June in January (2014) Reviews

• Not the usual romance movie but that's not enough

  Jackbv1232017-01-15

  When I saw that Brooke D'Orsay was the star, I was excited because I thought she was a powerful character in Royal Pains. And as the movie started out, it looked like this would be another chance to see a wonderful woman similar to Paige from Royal Pains. But the movie was boring. Most of it was about wedding planning. There was an attempt to set up a daughter-in-law/mother-in-law conflict. But that conflict was muddled. There are other details I didn't like, but expanding on them gives away too much. In some ways this was not your typical Hallmark movie. There were no competing love interests and the leads started out in love (having had a two year uninterrupted relationship). The male lead was a virtual non-entity. I don't blame D'Orsay for the shortcomings because I think she did the best she could with the script.

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• June in January- ...And April in Paris-No ***

  edwagreen2014-01-19

  Leave it to Hallmark to totally sweeten down a great plot. A wealthy woman practically conspires with her secretary to prevent the former's son from marrying a girl she feels to be totally unsuitable for him. Marilu Henner steals the show as the conniving mother with a cold veneer. I thought they would have made her as cruel as a Bette Davis could be. Our bride-to-be, a lovely girl, had always planned with her mother what type of wedding she would have down to every last detail. With her mother dying, the girl still wants it the way she planned and her future mother-in-law use that to her advantage to plan everything instead, especially when the marriage has to be moved up as the groom has accepted a high job in an extremely prestigious law-firm. There's the girl's widowed dad with his new girlfriend, reading the letter that her mother sent. There is the assistant as vicious as ever. Henner does a total double-take when she sees she is overwhelmed. The secretary, who is fired, plans one last act of revenge. Remember, this is Hallmark, so all must end with a sugary taste.

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• Hallmark movie

  Kirpianuscus2018-03-24

  ...with its virtues and sins. nice, seductive, familiar, boring. predictable in large lines. and nothing surprising. that is all. no new things, an exercise of war between the women from the life of a young man, moral lesson and not credible situations. and a new sort of modern fairy tale, perfect for a precise target, nice for many of its viewers.

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• June in January (Love Conquers All)

  sidskid22014-09-21

  This is by far my favorite movie. Some call it a Chic Flick , I say "man wants it all." For Alex (Wes Brown) lawyer and rich, has decided to take his career in a different direction. That's great for him, but a time frame had set a few problems. The woman in his life June (Brooke D'Orsay) who he proposed to on New Year's Eve, was quite easy or so it seems. June was going to have her dream wedding in June. Well since Alex had a time frame on his job June's big wedding would be squashed and now it turned to a small wedding. So June sprung into action. Alex had a "to do list". But since his Mother (Marilu Henner) wanted it her way. Shut June out and cause any trouble she can. June had a hard time fitting in, so called the wedding off. She had her say and Alex had a few choice words for his Mom. June had some advice from her Mom, (who Passed away), said if you love Alex then get married. So the wedding was back on. The wedding was beautiful, and it seems Alex did get his way. It was good to see Wes Brown in a mature role. He did good. Brenda.

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• Wedding Jitters

  boblipton2014-01-19

  Brooke D'Orsay is getting married to Wes Brown in only a few weeks and she has a wedding to plan. She turns into Bridezilla and freaks out when future mother-in-law Marilu Henner tries to help because not every detail is just as she imagined it would be. This is a movie quite evidently aimed at women. Mr. Brown doesn't care about the details of their wedding and neither do I. This makes Miss D'Orsay's mania obnoxious. Since I did not care about Miss D'Orsay, I do not care about the details of her wedding, Mr. Brown's is a handsome but rather bland character and even the old pros don't give me much of interest, even though they turn obnoxious in order to give some sense of dramatic conflict to the movie. By the time that happens and the inevitable crisis occurs, I had lost interest and expect that every man whose girlfriend makes him watch will do likewise. I also believe that a lot of women who believe that a wedding is a nice party and that it's the marriage that counts will feel the same.

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