Review

Lead With Your Heart: When Empty Nest Syndrome Meets Cupid’s Inept Cousin

In the grand tradition of feel-good cinema, *Lead With Your Heart* is a Hallmark movie that’s about as subtle as a snowplow in July. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and if you’re really lucky, you might just get a hankering for some hot cocoa despite this not being one of those Hallmark holiday movies. This 2015 film takes us on the heart-tugging journey of a couple grappling with their kids leaving for college, which naturally means they’ll have to *gasp* talk to each other.

The story revolves around Ben and Maura, portrayed with delightful earnestness that might convince you they’ve been married since the Stone Age, suddenly finding themselves at a loss for both words and activities. Watching them rediscover their love is as hilariously heartfelt as watching someone try to assemble IKEA furniture with the wrong instructions. Ah, the sweet aroma of misguided affection fills the air like freshly baked cookies sprinkled with confusion.

This charming plot tries its darnedest to throw in everything but the yuletide kitchen sink — career opportunities, missed chances, and nearly every possible scenario where a couple in a Hallmark movie could sit on a porch sipping sweet tea looking pensive. Yet, just when you think things couldn’t get any more predictable, there's a twist — in the form of realizing that life changes aren’t the end, but merely the beginning of a new comedic journey filled with awkward adjustments and cheesy one-liners.

Ultimately, *Lead With Your Heart* isn’t just a tale of romance rediscovered; it's an ode to the Hallmark movies we all secretly can’t help but fall for. It’s cuddly, predictable, and undeniably endearing, like that festive sweater your aunt keeps knitting you every year — you know it's coming, you're not surprised by the pattern, but you would’t trade it for anything else. Hallmark holiday movies, eat your heart out, because this one leads with it!