The Lost Valentine (2011)

For over 60 years, Betty White has spent Valentine’s Day at the train station where she last said goodbye to her husband who went missing in action during World War II. When cynical journalist Jennifer Love Hewitt is assigned the story as a personal interest piece, she gets caught up in the romance and helps Betty learn what happened to her husband. I had very low expectations for this Hallmark movie, but went in just wanting to see White’s performance. It delivered on almost all points. It’s overly sentimental and dramatic with an added dose of unnecessary Christianity thrown in for measure, but Betty is quite lovely in the dramatic role of a grieving widow. Unfortunately Hewitt’s character and her story arc, as cliched as it possibly can be, is the main focus and is very limited in interest.