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Good dialogue. There are a lot of funny lines. Luke Macfarlane is good as the foil for a lot of jokes.

Macfarlane and Rachelle Lefevre have great chemistry. They connect both in comedic moments and serious ones.

The early part of the story revolves around a crazy assumption that a property would just sit empty until Moriah saves enough money to buy it. It generates a lot emotional energy which in my mind is wasted because it is so unreasonable. This is too bad because otherwise, the story and the movie have so much going for them. The rest of the story is quite good, although the ending is a bit cheesy.

The font for translations of French lines is ridiculously small and sometimes lost in the background.

An OK Hallmark movie. A bit of a better story line than the other Hallmark movies The only drawback was the "French" accent, or lack thereof. The female lead sounds like a transplanted American.

One of the reviewers complained about Luke MacFarlane's acting as he is gay and acting a romantic goofy guy in love with a woman isn't plausible. The reviewer is probably too young to remember Rock Hudson, who played a goofy romantic. That is what makes Luke a good actor.

I'm ok with the actresses French accent, which worked ok for me. The actress, R. L., is at least from the Quebec, Canada, so maybe she has some French Canadian accent exposure.

Could've been an 8 if Rachelle Lefvre's accent hadn't been so bothersome and inconsistent. The secondary characters were French and it showed in the dialogue. Otherwise I liked the leads a lot enjoyed the story well enough and loved the beautiful scenery. So nice to see a movie that reflects the actual location.

The scenery was incredible. I had to check that indeed it was filmed in France, and not somewhere in Canada. I was relieved it was.

I like these two, two of my favorites but they didn't sell this very well. It seemed forced. Her French accent was horrible. At one time she was painting furniture with a brush and I was thinking that should be stained, with a rag. And then in another scene, she WAS staining it with a rag. The production wasn't the best.

But, I enjoyed it, wish I could have rewarded it with higher rating.

I love Luke MacFarland and Rachelle LeFevre. And he was his usual charming self. She was not at all believable. Her fake accent was grating and seeing her "working" on an antique wooden chest wearing a shoulder less blue sweater and a leather apron was laughable. I struggled to stay interested in spite of the beautiful scenery and architecture. They just weren't enough to compensate for the lousy storyline and fake accents.

Perfect escapism. Gorgeous locations, lovely cast and a charming story. Rachelle Lefevre and Luke Macfarlane are wonderful together. Loved the authenticity of the supporting cast which are clearly French. Definitely worth watching.

Aside from the obvious upside of shooting 'Moriah's Lighthouse' on the French coast, the movie also benefits from having a script written by Paul Campbell. When he isn't starring in some of Hallmark's best and most successful movies, he's writing them. One heck of a double act.

Luke Macfarlane is as reliable as ever in the role of Ben McCane and has some genuinely funny scenes. Sometimes "comedy" in Hallmark movies falls awkwardly and embarrassingly flat, but not in 'Moriah's Lighthouse'.

Macfarlane and Rachelle Lefevre, who I've never seen before in a Hallmark movie, are a brilliant couple. Their chemistry works really well.

Throw in the undeniably beautiful scenery, and - despite a few plot holes - you have an above-average Hallmark movie.

Wood worker Moriah (Rachelle Lefevre) dreams of restoring the old lighthouse in her small seaside French town. Ben (Luke Macfarlane) arrives in town with plans of his own. She hits him with her bicycle. I like the French location. The story is fine for a Hallmark romance. This could be a nice romance but one thing keeps bugging me. Lefevre is playing a French girl. She may be well-skilled in French but the audience have seen her speak perfect English. In this, she's speaking English with that fake French accent and it's weird. My brain keeps telling me that she's faking this. The last thing I want from my brain is it telling me that it's all fake. Everything else is secondary.

Loved this little Hallmark Movie. It's fun when they are different and this was, especially featuring the gorgeous scenery from the Brittany France area where it was filmed. Peope are questioning Rachelle Lefevre's accent. She may not be from France, but she was born and raised in Montreal Quebec, so is very french, albeit Canadian French. Gorgeous lady. Luke MacFarlane is one of the most handsome leading men Hallmark has.

I only watched about 22 minutes in, including commercial time. I couldn't go any further and believe me, I tried. The woman character was not believable as being French. I am OCD about some things. In the past when I have watched some of the winter Hallmark movies I notice the folded fabric that is supposed to be snow. I can get passed that but I couldn't get passed the on again off again french accent. The actress is beautiful, she can act and she can speak french but acting like she was French was a hard one for her. They should have changed the story line to American born and moved to France in early teens or French born but raise in America until her teens. That would have made this a better watch for me but instead it drove me crazy insane and I mentally cringed with the changing of of her accent from French to English.

Woodworking wearing pristine white trousers ? The movie and the plot carry along nicely, the chemistry betwixt the actors is plausible. But the wardrobe selection is jarring.

Had high hopes for this one. There are some funny moments but the storyline is unrealistic, requiring a stretch of the imagination to make the story remotely believable. The lead actress bouncing between a French accent and English with no accent was distracting. Hallmark movies of late are using the same plot devices over and over. Too formulaic, and lacking in originality despite beautiful locations and some wonderful actors.

I've noticed a couple of references to the leading woman's French accent. It seems likely that since grew up in Montreal, with a French father, whose family is French, that she probably has a decent grasp of a French accent.

The setting in Brittany is glorious. That particular piece of coastline has that wonderful pink granite in beautiful shapes.

The village is lovely, too, with it's very likable characters and charming architecture. The side story of Catherine's romance is also a bonus, in my opinion.

Over-all I found it to be a delightful movie. The fact that she is a woodworker is an extra bonus for me, as that is my field.

She may have grown up in Montreal and perhaps even spoke French however her accent comes & goes throughout the film. I love this actor so I'm disappointed that she didn't carry off the correct accent or keep the poor accent consistently. But the scenery is lovely.

Cannot get through the movie because of her ridiculous french accent! Hallmark please, edit your actors and your movies better. I am so disappointed. Beautiful scenery. I was so excited to see this one.

This movie did not follow the customary hallmark romcom, thankfully. Beautiful scenery, wonderful leads and supporting actors, lots of French (though tiny translations), a surprise subplot, with a possibility for a sequel: this is a town that would be very involved in the couple's wedding, should they decide. ("They" could be the town!)

Very slow story line and zero chemistry between the two leads. Not a convincing relationship and even missed on having the cinematography shine. I like Luke as an actor, but this is one to skip.

I had high hopes for this because it was written by Paul Campbell and he is normally quite good. But, man, he blew it.

I don't know why they would bother to name the movie after a book when the plot contains ony a couple of similarities. The book is decidednly not a comedy which I think this was supposed to be albeit it fails there as well.

The "French" residents slip back and forth between speaking accented English and then English without an accent.

The scenery is beautiful but otherwise it was a slog to get through the entire movie. The ending is predictable and a snooze.

Non, non, non....this is one to skip!!! I just could not handle that fake accent and such an implausible story line. The other reviews go more into detail. Beautiful scenery, and with some tweaks it could have been a sweet story.

I don't know Rachel Lefevre. Ergo, I don't know the sound of her natural accent. That said, I do know she can speak French, and lived in the states for a significant amount of time. She has played parts that required a straight American accent. When someone with an accent spends time doing a fake American accent, & when they are surrounded by American English speakers, they can develop an accent that slides in & out of both accents without meaning to. It can lead some folks to believe the speaker is faking their accent. I'm not a linguist, so I won't pick nits over her accents. Ms. Lefevre deserves the benefit of the doubt. It's a movie. Relax & enjoy it.

This one misses the mark on almost every occasion. The actors' didn't maintain their French accents consistently. The attempts at comedy fell flat. The main conflict (Moriah getting upset that a house she doesn't own is being renovated) is lame. The French Resistance storyline shoehorned in made no sense. I sensed zero chemistry between Luke and Rachel. Just a mess of a movie, unfortunately.