Pros: Good mystery, fun sub-plots
Cons: Usual Hallmark cheese
The Bottom Line:
How does surfer drown?
That’s what Jenn must figure out
In this fun movie
“It’s Probably Nothing.”
“It’s Never Nothing with You, Jenn”
Amateur sleuths need a way to keep getting involved in
murder. Some people have a very large
family and an abundance of friends. But if
you have a shop that can help bring in new ways to get you involved in murder,
too. That’s how Jennifer Shannon gets
involved in The Beach Murder.
Jennifer (Lori Loughlin) has a new customer who is
interested in vintage surf boards.
That’s because Anne’s husband Steve (David Paetkau) is obsessed with all
things surfing, being an avid surfer himself.
Jennifer and Anne (Chiara Zanni) have become friends thanks to the many
boards that Jennifer has been able to add to Steve’s collection.
However, things take a tragic turn when the police call to
say that Steve’s body has been discovered on the beach. It appears to be an accident, but Anne isn’t
buying it. Steve was a championship
swimmer and a former lifeguard. She just
can’t believe he drown accidentally. And
Anne’s questions make sense to Jennifer, who begins to find things that make
her question the official results as well.
What really happened to Steve?
Of course, we know Steve was murdered. If he weren’t, there would be no movie for us
to watch, or at least a very boring movie.
I had figured out the how earlier than Jennifer did, but coming up with
the who was still a lot of fun.
The rest of the gang is around with a couple of
sub-plots. At Rags to Riches, the second-hand
store that Jennifer owns with her best friend Dani (Sarah Strange), they are
caught in the middle of a couple who is fighting by selling off each other’s
things. Meanwhile, on the home front,
Jennifer’s son Logan (Connor Stanhope) is attempting to go out for the school
play because of his crush on the lead actress.
Both are fun. Yes, the mystery
could use another couple more suspects to sustain a full movie on its own, but
any fan of the series will be engaged thanks to these subplots.
Of course, this comes with my usual Hallmark movie
warning. The acting is adequate, but
certainly nothing spectacular. That’s
hardly surprising since this is the first of four movies in the franchise we
are getting this month, and this isn’t the first Garage Sale Mystery movie of
the year, either. Then again, some of
the lines the actors have to say aren’t the best either. Just keep that in mind when you sit down to
watch and you’ll be fine.
I was smiling the entire way through the movie, and I’m sure
any fan of this movie franchise will feel the same way about The Beach Murder.
This movie is part of the Garage Sale Mysteries Collection Three DVD set.
This movie is part of the Garage Sale Mysteries Collection Three DVD set.
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