Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2025

Action / Crime / Mystery

6
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 691 691

Director

Kevin Leslie Photo
Kevin Leslie

Top cast

Victor Webster Photo
Victor Webster as Chad
Sharon Taylor Photo
Sharon Taylor as Tonya
Mike Dopud Photo
Mike Dopud as Sheriff Ealing
Kurt Long Photo
Kurt Long as Evan
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773.14 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 10
1.55 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 10
1.42 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by haa4 5 / 10

Boring

Glad to see Norman back. Seeing Hannah together with Norman and Chad makes it apparent that she should choose Norman. Chad the prosecutor always rescuing Hannah from crime scenes just doesn't work. And why is he always investigating these cases? That's not his job. I guess his thing is always grabbing the gun from the murderer. Another one where I figured out who it was but the mystery was a bit discombobulated. More Andrea and family, less Delores please. This series is way past its prime. Unfortunately, Hallmark succeeds by having viewers who are creatures of habit and want to see their favorite actors on screen regardless of quality. Alison Sweeney is savvy enough to know how to bank on that. I'll probably watch the next one and then might be done.
Reviewed by blanche-2 5 / 10

Is this about Hannah or her insane mother?

Reality bitesThe Cookie Jar is taken over by a baking show in Reality Bites: A Hannah Swenson Mystery from 2025 starring Allison Sweeney, Barbara Niven, Gabriel Hogan, and Victor Webster.A famous cook/baker, Connie Mack (April Telek) is bringing her popular reality show to town at the last minute, to be filmed at The Cookie Jar.It takes Hannah about five minutes to realize Connie can't bake, the real baker being Evan (Kurt Long), and that Connie's producer Hunt (Gavin Langelo) protects her image.One day, Hunt is found murder. Hannah learns that Evan wanted to be the producer, and that Hunt had an argument with someone before the murder. Also, his wife, who did not accompany him, can't be located.Given that the decision to bring the show to town was last minute and that Hunt was reading about a current high-profile trial, Hannah wonders if the two situations are connected.Allison Sweeney wrote this episode. It's apparent from interviews that she has a much higher opinion of the character Barbara Niven plays than the rest of us do.Niven is a wonderful actress and beautiful and glamorous to boot. But as Hannah's mother, her over the top performances have practically taken over the show. Sweeney and director Kevin Leslie are enabling her.She's a writer. She's a private detective. She's an actress. And she's ridiculously phony in all professions. How is anyone buying her conversations? She's great as Hannah's mother, encouraging her to dress better and date the DA. Can't she just be that?Also, is the reality show a cooking show or a baking show? Why are the terms interchangeable?The mystery was okay, and this series is more entertaining than many on Hallmark. If it's to continue, some reassessment is needed. Concentrate on Hannah, the mystery, the two men in her life, family dynamics, with her mother's delusions of grandeur to a minimum.
Reviewed by pdunham-86101 5 / 10

Somewhat Disappointing

I like all of the actors in this movie & I used to really enjoy the Murder She Baked movies. However, in the Hannah Swensen movies, I find that Delores has changed from being a loving, somewhat ditzy mother, adding some comic relief, to being annoying. She's disrespectful to Hannah, calling out her wardrobe quite publicly & nastily. She's self-absorbed & irritating.Despite liking Vistor & Alison, I don't see any romantic chemistry between them. Also, it's pushing plausibility to have Hannah 'helping' a DA.If the next movie isn't an improvement on these last two, I will not watch future movies.
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