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It's a bad enough premise to begin with. Offensive actually, especially when combined with all the other misogyny. But this movie is the closest copy to another movie that I have ever seen without actually being a remake. It's actually closer than some remakes. Almost every significant plot point is the same.

The girl scouts were the best part of this movie and they brought out a few good laughs.

Sadly for me, I kind of liked Karissa Lee Staples and her relationship with Peter Mooney. It's too bad the woman really needs about 5 years of counseling before she's allowed out in public. And he family needs help too.

If you can get past the stinky premise, either one of these movies is OK, but not both.

PS I don't know if I was clear above that my biggest complaint about the movie is the misogyny and the cruelty, mostly early in the movie. The Bet is not just insulting to women (general) and the woman (Melanie), but the way his boss engineers it and persists with it is even worse. And the attitude of ownership by the third fiancée adds to it even more.

The fact that the movie is such a copy of the other one(s) is even worse given how insulting the premise was in the first place. The fact that my rating is as high as it is says a little about how much I enjoyed the interaction between the leads, oh and the girl scouts.

I adored this movie! It reminds us how love should be and why finding the person to spend the rest of our lives with is done with the heart, not the head! And it all starts with a bet!

Likeable characters, believeable acting, and a story line that was not overly dramatic or ridiculous. A pleasant hour-and-a-half spent; at the end of which, I was smiling and satisfied. I loved the fact that the sister character was not the stereotypical rom-com "best-friend." She was every bit as pretty and likeable as the main character (Mel).

Cute, cliche betting scenario turning real but as long as the actors were good and sincere, I like!

Like the others, I immediately recognized this as a ripoff of "A Bride For Christmas" a 2012 Hallmark movie. I checked and it's the same writer. How very lazy do you have to be to change the names, switch poker for bowling, nutrition for interior design, and scouts for the dog rescue? That's it, the rest of the script is the same. Skip this one and watch the original which is better. Personally, I'll be suspect of anything Barbara Kymlicka writes again and so should those who hire her.

This is a COMPLETE copy, down to the lines of movie. The original move was A Bride For Christmas and it had better actors...

Similar to others, but romantic & enjoyable! I liked it.

The only good thing about this very predictable movie is how attractive Peter Mooney is, worth watching just for his beautiful face and great arms. Some of the lines and the plot are so unbelievable I can't imagine how it even passed the editor's room.

I've never seen such blatant plagiarism in a movie before. The writer/director even went so far as to steal the exact words!!! THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE REMOVED!

The incredibly boring poor copy. Why? Did you ran out of stories ? What a waist of time .

Lifetime recycling Hallmark's scripts from movies they released in 2012. About 50% of the dialog is word for word from "A bride for christmas". Too bad, it's a good cast, which could have been good with a original script. Still needs mentioning until change happens, it's lacking in diversity, both ethnicity and sexual orientation. In "A bride for christmas" at least the sister was gay.

Same premise as Hallmark's A Bride for Christmas - only Hallmark did it better. This is PAINFULLY bad...

The writing was horrible. The cast, while attractive, had no chemistry. The whitewashing was unbearable. This movie is sad with a healthy dose of tragic.

It was definitely a feel good movie...in the same ballpark as How to Lose a Guy in 10 days...

If you're a hopeless romantic like me, you'd love it!

Like almost an exact copy. Some of the script is exactly the same. The plot is almost exactly the same. I actually watched this one first and would've rated it maybe a 7, since I like cheesy Hallmark-type movies. But then I started watching A Bride For Christmas and I got really confused as to why they were the same. The other one was made first. Why was this movie even made at all? I understand using the same plot point of a bet but seriously, some of the lines are exactly the same. I don't understand.

I am about half way into this movie. And I can not watch anymore. The dialogue is so bad and inane. And the very contrived and cliched scenes are insulting. Simple bad filmmaking: a yoga class is in the middle of doing an eagle pose...just one? ..and then all of a sudden the female lead says "Namaste. Thank you for coming". Yoga classes don't flow, or end like that. And this is one of many examples that come across as cheap and sloppy storytelling, that is all over the place in this film. Each scene is filled with cheesy, cringeworthy dialogue. I am a full romantic. But I just can not with this film. Strong thumbs down.

2017 and filmed in 480i. The producers really cheated out.

This and "Bride for Christmas" (2012) are copies of "Worth Winning" with Mark Harmon (1989).