"Holy Hanna!!!" That is a phrase frequently recurring in the soaper called "Love Notes."

Nora Flannery is a successful critic of classical music with a popular radio program. Nora grew up with a nasty, single mom, and she would never think of a child having to experience what she did.

Jamie Denniger (a.k.a., James Keen) is country and western star who was adopted and raised in entitlement by a wealthy Kentucky breeder of horses. He is tormented by not knowing his birth parents and would hate to see a child given up to be raised by strangers.

Like two ships passing in the night, Nora and Jamie have a single encounter. And the result is: pop and boom!!! Nora becomes pregnant with Jamie's child. The majority of the film consists of Nora trying to track down the busy Jamie and secure his signature on the release agreement form on the legal documents. Nora also busies herself in interviewing couples interested in adoption.

A weakness of the film was in the treatment of the character of Claire, Nora's best friend. Nora chose to bring the baby to term because she was planning for the infertile Claire and her husband Jeff to raise the child. But when Jeff sues for divorce, Claire essentially drops out of the film until the very end. The screenplay never addressed why Claire would not have wanted to raise the child on her own after Jeff ended the marriage.

Early in the film, there was the attempt to identify a romantic reference point in the relationship of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck. The composition known as the Pathétique (Symphony Number 6) attempted to set the emotive tone of the film. But the analogy was never made very clear in the curious relationship of Nora and Jamie; it was nothing like Tchaikovksy and Nadezhda. On the other hand, the filmmakers did a good job in demonstrating how the two characters' shared love of music was tied to the search for "a full and honest love."

Invariably, Jamie seemed lost and confused, utterly bewildered about both his feelings for Nora and the prospects of becoming a father. There was an interlude on the old Keen Estates, where Nora is diagnosed with a case of Braxton Hicks by a veterinarian! It was during the stay on the ranch that Nora and Jamie truly begin to bond.

It all comes down to a single moment of truth in a Kentucky hospital at the time of delivery and whether Nora will be willing to give her child up for adoption. It turns out that she will have many different options, all of which augur well for a beautiful baby girl. Nora decides to name the child Jamie. "Jamie, meet Jamie!!!"

Holy Hannah!!!

This is a nice telling of a very emotional story. It has a few minor twists that liven it up, but overall you really feel the emotional struggles of both Nora and Jamie.

For a while you want to say "Jamie, what a jerk" until you get some insight into his background.

The acting was mostly level and not at all over the top as it could have been in such a story. Yet the feelings still struck home. I liked it the way it was done.

For a while when Nora was having trouble connecting with Jamie, I was thinking that all she needed was two words to his agent - paternity suit. Not that this is what she wanted, but it would have gotten their attention. I'm glad she stuck with enduring the hard way to connect.

This film has the two essential ingredients for success: gorgeous leads and a gripping story. From the moment the movie started, I was hooked, not only by the smashing good looks of the two leads, Laura Leighton and Antonio Cupo, but a story that is timeless, two people thrown together in a situation that neither of them is prepared to cope with. I have long been a fan of Laura Leighton, ever since her Melrose Place days, and I watch her in everything she does. Not only is she absolutely beautiful, she is so intelligent and her brains show through which only enhances her beauty. Her co-star, Antonio Cupo, a newcomer for me - I had to look him up on Google to learn that he is a top star in Italy, where his family is from, having migrated to Canada in 1968, so apparently he is fluent in several languages - was the perfect foil for Laura in every way, indeed, they were such a perfect match that it was impossible not to be drawn into the story which had many twists and turns, my favorite kind of story.