Something's Brewing

My wife and I were looking for something to watch after dinner and found this one streaming on Amazon Prime. It is a very simple story involving coffee baristas and mistaken encounters. Not significantly different from dozens of similar movies churned out each season.

The biggest issue both of us had is the actors are NOT very good, they deliver their lines but never seem believable. Kristi Murdock plays Jane and Jason Cook plays David. He has a coffee shop business and she has consulting experience. At first she is going to take the job a competitor offered, until she found out its business tactics were a bit shady.

So it plays out like countless other, similar clean rom-com movies, it just isn't that good. I suppose fans of either or both actors would enjoy it more. On a 1 to 10 rating scale the "middle" rating is 5.5, so this one is more like a 4.

This is a strong rom vom which could have been boring and typical, but for Jason Cook's performance of charm and comedy. He manages to make his character real. Unfortunately, Kristin Murdock's performane was perfectly good, there were moments where her believability was more Like you could see her acting. (Sorry Kristin! It is a problem in a lot of stage and screen and the director should have fixed it, because I think you could have pulled it off.) The movie followed the rom com tropes (thsnk God there wasn't a clothing changing montouge -- those are WAY over done.

The script's biggest issue was the leads weird following him and digging into where he lived, but complaining to him when he didn't talk to her about her ex. What a double starndard since her best friend (who did great job) told her to just ask.

I know without it would be no story, but seriously make the questioning more important than what was here. Also the daughter loved her way too easily.

Fun though and worth watching.

This one is a bit of a diamond in the rough. Good story line and a decent cast. Absolutely loved seeing Jason Cook here, remember him from Days of Our Lives - and, yes, he's aged well. Great smile. It's my first encounter with Kristi Murdock - lovely girl and she did a nice job. Her friend did a good job supporting and the daughter was cute and her role well done. Overall, a pleasant experience and, my most important barometer, I'd watch it again.

It did have shortfalls, of course, being low budget, etc. The sound quality was poor at times - the "background " music drowned out the voices several times. The styling was pretty bad for most of the movie, very uncomplimentary clothing for female lead - was there a sale on mustard colored tops? Most of the shoes looked like they were from a rummage sale.

The pacing was very slow. But. It's a made for tv romcom, so we give it some leeway, right? When I'm in a mellow mood and just want to be entertained, I'll enjoy seeing this again.

Ok, I was just about to write about this. I thought was just like a permanent like pimple on her chin, but since most saying a bit, makes me want to Google her other movies to see if it's there. I googled, not a zit, thats a bump or sonething on face. Like other actors & actresses, just part of her that she probably has no plans on fixing.

I honestly stumbled on the reviews because when googled wardrobe, someone mentioned shoes. When went to that sorta interview, I did notice the slingback shoes the lady had on and was seeing if could find.

Oh yes, one of the first things I noticed when the movie first started and she was walking to her job and I was looking at the people and what they had on and then she came out the job like, who knows how much later, and the same people were walking by again. Yes, it's just one of those things I do when I'm watching a movie. I'm always looking at stuff where Isn't there somebody that has that job to point out or notice these things?

5.4 stars.

Some B movies, I enjoy, this one doesn't cut it. I recognize the lead male, I remember watching him for several years on 'Days of Our Lives'. He can't hide behind the beard, he's too noticeable, but he's definitely aged well. What's wrong with this movie? That question is more difficult to answer than what's right with it. Cinematography and editing is decent. The dialogue, acting, sound, and music are horrific. Even the wardrobe was poor. The clothes were unflattering for her. The voices sound muffled, and have a slight echo, which completely ruins the experience for me. Yes, I noticed the "zit" that people are mentioning, however, I can't imagine that this person would have a zit lasting several days during filming. It's probably a permanent blemish that she was unable to have removed at that time. Anyways, I stopped the movie less than halfway in, and deleted from the DVR. Onto the next.