ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU
A ‘90s Nostalgia Romcom
What You Need To Know
In ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU, streaming on. Hallmark and Hallmark+, TV producer Kaitlin faces a challenge to reunite a ’90s boy band to save her job. However, reclusive member Derrick refuses to take part unless Kaitlin helps him drum up ticket sales for a local variety show. As the two work together, sparks fly. When they reveal their secrets, Kaitlin and Derrick put their pride aside and decide what matters most.
Kaitlin loves her job as a producer on a morning show but hopes to score a promotion. When a planned guest for an end-of-summer episode drops out, Kaitlin tells her boss she can fill the slot with a reunion performance from ’90s boyband Absolutely Yeah. If she cannot pull it off, Kaitlin risks losing her job, along with most of her co-workers.
Kaitlin quickly gets all the band members on board except one—Derrick. He quit the band at the height of their fame and now lives in a small town, where he works at the local community center. When Kaitlin tracks him down, he refuses to take part in the reunion show but softens when she tells him she can help boost ticket sales for an upcoming variety show at the center. Derrick tells her if they sell enough tickets, he will perform at the reunion.
The pair spends time together promoting the variety show, but they see no results. Kaitlin then decides to go behind Derrick’s back and enlists some of the boys taking part in the show for a social media campaign that stars Derrick’s former bandmates. Her plan works, but Derrick gets angry when he finds out what happened. However, Kaitlin feels upset when Derrick reveals he never had any intention of doing the reunion. After a heart-to-heart with a bandmate, Derrick realizes his actions hurt Kaitlin just as much as her deception hurt him.
The day of the reunion show arrives, and Kaitlin has not yet told her boss that Derrick won’t take part in the performance. Will Derek show up, securing the promotion for Kaitlin and saving her coworkers’ jobs?
ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU offers a fun concept for a romance movie, capitalizing on the recent wave of ’90s nostalgia. The movie presents a good mix of fun comedy and heartfelt moments, while leads Jesse Metcalfe and Kimberley Sustad showcase great onscreen chemistry.
ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU delivers a moral worldview. Derrick works at a community center and often speaks about his desire to connect with people and make a difference. However, some immoral behavior exists, such as Kaitlin misleading her boss about the reunion show, going behind Derrick’s back for the social media video, and Derrick making the deal with no intention of going through with the show. Two characters meet in a bar and have an alcoholic beverage but don’t drink to excess. Otherwise, no objectionable content appears.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A moral worldview, promoting community and helping others. One character works at a community center and is truly passionate about his work, preferring it to his former life as a boyband member. He also speaks about the dangers of idolizing fame, and hopes to protect the young people in his life from the dangers of fame; </span><b>
Foul Language
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> No foul language; </span><b>
Violence
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> No violence; </span><b>
Sex
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A couple kiss; </span><b>
Nudity
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> No nudity; </span><b>
Alcohol Use
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Two characters meet in a bar and have an alcoholic beverage but don’t drink to excess; </span><b>
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> No smoking or drug abuse; and, </span><b>
Miscellaneous Immorality
</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A character is vague with her boss, purposefully misleading her about the status of the reunion show, the same character goes behind someone’s back and uses young people from the community center to make a social media video (something he specifically asked her not to do), but she later apologizes, a character makes a deal with someone with no intention of ever holding up his end of the bargain, but apologizes by the end of the movie.</span> <br style="font-weight: 400;" /><br style="font-weight: 400;" />
