Just when you thought the Hallmark Channel couldn’t possibly squeeze another drop of treacle out of the Valentine’s Day well, here comes “An Unexpected Valentine”. Airing Saturday, February 1, 2025, this movie, pairs Hallmark stalwarts Lacey Chabert and Robert Buckley as Hannah and Finn, two souls thrown together by a misplaced engagement ring.
Hallmark, in a move as predictable as the first snowfall in a Hallmark Christmas movie, announced the project via press release back in January. The setup is classic rom-com fodder: Hannah and Finn, complete strangers, find themselves racing across the concrete canyons of New York City on Valentine’s Day. Their shared mission? To return that aforementioned ring and, one assumes, prevent a lovelorn groom from facing the wrath of a bride-to-be.
Will there be contrived misunderstandings? Almost certainly. Will they bicker adorably while simultaneously developing undeniable chemistry? Count on it. Will they learn valuable lessons about love, life, and the importance of properly insuring expensive jewelry? One can only hope.
Chabert and Buckley are, of course, no strangers to the Hallmark formula. They’ve each headlined a sufficient number of these stories to have earned a lifetime supply of complimentary hot cocoa. Their combined star power should be enough to draw the usual Hallmark demographic, eager for a predictable dose of romantic escapism.
An Unexpected Valentine premieres Saturday, February 1, 2025, on Hallmark.