I will give Chasing Summer this: there’s something inherently interesting about its unexpected union of two opposite forces. I can’t imagine many saw the former choosing to direct Chasing Summer, a Hallmark-esque comedy written by and starring the latter. I’m not sure anyone could – Shlesinger’s Jamie is a dubious protagonist to begin with, a 38-year-old woman with no characterization other than “works in disaster relief” (as in: works, not cares about, disaster relief). Jamie possesses no such edge – she is hot, funny, likable; she magnetizes eminently attractive men; she works in disaster relief! Chasing Summer at least outruns the charge of being boring, though at what cost.