June in January (2014)

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A newly engaged bride dreamed of her wedding day with her late mother for her entire life, and is looking forward to planning every perfect detail to honor her mom's memory. But her special day is nearly ruined by her intimidating future mother-in-law and her fiancé's sudden work transfer, which pushes her perfect outdoor June wedding ceremony up to a January date -- just three weeks away!

—Hallmark Channel

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An introduction:
When I was a young girl I idolised  my mom's baby sister, Cynthia, because she was like a big sister to her children. Her kids looked up to her and loved her.  She married mom's old suitor, but when he saw her for the first time, he became head over heels in love with her.  She was only thirteen then.  He and my mom became good friends and gave them her blessing.  They never became an item and mom was just like a bridge that brought the two of them together.  They eloped when Mama Cynthia was fifteen and they had their first child when she was only sixteen.

I told myself, the oldest I'll get when I get married is twenty.  Not too young and definitely not old.  Well, what do you know? I'm now way past my target age.  In all fairness, I almost eloped at seventeen, but changed my mind.

There were proposals, indecent ones included and I had relationships.  Some breakups were amicable, but others still hate me to the core.  I almost got married a couple of times.  I think I'm never meant to get married, but one of my Big Sisters said, "Never say never!"

My mom is still very much alive and unlike June and her mom, we never planned my wedding together.  Honestly, I already have a list of Principal Sponsors, Secondary Sponsors and so much more, but at this age, hopefully not of sheer desperation, I think it'll be perfectly fine to just elope and get married with only a couple of witnesses, then maybe, just maybe, just have lunch and dinner with some of our closest friends and relatives, separately or together.  I don't like big crowds, so I get June.  I really wouldn't want strangers being witnesses to the exchanges of vows or something.  Unless it's a planner I hired, I don't want anyone else meddling and making it their vision...their wedding...it should be something my groom and I want.


JUNE IN JANUARY

June Fraser (Brooke D'Orsay) has envisioned her wedding day her entire life and even managed to plan every detail with her loving mother, Kathryn (Anne Marie DeLuis, "Cedar Cove"), before Kathryn's passing only a few years ago. Now an adult, June has met Alex Blackwell (Wes Brown), a handsome attorney who hails from a very well-to-do family, with his intimidating and icy mother, Diana (Marilu Henner), at the helm. After an exciting New Year's Eve engagement, June can't wait to plan the June wedding she's always wanted to honor her mother's memory with and she starts using a portfolio of bridal magazine clippings she created with Kathryn as a guide. Then, when Alex suddenly receives a job offer in Cleveland and needs to move right away, he asks June if they can move the wedding date up to January—just three weeks away! In a panic, June and Alex accept Diana's offer to host the wedding at the Blackwell's gorgeous home, giving Diana the footing she needs to plan the event her way. June tries to salvage her special day and pull off the perfect summer wedding she's always wanted despite the chilly calendar change and Diana's cold calculating scheming. -HALLMARK

June lost her mother a year before she met Alex so even if she was excited about their wedding, she felt there was something missing, rather someone.  So what she did was do her best to turn the dream wedding into a reality.

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I love this photograph because I'm definitely my dad's girl, but this photograph is sort of a spoiler.  The wedding would push through, but it won't be smooth sailing.  There will be Pirates and the waves would be turbulent.

Alex(handsome Wes Brown) loves June(gorgeous Brooke D'Orsay) with all his heart and no one could make him waver, not even his mom or that scheming serpent who tried to tempt and trick him. Thankfully he wouldn't budge.

The movie is very heartwarming.  Even if it has some stereotypes of soap operas and the like, there are still things you wouldn't normally see in those soaps or telenovelas.

I love it.  I simply love it.

I won't make this reaction piece long anymore.

Thanks for your time.

Directed by Mark Griffiths
Written by J.B. White and Jean Abounader

Brooke D'Orsay as June Fraser
Wes Brown as Alex Blackwell
Marilu Henne as Diana Blackwell
Gerard Plunkett as Richard Blackwell
Barclay Hopeas Charlie Fraser
Christie Laing as Tessa Williams
Chelsea Hobbs as Bethany Barnard
Kaitlyn Bernard as June at 12 years old
Anne Marie DeLuise as Kathryn
Sarah-Jane Redmond as the Florist
Nathan Witte as Matt