Looking for Her

Having viewed all of Alexandra's works, Looking For Her and City of Trees are my picks. Hands down Swarens and Buckle have strong, convincing chemistry together on screen. The overall quality of the film was a cut above her earlier works, showing Swarens is growing in her craft. The cinematography and sound seemed more refined. Im hopeful Alexandra will continue to dig deep, producing and directing at an even higher level. Throwing Olivia Buckle back into the mix would be a plus in my opinion. Buckle's ability to adapt on screen is obvious, and I feel she has more depth to contribute. Looking For Her is a great holiday, feel good flick.

So refreshing and cute!

Great vibe, great actors and believable dialogues.

Funny moments but not cartoonish.

Queer but not preachy or educational about it.

Yes, you can tell it's an indie/low-budget production. Would be great to see this team being commissioned to make something for a big studio. I love Christmas movies cheesiness, but if we could get something in between the usual over-the-top Christmas decorations, fake snow and actors wearing sweaters and puffer jackets but no gloves or hats and this movie filmed in airbnbs with beige walls and no decorations whatsoever... And the 'cafe' that only serves drip coffee and always only has one consumer at a time? Chef's kiss :D.

I didn't think I'd like it, but a moment after I put it on, I knew I wanted to continue!

Not a Christmas fan.

Not a romance fan.

A mixture of the two is usually enough for me to go sprinting into a new year.

The mixture of the two genres is usually pretty cringe to me.

Yet this one isn't.

I love this movie though - I love Alexandra Swarens. Anything she puts her mind to, is golden. She is severely under rated as an actress, as a producer... multi talented woman.

Alex and Olivia have amazing chemistry, in both this and City of Trees. Can't wait to see more from this duo in the neat future.

Gives me hope... then a crashing realisation that Alexandra isn't in fact my wife. Live and dream.

Overall, this is a cute holiday movie. The two leads have good chemistry from the start, and it's refreshing to see how their attraction develops naturally and with minimal angst or contention. The drama between Taylor and her parents that led to the whole fake relationship setup is handled gracefully and tugs at the heartstrings in all the right places. The rapport among the actors playing Taylor, Olive, Cheryl, and Frank is so funny and warm that it would have been nice to see more screen time devoted to that and to the blossoming romance. As it was, the initial setup dragged quite a bit with almost thirty minutes of story before the two leads finally meet. But beyond that pacing issue, Looking for Her is a fun and adorable film I'd be happy to add to my annual holiday watchlist.

No pun intended - actually there once was a word starting with a g, that would mean happy ... but nowadays is being used as a slur by many today ... which is why I am not using it (obviously) ... just in case you were wondering. But if you are offended easily, maybe two women loving each other is not a movie to watch for you either (no matter the time of year it plays in ... even worse when it is Christmas time?).

The acting is nice and decent for a drama of this nature. The story is well told and as I said before, if you are open minded you will most likely be quite content with how this is unfolding ... funny and light overall ...