Autumn in the City - Herbstzauber in New York

Obviously romance writers are not expected to churn out "Citizen Kane," but couldn't they at least consult the dictionary? Worse than the fact that Roderick's character uses the term "hoi polloi" incorrectly (he uses it to refer to the rich, elite of society - but it means the rabble, the commoners), but no one corrected it. Does NO ONE on this production have a vocabulary? Or access to a dictionary. I wanted mindless entertainment, but...there are limits. Also, I agree with the reviewer that said the leads were mismatched - it bordered on a reverse "Lolita" - he didn't look old enough to drive, let alone drink, and while she's not old by any means, she looked ancient next to him. Creepy.

Aimee Teegarden always brings a lot of young fresh energy to her roles. Evan Roderick is great as her love interest, they have chemistry which doesn't always happen in Hallmark rom-coms. They should be matched up again, maybe a Spring movie set in the country. Or a winter film since Roderick is a former hockey player. The supporting cast is good, especially the bakery couple Toby and Will. Strong Canadian supporting actors.

The script isn't that good, there are some funny parts but it's clunky, it doesn't seem to fit together smoothly. As with most of the rom-coms it's filmed in BC with exterior shots of NYC. Vancouver can be made to look like almost any North American city.

I saw Aimee in My Christmas family tree and thought she was amazing. That was the first thing I had ever seen her in. So I was excited to watch her in this one, and I don't know what happened to her in this one, but from the first second that she was on the screen, she lost her likability. There was also zero chemistry with her costar. It's almost like the casting director was happy with her, so they did not worry about it even having tryouts for any of the other parts. I've only done this a couple of times but here I am halfway through the show writing a review for a show that I absolutely wish I had not wasting my time on.

Piper is about to turn 30 and she wants to make her own path, figure out what she wants to do. So, she moves to NYC and tries a few different temp jobs. There she meets her handsome neigbour Austin, a wanna be writer whose mom insists follows her path.

It's realistic in a way that a 30 year old doesn't know what to do with life and also in a way in which a parent wants them to follow their same path. I kind of sympathise with both.

I thought Aimee was amazing and there was chemistry with Evan. I personally thought Evan's character Austin could show more excitement and a fun, silly scene was missing from this as well.

This is clearly not a Hallmark production even if it was shown there. I'm not sure if a few of the NYC shots were real but they looked like it (The Manhattan skyline and Washington Square Park). The streets certainly weren't and that's okay.

I had big expectations about this. It's definitely not a 10 but this tv film certainly delivers what's promised.

The story has bizarre moments. Early on, some were even slightly cringe worthy. What part of "be seen and not heard" did you not get, Piper? For a bit, I thought Piper was going to turn me off. To be honest, she mellowed a little as the movie went on which is not unusual. Writers like to establish some antagonism early on and once that is gotten past, the characters drop the really rough edges.

Piper is from a very small town background, but this is not your typical girl next door. She has some of the better qualities of that GND but she's much more than that. She knows how to be appealing to people, even virtual strangers, but she isn't at all fake. It is unrealistic how naive she is the way she is approaching finding a career, but as a viewer, I had to ignore that so that I could enjoy what was truly appealing about her character. And Piper is the reason I loved this movie.

Aimee Teagarden and Evan Roderick have great chemistry. Their dialogue helps. It's fun and interesting.

The story seems to ramble a bit, but in fact it's right where it wants to be.

Another thing that really irritated me early was Austin's mom. It's pretty bad when your mom doesn't let you order what you want for lunch even after you bring it up. He's a full grown adult, even if for a while he doesn't act like one.

One development from the latter half of the movie is totally predictable, but who Piper turned to totally surprised me.

I look forward to watching this again in the future because I'm pretty sure I'll pick up things I missed the first time.