The is the first of the two Shadow Island Mysteries. I watched them backwards. This movie was definitely not as good as the second one.

The Claire in this movie is nothing like the Claire in The Last Christmas. That Claire was a little too perfect. Even so, that Claire was clever and able to solve riddles and anticipate. This Claire stumbled from one clue to the next usually needing to be hit over the head with a clue. Meanwhile, in this one, the movie threw ominous screen shots and background music one after another hinting that almost everyone had some nefarious secret that related to the ultimate mystery. In a way, that would be good plot development giving a few really good misleading clues, but I thought it was a little too random and too much. If you shotgun everyone, then none of the clues help. The tone of the movie became much more threatening than the later one, with some creepy elements thrown in. In general, this movie felt messy with too much going on.

Eventually, it becomes pretty obvious who is the villain even before the climax so after that it is a matter of going on the wild ride to the end. Yet the answer to why takes a bit longer.

I watched this because it was billed as a follow-up to Harper's Island(which I loved, BTW). This however, was horrible. The story was so poorly written that you knew the entire time who the "bad guy" was. Acting was so bad that I was kind of hoping everyone would get killed, to be perfectly honest! The main character was not even remotely likable, neither was the bride. Both actresses seemed to be too old to be playing their respective characters. There was absolutely no character development or background, so it was really difficult to care about any of them. The only thing that made this bearable were a few scenes that were unintentionally funny.

Shadow Island Mysteries: Wedding For One is a thrilling mystery TV Movie. This film has a lot of positive elements, i didn't notice any swearing, the plot is decent, and the movie tells it like it is, it's a mystery flick, what we see is what we get.

This film is slightly predictable, but nevertheless still very watchable. There's a lot of TV Movies that are awful, but this one is worth watching.

If you like TV Movies and if you like mystery films, check out this movie!