Summer Love
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The premise
A widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about about accounting, app designs and finding love.
How unusual is it?
Honestly? Not very — and that's the charm. It plays the hits, which is exactly the point for a cozy night in.
Who’s in it
Behind the camera
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Wait, what?
The quirks and curveballs that make this one a little weirder than your average Hallmark. No spoilers, promise.
- The use of the slang word 'tope' (totally dope) by young tech interns
- A CEO serving 'Black Ivory Coffee' which is refined by Thai elephants (elephant dung coffee)
- The protagonist attempting to use a standard card reader as a retinal scanner
- A helicopter ride to 'second base camp' for a casual rock climbing date
Every trope, all in one place
Here’s everything this one has going on, from the setting to the way it wraps up. Tap any of the 27 to find more movies that do the same thing.
Time & season2
Characters6
Romance5
Tone & quirks2
Why we’d put this one on
A warm career-comeback romance with a great lead. Rachael Leigh Cook plays Maya, a 35-year-old widowed mom and returning student who lands a competitive summer internship at a tech giant and finds herself between two very different executives, played by Lucas Bryant and Travis Milne. The heart of it is a woman betting on herself and her own app idea among interns half her age. It is sunny, low-weirdness comfort with a self-worth message. The tech-bro world gets some funny color, including a CEO who serves "Black Ivory Coffee" refined by Thai elephants and a casual helicopter ride to "second base camp" for a date. Easy, encouraging summer watch.
How it all plays out
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Full story (spoilers)
Beat by beat
Opening
Maya drops her daughter at summer camp and begins her accounting internship at the trendy tech firm Kizzmit.
Inciting Incident
Maya meets the two leads: the flashy CEO Will, who takes an immediate interest in her, and the stern CFO Colin, who is her boss.
Midpoint
Maya develops the 'Steps for Good' app idea and Colin encourages her to keep it private to protect her intellectual property.
Rising Action
Will takes Maya on a helicopter rock-climbing date while Colin and Maya bond over his sailboat restoration.
Climax
Will steals Maya's app prototype from her phone and pitches it at Pitch-Fest; Maya quits, believing Colin betrayed her.
Resolution
The other interns prove Will's theft; Colin quits Kizzmit in protest and offers to invest in Maya's independent company.
27 tropes in one movie
We counted 27 distinct Hallmark tropes packed into this one — a genuine greatest-hits reel.
How it stacks up
Where this one’s rating lands against every other rated Hallmark movie.
Higher-rated than 27% of every rated Hallmark movie. The median is 6.4.
Where this one fits
The corners of the catalog Summer Love belongs to — handy if you’re after more of the same.
Lines worth quoting
The lines that stuck with us — the ones you’ll be repeating after the credits roll.
“You never know when you're making a memory.”
— Maya SulliwayQuoting Ricki Lee Jones at the start of the film. “I'm 35, not 95. And I'm very physically fit.”
— Maya SulliwayDefending her age to the younger interns. “A good leader is supposed to know which idea is worth fighting for and which person is worth fighting for.”
— Colin FitzgeraldExplaining his management philosophy to Maya.
Meet the characters
Who’s who before you press play. Nothing here gives the ending away.
Maya Sulliway
LeadAccounting Intern / Student
DeterminedObservantPrincipledOutdoorsyColin Fitzgerald
Love interestCFO of Kizzmit
Supervisor and eventually romantic partner
ReservedIntegrity-drivenDetail-orientedSailing enthusiastWill Martin
AntagonistCEO of Kizzmit
Boss and rival suitor
CharismaticManipulativeCompetitiveFlashyAddison Sulliway
SupportingStudent / Camper
Daughter
DramaticTech-dependentLovingJosh
SupportingTech Intern
Colleague
AmbitiousTech-savvyInitially opportunistic
Questions people ask about Summer Love
Where can I watch Summer Love?
Summer Love is available via fuboTV, Philo, and Hallmark+ Amazon Channel. Streaming options change often, so check current availability before settling in.
How long is Summer Love?
Summer Love runs about 1 hour and 23 minutes, and was released in 2016.
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Our review
We watched Summer Love so you don’t have to
Alanna sat through every minute of this one and recapped the whole thing — the plot holes, the chemistry, the parts that made no sense — over on the Talking Hallmark channel.

“This entire movie is an HR lawsuit | reacting to bad movies”
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