I looooved "Once I Was a Beehive" but this was TERRIBLE. Very cheesy and bad acting. I maybe chuckled once and rolled my eyes the entire time. Im annoyed I paid for this movie.

This film is red meat for members and friends of the Church of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints, (Mormons). It features both the cultural and ecclesiastical lexicon of the faith, in a playful but respectful way. It shows how wholesome and clean-cut members of the church can be as they deal with the secular issues of planning a wedding on short notice, between two families who live 3000 miles apart and whose personal prosperity is lightyears apart.

As I am not an active member of The Mormon Church, and not the target demographic, my opinion does have a more outside perspective. When it comes to this movie, it was nice seeing those cultural references, but that doesn't make it good. The plot was not very investing, especially comparing to the first movie in the franchise, I wasn't really emotionally connected to Bree as a character, the set up was nice, but I feel she was kind of static and flat point of view. I wish they showed more of the effect that the bumps in Bree's and Thys's relationship had on her. And the faith that took. It felt like there was no real struggle breaking it off, also I found it odd she didn't describe the faith that took. Especially considering its a religious movie. Also, this was a stretch, but there was a moment between Lane and Bree felt like it was referring to Lane having feelings for Bree. I may be biased, since I am a member of the Lgbtqia+ and Mormon community, but I felt like this scene kind of queer-baited me and some of the other people I went to the film with. But overall, it was okayyy, if you're mormon you'll find it moderately good, but overall, I would recommend the first movie over this one any day.