Something's Brewing

The story starts out like so many. A woman has a really bad day and loses her high paid job and her boyfriend is in bed with someone else when she goes to see him. So her world is shaken and she retreats. For most of the rest of the movie, the tension is that she is leaving the city permanently. Then she meets a guy by accident. And he is hiding something, maybe nothing big. For much of the movie, that's the story. The relationship is hook in the movie.

Later in the movie, there are a couple of bumps, the biggest one being something seen that is misunderstood. The bumps occur with a good bit of time left and one of them is kind of stupid on one person's part and the other is stupid on the other person's part. This dinged my enjoyment, even if you know everything's going to get worked out. In a very predictable way.

I thought the frequent meetings with the BFF for advice was a little overplayed.

Maybe some of the appeal for me was Kristi Murdock, whom I have only seen one other time. She has a beautiful smile.

If you are looking for a complex storyline, this isn't it. Anything but. But, if like me, you like developing love stories with good dialogue especially between the two leads, then maybe give it a chance.

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.

After reading the info, I anticipated the movie would be better than it was. The acting, editing, wardrobe, scenes, and drama were all over the place. Besides, the unflattering angles, clothing, and expressions, the storyline was awful in general. I think the main problems can be summed up as the movie being low budget.

Why did she follow him without a good reason or show up outside his house? There are a lot of awkward scenes/ assumptions. Also, the normal breakup (in these movies) is poorly written. Then, for them to "make up" only for another over dramatized incident. The resolution comes writhing in the last five minutes. How does that make sense?

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 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.