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The Wedding Rule
The Wedding Rule
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2023
1h 30m
6.1(23 votes)
TV Movie
Romance
Comedy

Overview

Former childhood friends are bequeathed a restaurant where they met as teens on one condition: they must be married to claim the inheritance. Both single, the race is on to find the "one" but sometimes it can be right in front of you.

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Reel One Entertainment
Champlain Media
Ontario Creates
Hallmark Media

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