It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!
ABOUT ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU
An ambitious TV producer devises a brilliant plan to reunite a 90's boy band for an annual summer beach bash, but her idea is derailed when she falls for the band's reluctant lead singer.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU
August 8, 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU
Director: Stacey N. Harding
Writers: Ali Spuck, Casie Tabanou, Matthew Willis
Cast:
Kimberley Sustad as Kaitlin
Jesse Metcalfe as Derrick
BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off with a morning show, Merrie & Mason. Classic morning show July 4th banter. We meet Kaitlyn who is a producer on the show, who really wants to get the executive producer promotion. She's going in for an interview with a bunch of animal themed pitches.
On the show, Merrie is talking about her favorite '90s band, Absolutely Yeah. She loves listening to their song, Hotter Than July, every July. And she has a big crush on the singer Derrick.
But the band isn't together anymore. Derrick is busy working at this community center. Have a chill dude.
So Kaitlyn goes in to talk to her boss but the pitch never really happens cuz her boss is a real talker. But when the plan to bring in the Lifeguard Dog for their end of summer bash falls through, Kaitlyn seizes the moment and randomly pitches getting Absolutely Yeah back together. She pitches that if she makes this happen, she gets the EP gig. Her boss says it's a deal!
She gets a hold of 3 of the 4 members and they're into the idea. But Derrick is elusive.
She tracks him down at work and he is very against the idea.
She takes some time and comes back with a deal - if he does the reunion show, she'll help him with the community center variety show. Oh also if you don't do this, everyone I work with will lose their jobs. He says ok if you can help boost ticket sales for the community center and help the kids prepare, he MIGHT be in.
That's good enough. They announce the reunion on the morning show.
Naturally, Kaitlyn and Derrick start hanging out. He opens up about leaving the band because he couldn't connect to the fans on a personal level. And she opens up about why she loves her job.
He goes to talk to his co-worker. She's like we both know you aren't doing this reunion show. So stop stringing her along.
The morning show hosts decide to just announce that Derrick is doing the reunion once advertisers start dropping.
Word gets to Kaitlyn about that announcement while she's with Derrick. She does not tell him.
The bad news is ticket sales for the variety show aren't skyrocketing.
So she hatches a secret plan but one of the boys starts to feel guilty about keeping something from Derrick. So they invite him to come to this rehearsal with the boys from the community center and he gets real mad. Turns out the boys already knew his past but he doesn't care. He tells Kaitlyn that even though the show is sold out, he's not doing the reunion. So she's real sad.
He makes up with the band and surprises Kaitlyn and America by showing up for the performance and crushes it!
Kaitlyn gets the promotion! Derrick gets to talk about the community center. And he announces that because of Kaitlyn, the community center is fully funded for another year.
They all go to celebrate, and Derrick talks to Kaitlyn. They both apologize for how they handled things. He sings Hotter Than July to her softly and they kisssssss big ones!