Ms. Matched (2016 TV Movie) User Reviews (35)

Extra Star For the Male Lead

[tiffanytallent1981 · 4/10 · 28 June 2021]

This movie starts off sweet enough, with Libby and Ben having an instant connection. They have so much in common and chemistry right off the bat. But when Libby finds out that Ben is anti huge wedding, she goes completely crazy. She literally yells and gripes at him through most of the movie. I understand that Libby is worried that his on a budget wedding book might hurt her wedding planning business. But she takes it way too personally and treats Ben badly. He takes it in stride though and still actually likes her. One can only assume it's because she's beautiful. Or he is a glutton for punishment and likes Libby's fiery personality. I just know that she got on my last nerve.

At one point, they are both talking to a bride and groom to be. Ben is college friends with the groom, Alex, and gives him budget friendly ideas. Libby, on the other hand, gives the bride, Annie, expensive dream wedding ideas. This causes a rift between the to-be married couple and they break up. Libby and Ben work to get them back together and also give them a low cost dream wedding. It works and everything is set in motion, until Annie and Alex decide to elope. This leaves Libby holding the bag on all of their wedding expenses. Ben comforts her and promises that everything will be ok. He will help her so she won't lose her business from this financial blow.

THEN, it cuts to the wedding on a boat that Annie and Alex were supposed to have. Libby is happy and smiling. So I'm thinking, "Did they talk Annie and Alex into not eloping? Or did they get money from them? Is this a new wedding on a boat? How did Ben help Libby fix the money issue? What is going on?" Well, I find out that this is LIBBY AND BEN's wedding!!! They just took the place of Annie and Alex. Say what? Sure, Libby and Ben have a connection and they do get along while planning together. But, she was so ridiculously mean to him for most of their time together. Now they just get married. Talk about a completely RUSHED ending.

Overall, this movie isn't very memorable. When trying to remember details, I find that's it's difficult. And I literally JUST watched it. What I WILL remember is how Libby was just as annoying as Ben was charming.

Good Potential, But Needed Revision

[athompsonblue · 6/10 · 13 June 2021]

The male lead was likable. And the tension between him and the female lead got me laughing.

However, both the female lead and her bridal client look very immature, treating the male characters like they're cynical bad guys for advocating a responsible budget. Alexa PenaVega's character goes back and forth so many times, that I think it should scare off the love interest. At one point, she turns pretty nasty, and she never apologizes for it.

A lot of viewers have criticized the ending, and I will too. It came so totally out of left field. It's okay to have surprises in a story, but those surprises still need to be consistent with the plot and characters.

ok

[jewelch · 5/10 · 23 June 2021]

I love Hallmark movies, but I really like a few of them. This is one of the even better ones. These two have different ideas about what a wedding should be. The man thinks you should save your money and be practical, because he was once hurt. While the woman thinks it is your one perfect day and you should make it special. The only weird part is the end. OK watch James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 6/18/2021.

I made an account to rate this movie badly

[laurenaposey · 2/10 · 22 April 2017]

OK let me start by saying that I love Alexa Penavega. She is beautiful and talented and I have been her fan for a long time. At the beginning of this film I was entertained by the witty banter and invested in the client weddings. However, the ending of this movie was the worst Hallmark ending I have ever seen. *SPOILER* There is no way they were ready to get married! They barely even liked each other yet. I was appalled when she started to walk down the aisle. I am usually all for the Hallmark happy ending but this was ridiculous. Don't watch this movie unless you want to be so angry that you make an IMDb account to rate this movie badly.

Terrible

[gogirlusa-07171 · 1/10 · 10 March 2019]

I usually enjoy a good amount of Hallmark movies, even though they're not amazing, but this one was the worst movie I've ever seen! It made absolutely no sense and was just bizarre! The person that wrote this movie had to have been inebriated.

Awful

[Jackbv123 · 2/10 · 11 March 2017]

I expect unrealistic from a romance movie, but this goes beyond unrealistic. Not only do Ben and Libby have nothing in common that we can see, their values are so contradictory that there is no reason for attraction. They should hate one another as at least Libby hates Ben for large parts of the story. They spend very little time together. They do nothing fun together. They know nothing about each other. There isn't any comedy or parody to offset the lack of realism. And then the ending. *Spoiler* There is nothing to justify this ending - it doesn't recoup her expenses and the 180 degree change in their relationship is far too abrupt to even be considered possible. For Ben to blow the money is against his character and experience. For Libby to settle in her own wedding solely to avoid wasting the preparations goes against her character.

Terrible

[blancapuente · 2/10 · 27 June 2019]

I had to watch this through several days. Save yourself going through it all for the most ridiculous ending ever.

Oh wow!

[loueysmith · 2/10 · 25 August 2018]

I don't know where to start with this movie! I watched it due to liking Alexa PenaVega in another movie, but not even my likeability for her could make this movie good. Two main leads barely like each other (some may say that's just a spark igniting-either way they fought like 80% of the movie) and stand for very different things. Neither of them seem to have much in common, other than the fact that they are attracted physically to each other-which is not enough to carry a relationship! She stands by her convictions so powerfully throughout the whole flick....in that she would want some fantabulous wedding...only to settle for someone else's ditched wedding at the end, to a man she's barely been able to remain civil to!! I'm sorry, but that ending was just awful...I know it's obviously meant to be some sort of weird nice surprise...but realistically, how could it be? They've known each other how long? And get a long very minimally. It would have made much more sense to have had the original Groom not have got the jitters (again) those two tie the knot on that boat...and then maybe a glimpse of a prospect of a relationship starting to blossom between Ben and Libby. You can't just simply pull a 180 like this movie did, right at the end. It made no sense!

Totally a Hallmark Type Movie

[tect-03564 · 9/10 · 10 January 2021]

One hundred percent cheesy and not always the best acting, but this type of movie always delivers to my taste. I found it very entertaining and heartwarming, just like most of Hallmark's works.

ending unbelievably horrible!

[DANDSEWING · 1/10 · 23 January 2021]

Forget the silly premise. This Movie ending is the most ridiculous and silly I have ever seen. Forget Hallmark is cheesy movie stuff. This is just downright totally stupid! Surprising since Alexa PanaVega this season on the Hallmark, was in the best movie I thought this new 2020 season...."Taking a shot at love"

T e r r i b l e

[ppozzi-53529 · 1/10 · 19 August 2018]

When I Watch a Hallmark romantic movie I don't expect a GOOD movie, I expect silly romance and happy endings. Bit THIS ENDING... No way. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

*Spoiler* I thought it was so lame that it couldn't be the actual ENDING... Getting married because the wedding had already been paid for... Let me rephrase this... The WEDDING PLANNER getting married -WITH THE GUY WHO WANTS PEOPLE TO HAVE CHEAP WEDDINGS- in SOMEONE ELSE'S WEDDING because it had already been paid for. I told myself 'there's no way they're actually getting married. They barely know each other. They didn't have much of a romantic story developed thoughout the movie, no big moments when you say -even though we know it CANNOT happen in real life- 'oh, they're perfect for each other'. Even for a rom-com it was toooooooooo unrealistic. I actually thought they were going to use the wedding event as a way to promote their new business or somerthing, it made much more sense... like a preview for pottential clients that would like an affordable wedding that was also special and original...

HANDS DOWN THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN.

Absolutely not.

[justamandalouise · 1/10 · 23 September 2022]

Hallmark movies are my guilty pleasure. I like the fact that they're typically easy watches and I actually enjoy that they're unrealistic because sometimes we all could use an escape from reality.

HOWEVER.

This isn't just unrealistic. It's nonsensical. I didn't feel the chemistry from the leads. The storyline was messy. It could hardly hold my attention. And instead of a feel-good ending as a payoff for making it through the whole thing, I was rewarded with confusion and dissatisfaction.

I actually exclaimed "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!" as it ended.

Even Alexa PenaVega couldn't save this monstrosity.

Do yourself a favor, and watch ANY other Hallmark movie besides this one.

So bad. So, so sooooooooo bad.

[linds-95529 · 1/10 · 28 January 2018]

I do not have unrealistic expectations when I turn on a Hallmark movie, I'm not looking for riveting dialogue or well developed characters. I know what I'm in for and the bar is so low that you basically have to try to miss it. Apparently they were working overtime because this movie was TERRIBLE. There is a laundry list of things that bother me about this movie but the thing I just cannot get over is how idiotic the ending is. They actually expect us to believe that Ben, the guy who blew all his money on his wedding only to have the marriage end after a year, the guy who wrote a freaking book because he was so effected by what happened with his first marriage, would just throw caution to the wind and and marry a girl, who he met a week or two ago, because she was about to be out a bunch of money for a wedding his friend bailed on? Really?! Oh wait, maybe he just has a type . . .

I would be upset that they wasted a decent plot on this garbage movie but who are we kidding? They'll just make Libby a junior partner vying to take over the business, give Ben a deceptive or meddling agent, cut out the friends, and release it as part of their Spring 2019 lineup. Eventually they'll get it right.

Ridiculous... Avoid at all costs

[originofsymmetry-503-610804 · 1/10 · 2 November 2019]

What more can I say?

I just can't believe this movie got produced and nowhere along the line nobody said "you know what... This is a pile of crap. Let's just not."

The best part of the movie was when I discovered the lead actress was Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids. Also kinda sad because clearly that was the highlight of her career.

badly matched

[SnoopyStyle · 3/10 · 26 August 2018]

Libby Boland (Alexa PenaVega) is a hard-working wedding planner starting up with her assistant Michelle. She meets Ben Reynolds (Shawn Roberts) at a wedding convention and sparks fly. He's a writer and he's promoting his first book, 'Wedding Day Do's and Don'ts'. To her horror, his book advocates for cheap unadorned weddings.

This is Hallmark doing a Hallmark movie. Of course, Libby is a wedding planner. The guy is so clueless that he doesn't get why she's mad. He's literally destroying her business and doesn't know why she's not head over heels over him. It would be so much better if he doesn't do the puppy dog face and go full antagonist. He comes off as dumb which his character is definitely not. It's not endearing to her and it's very frustrating. He needs to understand her point of view or else he comes off as a bad match. That's the crux of this movie. They need to be a good match but the movie does nothing other than they're relatively photogenic. She's no catch either in her superiority. Neither are appealing and they only match as infuriating characters. There is a way to do this but this movie has no clue getting there.

Suspend your expectations

[llwkr · 10/10 · 9 April 2020]

I love being surprised by movies! After viewing and studying movies for too many years to mention, I enjoyed the dynamic between the big event and the big debt. It was very fun to see the pros and cons played out. Fun movie!

As mismatched as one can possibly get

[TheLittleSongbird · 2/10 · 18 November 2022]

The 2016 June Wedding Hallmark films were a bit of a mixed bag. There were ones that were good, 'Wedding Bells' springing to mind. There were also ones that were real misfires, 'The Convenient Groom' being one. The 2016 Hallmark films varied, some good ones ('Love in Paradise', 'Summer Villa'), some bad ones ('Unleashing Mr Darcy', 'The Convenient Groom') and many of them somewhere in between. The premise for 'Ms Matched' did sound quite cute.

Unfortunately, the execution was anything but. Really do have to agree with everybody that has said that 'Ms Matched' is terrible and has almost nothing to recommend it. Personally have seen worse films overall, but as far as Hallmark films it is somewhere in the bottom end. It is definitely too one of their worst from 2016 and the worst June Weddings film from that year. Have liked Alexa PenaVega elsewhere but this is not a good representation of her or anybody else involved.

'Ms Matched's' least bad aspects are the production values and Shawn Roberts. The production values, especially the scenery are quite attractive.

Roberts, despite being an unusual choice for a love interest and maybe could have played the role softer, does inject some charm and charisma.

PenaVega is however completely flat as a character that is very sketchily developed (never rising above typical Hallmark cliche) and dull in personality. She and Roberts are hopelessly mismatched, do agree that they have nothing in common and the development of their very under-utilised romance is non existent to the extreme, they wouldn't even be believable as acquaintances. Neither of the two characters are interesting or likeable, with the film really overdoing Roberts' character's cluelessness. The supporting cast were clearly under-directed and act as if they had no idea how to play their roles, which to be honest gives them practically nothing to work with.

Furthermore, the direction is barely routine and is often static and aimless. The music is used too much and is too loud, also badly lacking in variety. The script is very stilted and is filled to the brim with the pongiest of cheese, cavity inducing sugary sentiment and dreariness, there is no wit or spark or anything emotional. There is no charm or heart in the storytelling, and the film badly suffers from the over the top lack of realism. Very little makes sense here, especially in the final act. Worst of all is the very rushed and sudden out of the blue-like complete 180 of an ending, which feels like an over convenient cheat.

Concluding, not worth bothering with. 2/10.

Dreadful

[tinylittlea · 1/10 · 19 August 2017]

The story line had potential being initially something different to your typical Rom-com. Now, don't get me wrong, I love a good rom-com but this was appalling. From beginning to end it was just soo lame and cheesy and the acting was so fake and forced. Even the extras were horrible. Without giving things away (although I don't know why you would waste your time watching it) the main characters, both the wedding planner and financial book seller were so hypocritical. She seems so independent and like she was going to stand up for herself and her beliefs and then just went completely the opposite way. It was like handing a puppy and bone! She gave in so easily! I actually felt so sorry for her friend who stood by her and got rejected from her own job because of him! An examples of a horrible script "all hands on deck!" because they were planning a wedding on a boat.... blea! Then she went against all of her beliefs by not giving herself the wedding of her dream and just rushing into something so should wouldn't lose money... ironic much. Anyway, I'm going to take a shower to wash this frustration off me. Totally D grade.

What the heck did I just watch?

[Anonnamus · 1/10 · 2 March 2019]

Normally a movie this bad doesn't deserve a review, but maybe I can save future people some time and tell you not to bother. Let's be honest, most romantic comedies aren't exactly realistic but they're still enjoyable and most of us have a little part inside that hopes we will have our own fairy tale someday. This. Was. Ridiculous. I still don't understand how the ending helped anyone, and I still don't understand what in the world the male lead could have seen in Libby. Skip this, unless you want to see an over-the-top ending that makes zero sense.

Insufferable

[gracers5000 · 1/10 · 5 August 2018]

The whole premise of this movie is nonsensical and the leading lady grates on one's nerves from the very start. I love a cheesy made for TV movie, but this one's a total pass.

Unbelievably BAD

[mommad-63909 · 1/10 · 2 October 2018]

No acting skills - especially the leads. Good grief, that woman is annoying!

Abominable.

[spongechaela · 1/10 · 22 June 2021]

First off - I love Hallmark movies, both genuinely and to riff on. I even have a Hallmark Movies Now subscription. This movie is not enjoyable in any sense of that word. It looks beautiful, yes - some great cinematography and acting! But the script is almost incomprehensibly bad, ESPECIALLY the characters. "Libby" (short for Liberia) is one of the worst-written leads I have ever seen. I found myself hitting my head with my hand multiple times after watching many of her scenes. She is psychotic... and not in the good way. Liberia also rude, spiteful and quick-to-anger, and it's truly difficult to root for her - the MAIN character!! Whoever wrote her deserves to be kicked behind both of their knees when they least expect it. I'll volunteer to do it. I'll fly to LA!

I don't even care!! Avoid this movie >:(

Brilliant

[katherinerespritchard · 10/10 · 17 August 2019]

Outstanding

A.work.of.art.

I would watch it every night if I could (I can't for personal reasons)

Perfection.

Bad. Just bad.

[heatheremarsh · 2/10 · 1 March 2022]

Not only is the premise of this movie unrealistic (and I'm writing this as someone who LOVES Hallmark movies and all their cheesiness), but the ending is awful.

The leads have way too many differences to make a marriage work. Their businesses are based off opposing viewpoints. Libby's whole life and business is wrapped up in making dream weddings. Ben's book - and his opinion - states that it's ridiculous to spend so much on a single day. You can't spend your life with someone who disagrees with your deepest conviction.

Also, I'm sorry, the couple hadn't even been dating and now the movie ends with them getting married? Supposedly within days of the decision? How did they fit the dress and the suit? Get bridesmaids and groomsmen and their outfits? Invite guests?

And how does their getting married save her business? She is still paying for the wedding!

Bad. Just bad.

The worst movie I've ever seen!

[zoeh2 · 1/10 · 22 October 2020]

If you're looking for a easy to watch, fun and cute love story then watch something else. The acting is terrible and the characters aren't likely at all. The story isn't cute and romantic, it's very frustrating to watch.