You're Bacon Me Crazy

Cute story. Likable characters. There was a pretty big error though. Movie takes place in Portland with Food Trucks. We have food carts set up in food cart pods. If there are any Food trucks, I have seen a few, they don't drive around like they do in other cities.

While there are a number of establishing shots of Portland, mostly from overhead, the locations for filming are in Canada, which is common for Hallmark movies.

A young lady operating a very popular sandwich food truck gets some competition from a new truck in town, one that specializes in bacon. There isn't much friction, but some, so you know what the story love arc will be. And the story involves a competition, if she can win the $100,000 then she can re-open her grandfather's old restaurant.

My wife and I enjoy the occasional Hallmark movie, they are always pleasant as this one is. This one is part of a two-movie set on a DVD from our public library.

The movie was filmed in February 2020, just before the COVID pandemic became widespread. There is a late scene, supposedly on May 8, 2020, with people gathered in a group to hear results of the competition. Ironically it turned out in May 2020 you could not have had that scene without face coverings.

Cleo has a successful foodtruck. Gabe comes back home for his brother's birthday, and he also happens to have a truck. They meet while buying in the farmer's market and there, Gabe learns about her foodtruck. Later, we see him parking his in front of hers. So, it begins: a little friendly competition, they hang out, they really get along. Until, the real competition arrives: whose food is the best.

I'm not gonna lie, it didn't get my attention the first 20 minutes or so. But then when it did, I actually enjoyed it. It was cute. Natalie was so much better in this movie as an actress than the previous one I saw (A Winter Princess). Michael Rady is great, I really like him. There was a good thing going on between them. At least, they didn't seem indifferent to the other. Likeable secondary cast. . What made me really happy was the "pre-ending" drama: it was explained from both point of views and both of them had good reasons. And they talked about it later like adults! No ignoring, no assuming something they shouldn't, no leaving town!

I see this movie takes place on May 8th, so it's good to see there is a world where is no Coronavirus. If you are in quarantine and enjoy these movies, you will like it. Is it the best? Will you want to watch in a year when you see Michael Rady in another Hallmark movie. Ha, no. It's perfect to have it in the background while you do something.

Cleo Morelli (Natalie Hall) has a food truck in Portland. She encounters Gabe (Michael Rady) who just arrived with his own food truck. She makes Italian sandwiches. His truck is called Mo-Bacon. It's all fair in love and war and food. There is a first annual food truck competition with a grand prize of $100k.

I want more food work. Sure it's a Hallmark romance movie but it's the title that got me. They need to do more montages of food preparation and they need to do it better. It needs to be thrilling and beautiful. Also I've never had a persimmon which makes it hard to judge the creation. There isn't much in drama which is fine for Hallmark but then it tries to manufacture some. Characters need to stop trying to open a restaurant. Restaurants always fail. Get another truck. Here's an idea. Marry the two trucks and create a new food truck idea. They could do all fruit-based sandwiches. In the end, the food is fine. The actors are fine. The story is fine. It's all fine for Hallmark and it's got a great title.

The movie was okay. I got bored in some parts. I wouldn't definitely watch it more than once as it did not create a smooth story like other Hallmark Chanel movies.