Love on the Right Course
2024
Action / Comedy / Romance / Sport

Love on the Right Course
2024
Action / Comedy / Romance / Sport
Plot summary
Thirty year old, Whitney Williams, a professional golfer, suffers a series of setbacks that lead her to question her future in the sport. After an extended losing streak, she returns home to Budapest, Hungary, to reevaluate her future in the sport. There she meets a golf pro who helps her rediscover the joy of the game. In the process, she finds love.
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A Nice Light Romance
Hallmark on the links
Spectacular scenery in Hungary - is this the first time that a Hallmark movie has been filmed there?
Anyway, 'Love on the Right Course' has a plot that has been used often by Hallmark, this time it's about a struggling pro golfer Whitney (played by Ashley Newbrough) returning home to Hungary to get a reprieve from the competitive tour. Surprise, surprise, Whitney runs into Daniel (Hallmark regular, Marcus Rosner) who runs the course her father owns. And, naturally - this being Hallmark after all - sparks begin to fly.
Written by Brittany Bristow, who also plays a role in the movie. As does TSN Canada anchor Kara Wagland. If you like golf and Hallmark movies, this one will be right up your alley. Or down your fairway, if you will.
Bokeh run rampant
While the story was okay and the lead actors delivered their usual respectable performances, I found the narrow depth of focus chosen for much of the movie to be simply too hard on my eyes to keep watching. We do not see the world with such short depth of focus, so prolonged exposure to that effect neither feels natural nor is easy to process. So many scenes were shot with only the actors in focus, that the audience is deinied extended views of lovely waterfront scenes, quaint village alleyways, and interesting interiors. One knows these appealing scenes are there, but they're repeatedly obscured by somebody's idea of what makes cinematic "art." Rather than focusing my attention on the characters & story, I found this video technique was such a distraction that it killed my interest in the movie.