source: Girlfriendship

MANNNN!!! I was so looking forward to this movie. As a veteran of probably over a 100 HM movies I was super excited when I saw this cast & even more so when I saw "Rudy" was the director!! It barely deserves a 5 but it gets an extra star for the incredible scenery & the attempt at true diversity. Problem is this literally could have been written & directed by every other HM movie crew in the last decade. Same silly booking mix-up, same clumsy meet with the super obvious love interest & same kiss at the end as they fade to the credits. Why!! So close yet soooo far!!! We faithful watchers deserve more than these predictable stories with different characters.

This is a difficult film to review...I can't fault the cast, I think they did an excellent job acting and I think they deserved better material. For example a character has a big epiphany and does a job pitch for the financial director position involving travel vacations or cards for a limited market???? Very confusing. And that is not the only confusing piece in this film, they visit a "rewilding" retreat to a soundtrack of Christian music but are tapping in to ethnic roots on an island that are African or Native American? I was never really sure and this mixed soundtrack contributed to that confusion. My favorite role was played by the tough retreat leader, Ariella Benjamin, played by Samantha Beaulieu. She was great! It was also really nice seeing Tamera Mowry-Housley playing an adult role after watching her as a child actress. She is beautiful, both inside and out. The story is roughly about three friends who intend to celebrate one of their birthdays by going on a girls gone wild like retreat, but due to a booking mistake by a careless assistant end up on a as one of the three put it more "woo-woo" retreat where they connect spiritually on an island. Once the mistake is understood, they discover that they are stuck on the island until the ferry boat comes back on Friday. The three friends are a hardworking former professional now stay at home mom with lots of kids (although we never find out the actual number) who secretly wants to go back to work, a small business owner who owns a salon that was funded by the stay at home mom and who secretly wants to become a mom herself even though she is not in a relationship and finally the birthday girl who is a professional working in the financial department of a company (?) who got her bachelor's in art and secretly wants to go back to being an artist even though she feels obligated to take care of her widowed mother who is loosing her memory (Alzheimer's?). The three of them struggle, fight and eventually make up...all while figuring out what they want to do with the rest of their lives. There were quite a few holes in the storyline. The location was beautiful, the acting was good, there was not as much focus on the romantic storyline (although there is a romantic storyline) and like others whose reviews I have read I also thought due to the hype and advertising that I saw on the Hallmark channels that this was going to be a series. It may have benefited from more character development and more work on the storylines that a series could have given it.

WE LOVE SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE, IT IS A PLEASURE MEETING A WONDERFUL MAMA AND WIFE AND A BEAUTIFUL FRIEND ,WE LOVE YOU TAMERA. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU MORE IN TV AND MOVIES WE LOVE YOUR PERSONALITY AND HOW YOU ARE AS A HUMAN BEING. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND WHEN YOU IN THE MOVIE'S YOU MAKE EVERYTHING FANTASTIC, I HOPE ONE DAY TO MEET YOU IN PERSON AND FEEL YOU BEAUTIFUL ENERGY. Wish you the best of the best in you're job and everything you do in life ,and for your family too ,from my heart.. See you soon my beautiful TAMERA.. love from all your friends from the family jamfam, congratulations 🙏🙏🙏

I have been a fan of Tamera Mowry for years and once again she is beautiful in every way! Impeccable. I enjoyed the pace and heartfelt scenes. This movie helped me get through a terrible moment in my life. Nothing better than Sitting down with your favorite snacks and a nice bottle of wine to spoil yourself watching an amazing movie that will definitely be on the shortlist of movies to watch with my sister, best friends definitely my hubby and for myself again and again. I highly recommend and promise it will not disappoint and you will feel what I felt and it will be one of your favorites!!!!

OMG, I can't tell you how long I've waited for a hallmark film that soley focused on Black Women. From the natural hairstyles to the beautiful outfits, to the beautiful cast, the scenery location, to the plot!!! The plot!! Loving yourself, following your dreams. Figuring out what you have to do versus want you to do. I literally cried watching this one. I also love the tune. You can tell a black person wrote and directed this. They're certain languages and mannerisms that Black Women say and do and this film nailed it. Kudos to Tamera Mowry-Housley and Kesha Knight Pulliam for making a film for us by us. Thank you, Ladies.

I am so very grateful to see more media uplifting friendship, family and honoring our roots and ancestors. Very excited for the show to come and experience it with some of my girlfriends and family. We don't see spiritual shows or media often but I'd like to focus energy and celebrate that we are now seeing it more and more everyday. Especially in the times we are in today where the generations are seeking internal support, guidance and truth. SUPER Love Tamera Mowry-Housley. I am a super big fan since childhood with sister sister on Disney Channel. The little girl in me is happy to see Women of Color and all women being honored.

A "take off" from the recent TV series Fantasy Island. It has a similar plot as the TV series. 3 girlfriends go to a retreat, but find themselves on a mysterious island. They must discover their true life calling. One, wants to go back to work, one wants to be a mom, the other still needs to discover her true path in life. You can see where the adventure is going to to take them. The mom will take over the salon, the salon owner is going to become a foster mom to the young girl on the island, and the workaholic will discover her calling is to slow down and get back into painting, and she will get together with the good looking man. All 3 will find their true direction. A better movie from the rest of the Hallmark movies. Someone at Hallmark must have been listening and decided to change the script direction.

This movie checked off all of the boxes for me. I loved everything from the supportive friendships to the rich culture and beautiful scenery. It was a refreshing twist on the typical Hallmark movie. I didn't want it to end. Bravo Hallmark! More. Like. This. Please. Amazing job, Keshia Knight Pulliam! Your vision and execution was very much appreciated by me. Tamera Mowry Housley, you were fantabulous! I saw so much growth!!! You should be very proud of your work. The chemistry between all of the actors seemed effortless and believable. Overall, 10 out of 10 for me. And, I will watch it again and again!

This rating may be a tad low for a hM movie, but I had high expectations for this. When I first saw all the ads I thought it was going to be a series. Which I think would be a good series for HM- a friends show. The acting was fine, the production was better than most and the scenery was beautiful. The "mix up" was predictable and stupid. The storylines weren't really all developed. I never got invested in any of the characters too much. I needed more in order to care. There were a lot of things that just went unanswered or didn't make any sense. For something so hyped it just fell below the high expectations.