Hallmark’s Hearts Around the Table: Shari's Second Act

We’re diving into the second movie in the Hearts Around the Table collection: Shari’s Second Act! After her divorce, Shari returns home to retreat, regroup, and rediscover who she is and what she wants. As she navigates her new normal, she meets Evan, a handsome repairman who turns out to own the gallery building she's renting. Is she ready to open her heart again? Join us as we discuss Shari’s “second act” and whether she’s able to find the perfect balance between romance and self-discovery. 

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Amy 0:06

Welcome to Pour the Wine. It's rom-com time where we'll sip some wine and review all things rom-com on the Hallmark Channel. I'm Amy.

Garry 0:12

And I'm Gary.

Amy 0:13

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Garry 0:16

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Garry 0:20

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Amy 0:21

We have the same wine this week.

Garry 0:24

Yes, we do that, we've had?

Amy 0:25

Yeah, it is a've had.

Garry 0:26

Yeah, it is a cabernet franc cabernet franc, and it is called the frank real original like the gary real original oh and, by the way, you know, if you hear a sound in the background, it's probably our puppers, our puppers.

Amy 0:44

We have a what two-year-old golden golden doodle that's very much.

Garry 0:51

Is she too?

Amy 0:52

yeah, she turned two in february time flies yeah, time flies when you're having fun with a puppy yeah as we say, she's a little restless tonight, so we're we're hoping she's not too rowdy too rowdy. Well, it's a big week for us here at pour the wine.

Garry 1:09

It's rom-com time clap clap, clap clap this is our 10th podcast.

Amy 1:14

We're in the double digits, can you?

Garry 1:16

believe it, it's already been 10 episodes believe it, I'm excited I'm very excited, I think it's great.

Amy 1:22

I'm I happy to be here, I'm happy to be doing the podcast and I think it's so cool.

Garry 1:28

We're in the double digits. It's very cool. We're like the little engine that could.

Amy 1:32

We just keep chugging along.

Garry 1:33

What's our next?

Amy 1:34

milestone, then we got 10.

Garry 1:35

10. Do we do 20?

Amy 1:37

Do we do 25?.

Garry 1:38

What do you think?

Amy 1:39

We're just going to keep going, we just celebrate.

Garry 1:41

no, matter what, we'll do tens until we get 100. We'll do tens. We'll have tens and tens, tens and tens.

Amy 1:48

This week we also dropped our very first podcast review of a Hallmark TV series.

Garry 1:53

Yes.

Amy 1:54

We are currently reviewing the Chicken Sisters. Yep, the Chicken Sisters has entered the chat.

Garry 2:01

Yes, it did.

Amy 2:03

So you can catch our reviews of Hallmark TV series on Tuesdays.

Garry 2:08

Yes, we drop them on Tuesdays, wednesdays for movies.

Amy 2:11

Tuesdays for series how?

Garry 2:13

about that.

Amy 2:14

That's how we're going to roll.

Garry 2:15

And we're rolling.

Amy 2:16

And we're rolling. I'm going to sip some wine while you tell us what we're going to be reviewing today. How about that?

Garry 2:24

Well, I'm jelly. Wow, you get to sip some wine while I talk. Okay, here we go. Today, we're reviewing the second movie in the Hearts Around the Table collection, sherry's Second Act. That aired on Saturday, march 29, 2025. If you missed it, you're okay, because you can now catch it on Hallmark Plus.

Amy 2:45

Ooh, look at you, You've earned a sip of wine.

Garry 2:48

Ooh, but before I do that, why don't you tell us who's in this one?

Amy 2:52

All right, let's talk about who is in Sherry's second act. Now, this is not a comprehensive list of all of each actor's acting credits. We have to remember that I like to highlight, of course, any homework work they've done, but I also like to throw in a few other acting gigs as well, if we're familiar with it, if it's a popular TV show or movie, or maybe from the 80s.

Garry 3:15

Ooh, the 80s. We might hit that during this.

Amy 3:19

First up we have Michelle Morgan, who plays Sherry Adams, which is one of Angie's fosters Hearts. She was Amanda Sinclair on the Young and the Restless from 2013 to 2024. Okay, that's a long time. Yeah, it is On a soap opera. Her debut Hallmark movie was Christmas with a Kiss in 2023. Oh, okay, brendan Morgan plays Evan James 2023. Oh, okay, brendan Morgan plays Evan James. He's the repairman. Slash gallery owner. Slash Sherry's love interest in this movie.

Garry 3:51

A handsome young man he is.

Amy 3:52

I don't want to brag, but I did know that he probably wasn't just the repairman.

Garry 3:57

Oh, spoiler alert. You did, you did figure it out first, his first acting credit's from 2022.

Amy 4:04

That's listed. That's recent is from 2022.

Garry 4:07

2022?

Amy 4:08

That's recent Good for him, he wasn't part of that Hallmark contest thing where I don't think so Well, we didn't watch it, so I don't know. I know he didn't win it if he was in it, but he was in Meet Me Next Christmas in 2024. That was on Netflix. We watched that, remember. It was about the couple trying to find or get back to New York City to see Pentatonix oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the sold-out show they were trying to get tickets to. So he was in that For Hallmark. He was in a Jane Mysteries movie in 2024 and Christmas with a Kiss in 2023.

Garry 4:42

Okay, good for him.

Amy 4:44

Mindy Cohn plays Angie Hartman, the foster mom. Yes, and we know Mindy Cohn from the. Facts of Life. The Facts of Life. Facts of Life aired from 1979 to 1988. And if you grew up during that time, it was, you know coming of age comedy show about an all-girls boarding school, and my boyfriend, George Clooney, was in it.

Garry 5:10

Oh wow, here we go with George Clooney again.

Amy 5:12

We won't go into detail there, but he was in it for a few episodes. She voiced Nancy Francis in 35 episodes of the animated series the Kids in Room 402. She voiced Velma in Scooby-Doo video games from 2002 to 2015. In fact, I did not know until we started doing a deep dive into the cast. And we most recently saw her in Palm Royale.

Garry 5:36

Yes, another good series.

Amy 5:39

That's on Apple Plus, and she played Anne Holiday. She was good in that.

Garry 5:42

Yeah, she was.

Amy 5:43

I hope that comes back for season two.

Garry 5:45

I think it will. Yeah, I hope so.

Amy 5:47

Yeah me too anywho, moving on, ashley newbro plays excuse me, jenna whittaker. She is um sherry's foster sister.

Amy 5:57

She was in the unwrapping christmas collection, which consisted of four movies in 2024 and it's about four friends who work in the store, all wrapped up and each movie focuses on one friend. So it's sort of like this collection where each movie is focusing on one of the foster siblings. It's kind of cool. She was also in Operation Nutcracker 2024 and Small Town Christmas in 2018. Yeah For Mark, all right. Jake Epstein plays Josh Adler, another one of Sherry's foster brothers. His Hearts Around the Table movie will be the next one in this collection, and that one is called Josh's Third Serving, so we're looking forward to that.

Garry 6:42

Yes, we are Next week.

Amy 6:44

He was in two episodes of Mistletoe Murders as well. Okay. And we still need to watch that.

Garry 6:50

Yep Mm-mm.

Amy 6:51

Mm-hmm Yep, you said mm-mm Yep. He was actually in three of the four unwrapping Christmas movies with Ashley oh my goodness, which is pretty cool.

Garry 7:00

Yes, it is.

Amy 7:00

He was in the Umbrella Academy. We never watched that one.

Garry 7:03

No, because you don't like those type of movies. Netflix, I think. Yeah, it's about superhero type. Yeah, it's not really much AM, but it's popular. Yeah, it is, it's real popular.

Amy 7:10

And Suits 13 episodes of Suits.

Garry 7:13

Mm-hmm Greenback Boogie. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, that song Eat a bean pie. Know what I mean.

Amy 7:21

Oh boy, all right. Catherine Davis plays Kiki Mercer. She is another one of Sherry's foster sisters. Her Hearts Around the Table movie will be the fourth and final one in this collection and that airs in two weeks. It is Kiki's fourth ingredient and she was actually in all four of the unwrapping christmas movies, also in 2024 I like how they all work together lots of crossover. They know each other. Hopefully they all like each other comfortable acting around each other justice.

Amy 7:54

James plays rory angie's current teen foster son, and this is his very first acting gig that's so cool so he's in.

Garry 8:03

Well, I'm sorry, this would be his second one, because he was in the first right, so he's his first series right, his first, his first movie series, yeah, of movies on hallmark, so hopefully he'll be back.

Amy 8:15

Yeah, it's pretty cool. Darling cook plays lindsey james uh, evan's grandma. She was in hallmark's napa ever after in 2023 and holiday heritage in 2022 okay she was in two episodes of mayor of kingstown in 2021. Oh, that's such a gritty good tv show to him in real life.

Garry 8:37

Oh my goodness. Oh yeah, let's snowplow, snowpl.

Amy 8:41

Something ran over him, but he survived.

Garry 8:43

He survived.

Amy 8:44

And had a long road to recovery, and had to learn to walk again, and I mean oof.

Garry 8:49

And then shot another season. Jeremy Renner Yep. Good for him, man.

Amy 8:53

She's also been in several holiday movies for other production companies, so she has a couple dozen, I think, credits. Sorry, okay, gage Arbuthnot plays Kyle, one of Josh's athletes that Josh ends up helping during the movie. Okay, he was in Hallmarks of Veterans Christmas and Christmas at Grand Valley in 2018. And he was also in a series called Condor, which I'd never heard of.

Garry 9:19

Never heard of that either From 2018 to 2020.

Amy 9:21

And he was in 13 episodes of that.

Garry 9:24

Wow hey, I got a 13 episodes of that. Wow, hey. I got a trivia question for you.

Amy 9:28

Okay.

Garry 9:30

Just off the cuff. Here Is this random?

Amy 9:33

Are we randomly jumping in the zone? Do you know when Hallmark was founded? Drink some more wine. No, no, okay.

Garry 9:47

It was founded. I was going to say yes, but I really don't 1910 by Joyce Clyde Hall who sold get it postcards in Kansas City. And they now employ over 20,000 people around the world. Oh wow, isn't that crazy. That is awesome. That's very, very cool. The world oh wow, isn't that crazy. That is awesome. That's very, very cool, especially 1910.

Amy 10:07

1910. And it started with postcards.

Garry 10:11

With her selling postcards in Kansas City to people.

Amy 10:13

That's crazy. That's so cool. Look at you with the random hallmark. Yeah, I had no idea that was coming right now.

Garry 10:20

I had to look it up. Hey, you know I'm full of surprises. You were curious about it?

Amy 10:24

Surprise you are Well. Thank you for that little tidbit. Maybe every episode you should have like deep thoughts. Oh, that's a good idea by Gary.

Garry 10:31

A little trivia question A little trivia question that we don't have to get right, but it would be pretty interesting to find out.

Amy 10:38

Well, we have to get it right.

Garry 10:39

What I'm saying if you don't know, it offhand.

Amy 10:43

I am not going to know it offhand. Probably you know I'm not going to Correct. I know you're not. Yeah, I have to look this stuff up.

Garry 10:48

I do not have that brain.

Amy 10:50

That was good, that was very good.

Garry 10:52

Yes, thank you for that little trivia question. What was your first take on this?

Amy 10:56

Would you like for me to do the synopsis first. Oh, you're all, because you did your trivia.

Garry 11:02

Hey look, I did my trivia question, you're done. You drank some wine, I had a sip of wine and I'm just look, we're at the end.

Amy 11:07

We just we're done, sorry, sorry.

Garry 11:11

Yes.

Amy 11:12

Let's drop the synopsis. All righty, here we go. Sherry just moved back to DC after a breakup and hopes to start painting again. Insp hopes to start painting again. Inspiration hits when she meets Evan, a repairman, who winds up actually being a gallery owner Shocking.

Garry 11:30

Shocking. It is A repairman, I know right that ends up owning the gallery. In Hallmark that she's renting from. I know right, okay, now, so surprised Okay.

Amy 11:41

Now.

Garry 11:43

What was?

Amy 11:44

your first take on this. Overall, I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. I love that, while all the foster kids are going to be in each of the four movies, each one focuses on one.

Garry 11:56

Right.

Amy 11:56

At a time so we get to learn their story, and so I really liked this one. I really liked this one. I thought the premise of a marriage ending and then, you know, heading back home to touch base with family and your old stomping grounds it was so realistic in a lot of ways because a lot of people need that touch point for grounding and for the momentum to move forward. So I just thought the story flowed really well for the most part and I enjoyed it. And of course, the Sunday suppers are a key part of the series and I think they were referenced more in this one than they actually participated in them.

Amy 12:38

So I think they just had the one, the pizza, the pizza night.

Garry 12:42

So, but I do I still like?

Amy 12:44

I still like the references of the of the Sunday suppers because you know we used to have Sunday dinners with our crew frequently. We we tried to do it every Sunday when they were a little bit younger and now that they're adults and really moved on and even out of state and not always around and working, it's harder to do. But we still try to occasionally do the Sunday dinners just to touch base with everybody, because life moves fast. It sure does. So what about you? What did you think?

Garry 13:13

Well, I too thought it flowed very well and I really enjoyed how this episode, to me, seemed to focus a lot on life situations. You had mentioned divorce. There was a death, a young high school athlete whose mom passes away, his dad has to work all the time and he has to take care of his little sister, yeah, so I like that angle of the whole thing because it's pretty.

Garry 13:42

I like how they do concentrate on one of the foster children, but then they sprinkle in the other ones throughout the show. Yeah, and that's, that's what I enjoyed about this one.

Amy 13:53

Yeah, what were some of your favorite scenes then?

Garry 13:57

Or favorite scene? First of all, did we know Sherry was married in the first?

Amy 14:01

You know it's funny that you say that, because I almost want to watch Jenna's.

Garry 14:05

First.

Amy 14:05

Love, so that see if they referenced it. If they did, I missed it I missed it too. I you know I'd have to watch it again to see. I'm sure there was probably some indication that we missed.

Garry 14:18

We missed it. Yeah, some of my favorite scenes. Well, the first one, obviously, was the beginning, when Sherry gets off the plane pushing her luggage around the airport. That's a lot of luggage. I don't know what's up with women. Us men, one, two at the most.

Amy 14:36

That's your favorite part her pushing around all the way.

Garry 14:38

No, I'm just kidding I like when she was on the phone and she was talking to Jenna and Jenna was like I'm not picking you up, that's supposed to be Josh. And then she gets Josh on the phone.

Garry 14:48

So they're now on a three-way call and Josh is like no, I told Jenna to pick you up, and then Jenna was like no, I told you I can't pick her up, and then they get Kiki on the phone. So now it's a four-way. So they're going back and forth and little does Sherry know they're waiting out in the parking, or not the parking lot, but out front of the airport Right outside. With a sign that says welcome home, sherry, sherry yeah, I agree, I had that down also as one of my favorite scenes. I thought that was pretty cool.

Amy 15:17

Yeah, no, I totally agree, and you know it's funny because it might not have been my brightest moment, but I was totally thinking they weren't showing up for her. I know, I mean like duh, of course, you know, like I should have seen that coming, but I don't know what it was. Maybe we were tired that day, but I just I thought it was such a breath of fresh air. I loved starting the movie that way, because that is the first thing I have written down under favorite scenes also, I, you know, I just thought it was fun and it really speaks volumes, without saying a lot, about their relationship as siblings, as foster siblings. So I just, I really loved that scene Also. It was like a breath of fresh air.

Amy 16:01

It started off great. I love starting on a good vibe like that. I do have to say, though, in all honesty, do you know how mad I'd be if I was talking to even like one of the kids, or like my sister, even if they ended up showing up, I would probably not have handled it as well as Sherry did. When she thinks they're not coming, she's like, oh, no, worries, I'll get a new bird. And she flew in from another country, I know, like she didn't just you know, was it Switzerland, something like that, zurich.

Amy 16:31

Zurich. So she didn't just come in from, like you know, across the street, Like she flew in from another country, and they're like no oops, we didn't have time.

Garry 16:41

I might have something to say about that.

Amy 16:43

Yeah, no, carrying seven luggage or pushing seven luggages, and I'm sure if you ask our kids they'd be like, oh yeah, you'd be real mad, you know.

Garry 16:48

I know.

Amy 16:49

And I admit it.

Garry 16:50

I own it. I wouldn't have been super happy. You're honest about it.

Amy 16:54

Any other scenes that you really liked.

Garry 16:57

I liked the pizza scene too, Even though it was short. I just liked how.

Amy 17:01

Oh, the dinner.

Garry 17:02

Yeah, when Angie goes, we're having pizza tonight, and then Josh starts to dance and he's like we're having pizza, we're having pizza. And then he says get in my belly yes, that Pizza. And then he says get in my belly, I don't know. That was a nice little scene. I thought that was really cool too.

Amy 17:19

I think I had that. I really liked the special scene between Angie and Sherry and it seems like each movie is going to have at least one where Angie is having a moment with one of the kids.

Amy 17:32

having a moment with one of the kids and, and in this one it was the sitting room, the place where Sherry used to go and she would sit and just like stare at the painting and just think, and where her and Angie would talk, and I like how Angie brings up. You know, when you were here, this is where you would go. Like she always finds a way to bring in an example from when they lived with her, yeah, when example from when they lived with her yeah, when they, when they were.

Amy 17:57

And then we get the. You know, we get angie's words of wisdom, like when she tells sherry, sometimes life gets so busy we don't get to put our spirits first, and I thought that was so. It was such a good way to phrase that, because I'm always like you have to feed your soul. If you don't feed your soul, you're not going to be able to feed anyone else's soul. So if you have children or a spouse, so it's so important to take time to do what you love, whether it's reading a book, getting outside, getting whatever you like to do you have to feed that outlet. Yeah Well, not inner peace.

Garry 18:32

No, I understand what you're saying. You just have to take time for yourself, for yourself.

Amy 18:36

yeah, Sometimes you have to do that. And people get so busy they forget, and then, before you know it, it's. You know like you're at your wit's end and you don't mean to be, but you just haven't taken that time. So I really liked that scene. Oh okay, liked that scene, oh okay and then I also had what you just mentioned. You know, josh, kind of cracking me up about the we're having pizza, it's like, because they mentioned pizza and he just appears you know, he's like did someone say pizza, you know, and he did, so I really enjoyed that?

Garry 19:06

yeah, because she says something like you have big ears and what did he say after that?

Amy 19:11

he says something like my brain it's just my big brain pushing pushing out, pushing them out of my head or something. Yeah, that was funny too.

Garry 19:18

It pushed them out of my head. I really like that.

Amy 19:21

So what about cheers. I'm going to go back to the beginning. We've already talked about that. But my biggest cheer was the beginning. I just thought it was adorable. I loved starting the movie off on such a fun note. I I just thought it was adorable. I loved starting the movie off on such a fun note. I thought it was great. And then my other cheer would be just the common themes throughout the movie so far and what I presume will be probably in the next two to come. You know the Sunday suppers obviously.

Garry 19:51

Right.

Amy 19:51

Who has to do the dishes after?

Garry 19:53

I know that's funny, that's funny.

Amy 19:55

And that happened in the first one and this one, and I think that's funny because that happens with yeah, with our kids, with our crew.

Amy 20:03

Right, they fight over. You know that we cook. And then we're like hey, you have to do the dishes Right. And they're like ah, I know, they're getting a free meal, the boys are going to do it, the girls have to do it. They never do. You know, they're still and they're in their 20s and they still. I mean they do it, but it's like I mean I don't like doing. They're lucky, they even have a dishwasher. I know, Like when I was growing up we had to wait back when we didn't even have a Thanksgiving dinner.

Amy 20:27

Oh my God, oh my, you know, like putting the water in the sink and letting that disgusts me now, but when you think about it, that's how everybody washed their dishes.

Amy 20:37

Maybe that's why we didn't get as sick back then, because we were just you filled the sink up and then you, you know with soap, and then you would wash the dish in it. You know you might change it if you had some meat or something, I don't know, but it was like now thinking about it. It was so disgusting, it was, it was very disgusting. So those are my two biggest cheers. How about you?

Garry 20:58

Mine. It was funny because we're kind of opposite. You touched on how they sat on the couch and gave advice. That was one of my biggest cheers because I always felt like Angie would guide them along, give them a good piece of advice and then let them figure out the rest of it Right.

Garry 21:17

Yes, take it and run. Yes, like when you know Sherry, she was facing the divorce and then she was facing the fact that was she moving too fast in the relationship with Evan and so she was kind of fighting herself back and forth with that and so she was kind of fighting herself back and forth with that. And I also liked Josh's bit of advice that she gave him with Kyle, you know, because he didn't understand why Kyle wasn't showing up for practice and she had asked him well, did you talk to him about what's going on off of the track field? And he kind of was like oh Right, that was pretty profound.

Garry 21:57

And so I think that's pretty cool that you know coaches not only care about the children on the field, but also off the field, right, right, and it seems like that's where that's going to go, maybe for his, for Josh's episode. I think, so it's going to be a big part she said something to him.

Amy 22:16

like you know, kids don't always want answers, they just want someone to show up Right, and that's very true, that's true. Yeah, that's very true also. Yeah, she had some heartfelts with him too.

Garry 22:26

So that was my two biggest cheers.

Amy 22:29

What about jeers? You got a jeer.

Garry 22:32

Yes, I do.

Amy 22:33

Okay, that was a big sigh. Okay, I have a couple. I'm going to take a swig real quick.

Garry 22:38

I know, right, I need to take one too, my frank. But I'm upset that Evan didn't get his Sunday supper on. He didn't get one, he didn't get a sit down.

Amy 22:51

I didn't even think about that. Yes, you're correct.

Garry 22:54

Come on, come it down. I didn't even think about that. Yes, you're correct, come on, but come on, but, like you said, they, they touched on it like several times throughout the whole.

Garry 23:00

Uh well, there's the scene where the where the three um are cutting up vegetables, they're prepping and it's yeah, sherry, jenna and kiki, and and uh, the other one was during the auction like come, come on, this dude is going to outbid you for a painting that he has no, you know, emotional attachment to. I thought I don't know. I thought that was kind of a good scene. Yeah, you just thought it didn't work, really, because he was sitting in the back smirking like I'm outbidding you and he paid like $10,000.

Amy 23:31

Let me drop another Benjamin For that and his yeah, yeah it would have been cool if he would have been, if he would have ended up being someone who had a crush on his grandma or something like when they were younger. That would have been a good it's like I knew that was her because she wasn't a famous art. I mean, she was an artist, but not a famous artist.

Garry 23:46

So, yeah, no, I get it. So what about you? What did you have?

Amy 23:51

I and I don't know if you'll agree with this or not, but the chemistry between Sherry and Evan, I felt like it worked in the beginning, like when he was the repairman, and then she doesn't know he owns the building and she's like, oh, you dress up nice when he wears a fancy suit, or-.

Garry 24:12

Yes, drives a Mercedes.

Amy 24:13

Drives a Mercedes. Yeah, I mean, she's kind of like whoa. Okay, Not that she's attracted to the money, but she is kind of not expecting that because she's only seen him as a repairman.

Garry 24:22

Right.

Amy 24:23

So I thought that that worked. But then it was like sort of towards the end the chemistry just didn't vibe for me.

Garry 24:31

Yeah.

Amy 24:31

There was something. There was something just off about it and like when you know she starts freaking out because she doesn't know what to do and he calms her down. I thought that was really good. He kind of kept her centered and everything, but then when he freaks out after the paint, it was like what's going on? Something just didn't. It just didn't work for me.

Amy 24:53

Right towards the end I and I feel badly because I liked both of them individually, yes, but it just seemed more like a really good friendship by the end, as opposed to the romantic chemistry that I was looking for, and that's funny.

Garry 25:04

You said that because I felt the same way.

Amy 25:05

Yeah.

Garry 25:08

Like there were some scenes that really didn't make sense, like why is she so upset when all he was trying to do was, you know, help her get through the divorce, get back on her feet? But then, when Kiki had talked to Sherry about you're moving way too fast, and then she gets that in her head and then she's like, well, but I also felt like the kiki thing.

Amy 25:28

I'm glad you brought that up. That was in my notes, not in this one, but that she at what you know kiki's like oh, he's really cute. She's kind of pushing the relationship at first and then she goes. You're moving way too fast.

Garry 25:39

I thought that was weird too.

Amy 25:41

I don't know, I mean I know, people can change their minds.

Garry 25:43

So yeah, I agree with you on that one.

Amy 25:46

And, like you were saying, the phone call between Sherry and her ex.

Garry 25:52

Yeah, that was another one.

Amy 25:53

I felt like that didn't really work either, like he really liked her. What did he say? Maybe, what was the phrase? I don't know.

Garry 26:03

When they were talking. Yeah, he said something like we were good, right we?

Amy 26:06

were good, right, Like he's kind of trying to, and I get it. You know they were married and they had a relationship. And then she starts to get all worked up during the phone call and then all of a sudden she calms down. She's like we shouldn't be together. I just thought that it was. They didn't even understand that, unless they were just trying to show not having her ex in it at all but they didn't really need to.

Amy 26:30

They did not. And I mean, you know I'm not bashing the actor, he's fine, whoever played her, but it didn't work and it seemed out of place. Yeah, it just didn't fit with the vibe of that part of the movie, especially that green screen they had, yeah, yeah.

Garry 26:42

So the green screen they have.

Amy 26:43

Yeah, yeah, so that would be my biggest year.

Garry 26:46

Yes, I had that down too. Yeah, that's funny, I just thought that was out of place at that particular time in the movie and they didn't need it to move the movie along.

Amy 26:55

Yeah. So, yeah, but Do you have any other? Oh, by the ways, or do you want to move on to review? Oh See what we rank corks. No, I did have a couple. You always have something I can tell when you have something in your mind. Because you're like chomping at it, all right, go ahead.

Garry 27:10

No, I know I just like the concept of the artist co-op apartment.

Amy 27:16

I thought that was a pretty cool idea. That was a cool idea. Yeah, I agree with that.

Garry 27:19

I wanted to mention that, because when and to go back on Sherry, when she was going through her mood swing, so to speak, she was on the couch in the foster home and she looks up and she sees the painting that's been there this whole time, right? Oh right and then it's one of Lindsay's paintings.

Garry 27:41

Right and then, you know, when Evan comes over and they make up, she shows him the painting and he was like, oh my God, you found one great. And then they put it in the co-op and then they surprise his grandma.

Amy 27:55

His grandma with it Right.

Garry 27:57

I thought that was a nice scene.

Amy 27:59

Yeah, yeah, I mean, there were definitely, there were some really great elements. Yes, throughout the movie. You know, for me it was really just about the chemistry Right Towards the end. Yeah, you know.

Garry 28:11

I understand. So let's go ahead and rate it. How many quarks would you give this one?

Amy 28:17

I would give this one a solid four quarks.

Garry 28:20

Yeah, I'm going to go with you. I'm going with four too.

Amy 28:23

Yeah, only because the chemistry thing kind of bothered me. It was good, I enjoyed it. There was nothing that I hated about it or thought it was like. Oh, it kind of really fell short, like some of them do.

Garry 28:38

But yeah, I would give it a solid four Me too. I just didn't like the way the scene in the middle they just weren't, it didn't work they weren't going together.

Amy 28:46

I got you, I got you.

Garry 28:48

So is that a wrap on?

Amy 28:49

this one. That's a wrap. I think Our number 10. Our 10th, our first double digit. Cheers on that. There you go Well.

Garry 28:57

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Amy 29:19

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