just a quick note Rich and Renee are available as background actors in this movie. 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:02.000 So we'll fly up to San Francisco. 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:06.319 Yeah, if if they actually take this to heart and then make it happen, it was our idea. 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:07.920 We absolutely should be in the movie somehow. 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:09.680 They're 5-0, so they're doing great. 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:11.920 So it's a great time to capitalize on that. 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.480 All right, let's talk about the things we liked about this movie. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:15.199 Sure. 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:21.040 Um, I love the nice when they first met, the nice rapport when Matt meets Avery in the bar for the first time. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.480 They had a lovely banter. 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:23.439 I really enjoyed that. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.399 Gran and her friends, all in bear gear, assuming Matt and Avery were dating right away. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:30.560 I thought it was so funny and cute. 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.800 The the the grandma bears. 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:33.279 Yeah. 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:34.959 The grandma bears. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:39.600 Uh, and then and then Gran making Matt show up to Christmas reading with Avery. 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:41.680 You know, she's setting Matt up. 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:43.519 Love Gran asking about Avery. 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:44.240 Is she still single? 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:45.120 Is she single? 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:46.480 Does Matt have your number? 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:47.519 All those little things. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.160 I just got a kick out of that so much. 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:51.759 I really enjoyed that. 00:05:52.079 --> 00:06:00.399 Avery making the cornhole rose, throws right in the hole, like three in a row, and then Ron exclaiming, She's a prodigy. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.399 That was a laugh out loud moment for me. 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:03.519 I really like that one. 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.079 There's lots of scenes, but I'm gonna, you know, just one more. 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:21.360 Is that I like this a little bit more serious scene is I like when when Matt and Avery are on the ferry, and I do have a comment about that later, and it's a nice real talk about his career and him saying, you know, like, Well, did I get to where I was because my father was a lieutenant or whatever he was, or fire chief. 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:25.600 And she wisely says, Well, did your dad grade you on the test? 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.680 And he goes, Well, no. 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.279 So then, really, it's about his own achievements as a firefighter. 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.160 I thought that was a nice sort of real moment scene. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:38.160 I I loved lots of things I I enjoyed about this movie, but I'll keep it there for now. 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.680 Yeah, I mean, I one of the reasons I really was excited about this movie is Chicago in general. 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:43.199 I love Chicago as a town. 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:48.160 Um, and I love the intro, uh, great shots of Chicago and all about uh the city there. 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:49.920 So that was really well done. 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:58.079 Uh I love the picture of Dika in the bar, uh, giving, you know, paying respect to, as you mentioned, my Dika just passed away a couple days ago. 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.480 So it's uh great to see him represented in the movie. 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:05.199 And uh like you, I love the banter between the Meet Cute uh with Avery and Matt. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.040 Grandma Bears were great. 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:12.240 Uh I love the cruise at night that you also mentioned was just a beautiful setting there, uh, really shot well. 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.480 What about Santa singing karaoke? 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:15.759 That was great. 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.079 Yeah, great deep voice that guy has. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:29.199 Uh, I loved when Ron uh told Avery the story about Jody walking to his bar, and he says, of all the gin joints, which was of course his little nod to Casablanca, really uh well written into that. 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:33.519 A couple cameos, Mary Lou, uh, Mary-Lou Hemer, uh, Tamara Maori House. 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.040 Our 100th follower, by the way. 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:36.959 Uh so some good Hallmark cameos. 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:43.759 And lastly, Ron getting his personalized beanbags uh for Cornhole was a really cute touch at the end of the movie there. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:45.920 He was so excited about that. 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:47.279 He was a great character. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:48.000 I love him. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:53.519 All right, so we always talk about our things that we like, and we always uh mention some things that we might fix if we had the chance. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:54.879 And I had a couple here. 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:55.519 What about you? 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.240 You know, I'm gonna touch on one that that you mentioned. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:06.879 I felt the latter late middle part of the movie was a little slow, but it was dealing with like more emotional and and more emotional scenes that were heartfelt. 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:14.800 So if you don't, if you have the patience, you know, sometimes I just want to I tend to like my hallmark movies kind of fast-paced and funny. 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:15.439 I do as well. 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:23.680 But some of them are emotional, so I I don't I didn't mind that, but that was something I would maybe fix in a rewrite to keep that going along. 00:08:23.839

--> 00:08:25.839 But you know, that's up to the writers. 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:29.839 And the other one was I I didn't quite understand the fairy scene. 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:30.959 Why was it it? 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.039 You only saw those them two on there. 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:34.720 It's called the sleigh ride cruise. 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:36.639 I didn't look it up to see if that's an actual thing. 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:43.919 But I thought it was I thought the harbor was supposed to be decorated, and I didn't see any lights, anything to make it look festive at all. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.320 I get it, they probably didn't film it during Christmas. 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:47.759 For sure they did not, yeah. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.200 The the harbor wasn't at all lit up, like he described it to Avery. 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.799 So to me, it's like, okay, spend a little bit of money and do some CGI lighting or something. 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:55.120 Yeah. 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.799 And those are my my two. 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:01.759 I I really didn't wasn't looking to nitpick this one too much because I was just kind of enjoying the story. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.399 Yeah, I only have a few nitpicks as well, nothing major. 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:10.879 I I thought Darlene was trying a little too hard, like right away to get Matt and Avery together. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.039 It seemed a it seemed a little forced. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.840 I think they could have just eased their way into that a little bit. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.879 Uh that almost kiss on the boat ride, that was 33 minutes in. 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:24.559 And I thought their chemistry was just starting to slowly build. 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.519 I thought that was just that was a little early for me. 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:33.279 It could have waited a little bit longer into the movie if we were gonna have an almost kiss or even a mid-movie kiss, which you and I are all about. 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:33.600 Yeah. 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.360 But it just seemed a little early. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:45.840 And and here's my last this is a boy, this is a big one, Renee, because we just did our bold predictions podcast, and I predicted this would be the best movie when it came to food and beverage. 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:49.600 The Italian beef sandwich, which they featured, and I'm glad they did. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.159 But they said they were gonna give Avery a double-dipped sandwich. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:59.360 It wasn't dipped at all, it was super dry, no spicy peppers. 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:01.279 I feel like I got robbed. 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:07.440 I when I saw those scenes, I'm like, you know, I was like, oh boy, is Rich gonna beat me out on my choice because we had different choices. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:08.639 I said, I don't think so. 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:13.039 I don't think Rich is gonna win this one because it

was a they did not do that justice. 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:13.759 Yeah, yeah. 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.200 I mean, it well, not only did they do no, but they said they were gonna double dip it. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:17.519 I know. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:18.320 There was nothing. 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.320 It was like just like a completely dry sandwich. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.120 What the heck? 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.240 That's all that's all I got. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.960 Uh yeah, not too much uh to nitpick in this movie. 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:27.679 All right. 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:28.559 Favorite moment? 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:34.240 So I didn't really have a favorite moment that stood out. 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:40.960 So I picked this moment that I just enjoyed, and it's one you mentioned, the the Christmas karaoke scene scene. 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:42.639 And and the singing. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.240 I thought that was neat, and the people saying to Gran, like, Oh, you did a good job. 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.919 And then Avery going, like, I sang too, and then that happened to her like two or three times. 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.159 That just started making me laugh more and more. 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.240 It was a simple, festive scene. 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.639 I did like the Christmas spirit there, all the donations for the children. 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:02.320 Lovely display of Christmas spirit, and I always love seeing that in the movie. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:05.759 But that was my as close as I could get to a favorite moment in this movie. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:13.279 Yeah, there's some really touching moments in this one, especially the one with Darlene and her husband, kind of those flashbacks that were kind of very emotional and really well done. 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:20.960 In the end, I'm going with a visit to the Bears Field House, that to indoor kind of practice facility theirs. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:22.240 It was just really cool. 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.000 It was visually impressive. 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:30.240 Uh, the look on like Matt's face, like he was just like blown away, like, oh my god, I can't believe I'm getting to see this place. 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.000 Uh, I just love the visuals of it. 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.759 That's I'm going with that as my favorite moment. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:38.320 Something different that I didn't think I'd pick in this movie, but I I didn't see that one coming and I really liked it. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.480 You know, I I that was my second choice. 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.919 And when I was watching it, I said, Oh my gosh, that's Mike Singletary. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:49.679 That is like he was, I can't say the bad words, but he was a bad dude on the field. 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.279 I mean, he was a mean dude. 00:11:51.600 --> 00:12:01.679 He was uh he was a ferocious player, and he's like half the size he was when he

was on the field, but I recognized Mike Singletary's eyes anywhere, and I couldn't quite place who the other guy was. 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:08.320 But um just seeing Mike Singletary alone, I uh I I you know I stopped in my tracks, like, oh my gosh, that's Mike Singletary. 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:09.120 He's great. 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.440 And you know, he was the coach for the 49ers for a little bit, going back to tying that in. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:15.360 So good scene. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.879 All right, best supporting character. 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.360 I think we're gonna have the same one. 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:20.159 Can I guess for you? 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.120 You can guess. 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:23.120 Uh I think you're gonna go with Ron. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.120 That was a very I almost picked Ron. 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:31.120 But what I did is I went with Darlene's three friends. 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:32.559 The grandma bears. 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.919 The grandma bears. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:36.879 I know it's not you know, to me, they're they're one unit. 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:42.960 They were so cute and funny and bears obsessed, which is what I like to see in a football movie. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.000 And they also wanted to help Matt and Avery become a couple. 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.080 I just loved the heck out of them. 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.200 I thought they were so funny every time they were on screen. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:55.120 I just love seeing them dressed up, they were just absolutely adorable. 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:56.159 I love them so much. 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.000 Well, I am going with Ron. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:02.320 I I thought he was a great character, uh great dialogue. 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:07.200 Um yeah, the relationship between him and Jody, him and Avery. 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.240 Uh he's obviously a bear super fan. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:12.799 Uh, love the story uh about his bar. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:16.159 Uh obviously a fierce cornhole competitor. 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.759 Very fierce. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.720 Like you say, he was so excited when he got those personalized fiendbacks at the end of the movie. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.039 It was I just enjoyed everything with Ron. 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.559 He was just a really fun, well-written, supporting character. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.159 Yeah, I love how over-the-top he was. 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.840 You know me, I love an over-the-top character. 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:33.840 All right, time for some bears logic checks. 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:35.279 Any are we shirts on this one? 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:35.919 Sure. 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:36.799 I have three. 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:46.559 When Avery is throws the winning shot in Cornhole, the rule is you're supposed to have a drink in your hand when you make that shot. 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.159 She did not have

a drink in her hand. 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.360 I I caught that as well. 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:49.679 Yep. 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.360 Anybody not gonna say anything about that? 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:55.360 I think if I was on the losing end, I'd be like, hey, hey, disqualified, disqualified. 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:55.679 We win. 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.159 Yep, right? 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.519 I mean, you don't want to win that way, but still. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:59.759 But that that that is that is part of the whole thing. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:01.759 You know, they they do what they're come on. 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:03.679 It was a big deal early on, right? 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.240 So, okay. 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:10.720 The other one is I get it, it's a beautiful it was a beautiful scene, but would Darlene miss the first half of her 500th game? 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:16.159 Couldn't she visit the sick lady and I don't remember her name after the game or before the game, right? 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:22.960 So I I think if I was going to my 500th game, I'd be like, hey, hey lady, I'll see you before or after. 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.639 I'm not missing this, right? 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.039 But I get it, it's a lovely sentiment. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:30.399 So that's why it's not a rewrite, it's just an are we sure? 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:34.399 And the last one I have is you would actually take a fire truck to the game. 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.200 That seems like a bad use of city resources. 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.879 Uh, and there didn't even appear to be that much traffic on the way there. 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.240 Every street was like empty. 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.559 I'm like, I think I could have just driven there safely. 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:46.240 So that was it for me. 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.240 I just I was just like, come on, taking the fire truck. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.759 I get it, it's a kind of a cool movie scene. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:56.639 I only had two, and your last one was my first one that the fire truck would be the fastest way to get to the game because traffic wasn't bad. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:06.799 And by the time they call the fire truck, get the fire truck rolling, get it to Darlene's place, and then back to the stadium, an Uber would have been 10 times faster. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.840 So yeah, and my other, are we sure? 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.879 Okay, I'm I'm pretty coordinated guy. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:15.600 I played college tennis, pretty good hand-eye coordination. 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:18.480 I've tried playing cornhole, and it's not as easy as you think. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:18.879 Okay. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:24.080 I I I yeah, I sank a few here and there, but Avery's basically the world's best cornhole player. 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:26.320 Like from the first second she tosses a mean bag. 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:29.519 Are we are we sure she'd be that good that fast? 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:31.440 Having never played before. 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.519 Uh Ron said she's a prodigy. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.480 Yeah, a prodigy. 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:39.039 So but of course, I'm sure everyone's thinking, yeah, I've thrown a few cornhole beanbags. 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:40.879 It's uh it's not that easy. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.840 For sure. 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.440 So, but yeah, not too many, not too many arbers on this one. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.159 Yeah. 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.559 Are Madden Avery gonna last us a couple? 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.440 I think so. 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.639 Uh she's now into football, became a Bears fan. 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:57.200 They have nice, uh, they talk nicely, nice banter with each other. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:00.639 It was just a simple layup for touchdown, let's say. 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.080 Let's not mix metaphors. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.720 Yeah, I think they're gonna last as a couple, they're a cute couple. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.360 Lindsay Fonteca's lovely, so what's not to like? 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:13.840 Yeah, it was a nice slow build uh to their chemistry building up to them really uh you know, really liking each other. 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.960 And let's be honest. 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.960 Lindsay Fonseca, Robert Buckley, that is one good-looking couple. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.519 Oh, yeah. 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.000 Uh, they're both gonna be in Chicago, so sure. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.759 These guys are gonna make it for sure. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:28.639 They're uh they're really good together, and uh no doubt they're gonna they're gonna last as a couple. 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:33.600 I'm sorry your bold prediction uh failed you on this this one, by the way. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.039 What was my bold prediction? 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.200 That the they would have the best food. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.240 Oh, yeah. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:46.000 I mean, we didn't get any tavern style pizza, no deep dish pizza, no hot dogs, not even the historic brownie from the Palmer House Hotel. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:55.039 I mean I know I'm talking out of turn, out of left field, but but you know it was a little disappointing, but and even in and I did get my Italian beef, but it fell so flat. 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.919 I know. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:00.480 All right, we always rate the kiss A to F, the mistletoe meter. 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.480 Let's uh let's hear what you think of this one. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.519 So it's a cute little kiss under the mistletoe. 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.480 It's just a there was one, just a peck on the cheek. 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:10.880 I don't consider that one reviewable, but it was cute. 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.759 Me neither. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:16.000 The kiss where he had all the candles lit was a B plus for me.

00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:21.119 There was a little bit where they just had their lips smashed together for a second, like just together. 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.640 Like I've never seen anybody kiss like that, except for like babies. 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:26.079 But then it got better. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.119 It ended nicely as a simple yet nice ending kiss. 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.119 Overall, I gave this kiss a B plus. 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.039 Wow, I think you're underplaying this one. 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.599 Wow. 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.640 Now I agree. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:36.960 At first, their their faces kind of mashed together. 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.960 I'm kind of going, Oh, I don't know about this. 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:46.799 But then we got some great camera work circle circling around them as the kiss got hotter and hotter, and they started going at it, Renee. 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.519 I mean they did. 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.680 And Renee, 20 seconds. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:54.240 That is a long, long Hallmark kiss. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:58.400 Um, and then we got a good solid kiss right at the end before the final credits ran. 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.559 I'm giving it a solid all around A, Renee. 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:02.799 I think a B plus is a little bit low, but that's just me. 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:08.799 I wonder if we need to add a new category to our every 10-episode review of like re-review the kisses. 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.279 I don't know. 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:13.119 You know, if you aim this would not, you know, I wouldn't fight it too hard. 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:20.799 So like I said, I just think the camera work, the fact that the kiss got hotter and hotter as the kiss went along, um, and it was so long. 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:25.359 Yeah, I I mean I think it it all ends up for an A for not A plus, but a good solid A. 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.480 I won't argue with that. 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.839 All right, something I stole from Bill Simmons Rewatchables podcast. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:34.000 We always uh end every podcast with who or what won the movie. 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:51.279 So uh for me, I enjoyed I liked all the backstories going on, and normally you and I push back on too many backstories, you know, but Gran and her 500th game, which is kind of a not a it's a the the reason the movie's there, but and the connection between Avery and Matt. 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.640 Avery's mom and Ron's story, that's a lovely story. 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:58.559 So the so for me, this and the stories won the movie. 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:04.960 I got a lot about so many people, as I said, which sometimes can be a bit much for us, but I felt it was done. 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.480 There were just the right amount of of several things going on. 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:19.920 So for me, the writers won the movie, and you just told me their names because I didn't log it

down, but you said the writers were Christine Garber, Stephanie Jack, and was it Marcy Holland? 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:22.799 Marcy Holland, yeah, who also wrote the Biltmore movies. 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:24.640 Oh, geez, how do I not know that? 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:29.759 Yeah, I'm not as good at this as you are, but yeah, the writers for me, the story uh won this movie. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.279 Yeah, I like the writers as well. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:36.559 And I think the good thing they've done actually with all three of these NFL movies is they don't shove the football down your throat. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:41.119 You know, you're definitely getting that rom-com that Hallmark fans want to see. 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:46.960 And then the football is kind of a secondary to getting everything in that Hallmark movie that you want. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:56.400 So they do a good job of uh of blending the NFL collaboration with Hallmark, but then making sure we're hitting all the Hallmark uh high points as well. 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:06.319 Um, for me though, I am going with Darlene as the winner of this movie, portrayed by 84-year-old Marsha Mason. 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.400 Uh, and she's a famous actress. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:14.400 I mean, nominated four times for Academy Award as Best Actress, uh, won an Emmy for her role on Fraser. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.920 I don't know if you knew this, Renee. 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:20.319 Back in the 1980s, at Paul Newman's urging, she became a competitive auto racer. 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:24.480 So a really great uh story to her life. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.599 And I thought she just killed it in this movie. 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:30.799 Every scene she was in, she was so charismatic. 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:38.319 Uh, the story basically centered around her and her love of the bears and her 500th Bears games. 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:42.559 And for that reason, 84-year-old Marsha Mason, she's my MVP of this movie. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:47.119 Yeah, and auto car racing that qualifies as a fun fact as far as I'm concerned. 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.240 Wow, nice pull on that one. 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:48.640 Good job. 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:57.519 All right, we always rate the movies one to five, and we always give us some symbolic symbol that uh kind of goes along with and I could not resist. 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.960 He passed away last week. 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.240 How many ditkas are we giving this movie? 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.839 Four Mike Ditkas. 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:08.160 It was a very warm, heartfelt story, and the actors were charming. 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:14.640 And you know, I know my ratings fluctuate, and I was thinking about that, but I didn't because we're watching a lot of movies this week. 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:19.920 I didn't go back and compare to my previous fours or three seven fives or four point two five. 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.119 So I just went, my gut just said four, four Mike Ditkas. 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.000 I'm happy with it. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:28.160 In the end, I went 3.75 Mike Ditkas. 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:35.200 Uh the overall movies for the NFL, I think I like the Chiefs the best, but I did like this one better than the Bills movie. 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:40.079 Uh for me, 3.5 is kind of the average movie, and I think this one was a little bit above average. 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.799 So uh 3.75 Ditkas on this one. 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.279 All right. 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:47.839 Well, that's a wrap on uh the NFL Hallmark Collaboration Part three. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:52.960 Uh follow us on Instagram because we're gonna be reviewing a whole bunch of these Hallmark Christmas movies this year. 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.200 Renee, I don't know if we're gonna get to all 34. 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.319 I know we're gonna try. 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.599 That's a lot of movies. 00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.240 Yeah. 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:04.960 Uh, but you can follow us on Instagram to see uh what movies we have coming up on any given week, what we're gonna review. 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:08.799 Uh email forever hallmarkchristmas at gmail.com. 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:15.599 And until next week in part of 2026 Countdown to Christmas, let's keep it for the love of Hallmark. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:17.039 For the love of Hallmark