Romantische Neufassung

I either love a Great American Family movie as I watch it or hate it. I either watch it over and over or I don't even get through it.

So, what is this one? It is a watch over and over one for me. The two leads are great. They never overact and seem to get the plot and who their characters are exactly. There are several side characters who also add a lot to the movie, especially Aunt Edith. I love when the side characters are carefully thought out like this one.

The plot is intelligent with a few memorable comedic moments that make you love the writing. As an author myself, this movie about writing rang true. As someone who has always valued a good editor, much of this was spot on.

There were a few character issues that one more rewrite could have fixed. The ending was a tad confusing too. But, so be it. The movie hit on so much else that it is a winner.

This movie would be above average Reel One Entertainment TV movie but it wouldn't be ROE if they didn't - read at the end.

I really like fake relationship trope and it was executed pretty well. Acting was solid except Reed Favero who played annoying adult brat but people like him exist so it's ok. There was a bit of some bad makeup, lighting, and cuts but nothing serious like in many other ROE TV movies. Movie plot location is in Florida, and it was actually filmed in the beautiful Miami.

There are two reasons why I gave it 4* instead 6*. This is message to Reel One Entertainment - pay somebody to do proper audio production because most of your TV movies suffer from the obnoxiously loud background music! Dialogue in this movie is literally barely audible in Acts I and III - I had to read subtitles which are mostly badly translated in this part of the world! Several scenes also suffer from horrendous audio recording. The second reason is the cast issues. You see, Ivy has parents and married sister Clarisa. Her parents, aunt Edith, sister Clarisa and her husband came to the wedding week, but for some reason her father and brother in law didn't speak a word whole movie. They were just there, and even more insulting is that Clarisa's husband was active in only men's activities but he was mute. And yet her mother and aunt had screen and talking time.

In the typical bad ROE tradition, trailer compress whole movie in 2:06 min so don't watch it if you plan to watch movie as is full of spoilers.

Yes the line delivery is quick. I am hard of hearing and notorious for having trouble following conversation. There were a few moments where I had some trouble, but overall, I enjoyed it and missed little (often ignoring the CC). I thought the dialogue was some of the best I've heard in a while. One of the strong points here was the insightful conversations about Romance writing. Another example worthy of note is the teasing at the spa. Girlfriends teasing the lead female about her new romance is in every rom/com and it is usually trite and cliche. Not here. The teasing here was natural. It sounded real.

The other great thing is the chemistry between Kristina Cole and Russell Quinn. There is so much energy and admittedly some of it comes from the fast paced dialogue.

One complaint I have had with many movies on GAC Family where this appeared is lack of tension. Zach as a character may not be exactly "tension" but he is annoying beyond belief and creates some major tension. At one point, Reed describes him pretty well and I'm with Reed in not being able to figure out what Ivy ever saw in him. By the end of the movie, Ivy would be justified to slap Zach silly.

Another complaint I've frequently had with GACF is background music. In this movie, I only noticed that background a couple of times briefly and not overwhelmingly, so I have to give this movie a pass on that complaint.

To sum up. The acting is good and the chemistry is fantastic. But the real gem is the writing. Perhaps the line delivery is a bit fast, but the script is superb in big and small ways. I look forward to watching this again in the future.

The acting is weak, but the dialogue didn't help. The writer keeps referring to "his hero" to the editor. The ex, who was apparently a "businessman" because he said things like "you're the one deal I can't negotiate". I've been in business for 30 years. Believe me - no one talks like that. And I was so distracted when the lead guy was talking to his sister on the phone. She was supposedly driving, but was turned to the side the entire time. I kept waiting for her to crash. The one positive - I feel so fortunate that I don't have friends who have week long destination wedding celebrations where I have to spend the entire time doing planned activities, such as tug-of-war on the beach - while wearing a dress.

If you're into reading lips and/or closed captioning, go for it. Otherwise it's difficult to comprehend what's being said. And it's across the board - every member of the cast. All of them acted as if they were afraid to be on screen and just wanted to spit their words out and get off camera. Almost like watching a movie in a different language - or one from a junior high school stage. That, coupled with truly dreadful sound quality, made this a much harder watch than expected.

Then there's the cast and characters. The lead's sister and the bride were both majorly annoying characters. Who wrote this stuff? Guess I expected that if GAC is planning to rival Hallmark, they'd at least try to find a better product than this. Choppy. Choppy. Choppy. From beginning to end.

Great scenery - thanks for filming in the U. S. In this case it just couldn't redeem the overall experience.