Love Accidentally

Not likely to win any major awards but the story was sweet and the leads had genuine chemistry. We have seen this story before but it was well done and worth the time to watch.

I mostly watched this because I used to watch Brenda Song on Disney Channel when I was a child & was wondering what she was up to. Unfortunately I've found out she's still making Disney Channel level films but now for adults.

Love Accidentally is nothing more than a copy paste of your typical mid-2000s Hallmark Movie. They didn't even bother to modernize the plot-line, using tropes of the time that no longer make sense (ex: her 2022 waterproof iPhone dying because it was in a bucket of ice for 10 seconds, her contacts not syncing to the cloud automatically, her friend getting mad that she didn't know her phone number). Of course the characters and main plot-line make even less sense, with people in their mid-30s getting into Disney Channel levels of high-school drama & a company having two salesmen self-destructively compete for the same client.

In addition, whoever filmed this movie made almost no attempt at even basic quality control. Just one example -- every time a character holds or "drinks" a cup of "coffee" it's so blindly obvious the cup is actually empty that it will take you out of the movie immediately. There are more egregious issues as well (ie: the awkward "Him and Her" nickname that was clearly the original working title of the movie & should have been changed when they changed the title) but many of those have already been highlighted in other reviews.

Even at only 85 minutes this lazy, completely telegraphed movie is a slog to get through.

The leads are salespeople who are unlikeable in business scenarios. They can't stop sighing every line. It's just about all they do! And the movie is as predictable as anything I've seen in the past couple of years.

The movie does have decent sets and some nice production value, but these nice surrounding bits couldn't change the fact that I didn't like the lead characters enough to want to see them get together.

This is a very similar style movie as the shop around the corner, the good old summertime, and you've got mail. ( please eat those instead). But the thing that drove me the most crazy was not the lack of chemistry or their constant signing at EVERYTHING, but the constant voice texting....why, why is the movie voice texts ALL THE TIME like text, and have them narrate the text, not constantly just sending one line text via voice text. It was hard to watch this movie.

Liked the tone of this show which avoids some silliness and superficiality of recent rom coms.

Office rivals in ad ad agency connect anonymously through text messages. Both had been dumped recently. In a world of online and phone scams, this is unlikely but still plays out quite enjoyably if predictably. Still want to see how things work out.

Aaron O'Connell plays the ad agency executive.

Brenda Song is quite attractive in an intelligent way and watchable. They are an acceptable pair on screen. Denise Richards plays the boss. Still recognizable. A blast from the past Maxwell caufield plays the client.

Fairly enjoyable watch.