Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

This one was good enough to keep my interest, but a second one could be great! The PenaVega's make a good team and Hallmark should put some more sparks in there, taking advantage of their chemistry!

I watched it with the ff button cause that's what it deserves. 1.5 hrs of mediocrity in 25 mins. The girls' hair is great. I"m a bit fascinated with Hallmark mysteries being such formulaic, commodity entertainment. Its been described as akin to comfort food. If so, its more like junk food. It isn't a recognizable world thats populated by inhumans.

The real life married couple are two people in my opinion are hard to watch. Their acting skills bore me. I never watch to the end, so I never solve the mystery or watch anything they're in. I love the network though.

I have loved all of these. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 3/16/2021

5/10 - a deeply average Hallmark Movies & Mysteries flick

This movie opens like a 1960's crime drama. Both actors are good. I think the writing is weak. Alexa and Carlos are believable. I just felt the script was a little rough.

I've tried to like the movies the main characters are in but they are horrible together. She's not as bad as him. He's a horrible actor. He's stiff and boring.

source: Newlywed and Dead

Too many quiet moments drag the film down. After all, this is supposed to a fun light mystery....no one is wants numerous quiet moments when nothing happens, such as Sam (Carlos PenaVega) contemplating his chess game all alone and strumming his guitar to himself. A good cast but they need to write larger parts for Trezzo Mohoro who plays Allie's assistant Noah. He provides great comic relief but we see far too little of him. Also Sunita Prasad is terrific in a smaller part, playing Maya. Also Allie's brother Greg played by Jon Cor is very good & easy on the eyes! Good editing would have pared this film down to an hour tv show. Hopefully the writing & editing improves with the next one.

Photographer Allie Adams (Alexa PenaVega) is working her friend Jenna Cole's wedding. Everyone is on edge after a confrontation earlier when Allie's brother and Jenna's ex Greg showed up. Then, the groom Kevin is killed and Jenna accuses Greg. Sam Acosta leads the police investigation with Greg as the prime suspect. Alexa PenaVega and her husband Carlos PenaVega seems to be long term employees of Hallmark. I remain unconvinced of their acting skills although they are well suited for these roles. The mystery is nothing special but it's good at maintaining suspicions about Greg. His innocence is never in doubt but he gives good guilty faces. This is nothing special. It is blandly uninspired. It is better than most Hallmark mysteries. It's a pretty low bar and it's able to step over it.