Cuisine, amour, Londres

I love the london background and the tour around my coveted notting hill but please why cast actors who are clearly not into food or even passionate about it when u are literally casting a chef . Her hair is everywhere , she keeps this unified cuteness about her when everyone knows chefs are focused on ingredients and not a curling iron. The chemistry I blame on the lack of time between the love interests and I feel they could have utilized some of the lines to benefit a spectrum of colorful antic dots between the difference between American and London culture instead, they gave us beige, beige, beige dialogue and not enough silly funniness to make me want to comment better honestly I expected more. I love acting in Hallmark movies and I always try to change something to give myself a stamp on the show. Yet this one seemed run-of-the-mill bland. I wish that I was in the casting room when decisions were made.

The lead actress's adorable looks didn't help the acting. Or maybe it was the writing? I've not seen her in anything else to compare. I don't understand the purpose of dressing her and doing her hair as if she were a child. Well, I guess that it closely matches the way her character was written. I wondered the entire time it was on, if a different actress wouldn't have sounded so whiny and spoiled? Came the resounding conclusion, that it was 8% the bad writing and 92% the terrible acting. If this were real life, I would not want to be her friend.

It's very rare that I don't finish a movie, but I couldn't see the point in finishing this. I feel like the look on my face may have ended up there permanently had I watched the entire film.

The scenery was nice.

There was also zero chemistry between the two leads.

The problem with this movie was casting. The story is your typical romantic arc, albeit a silly plot arc, and had the characters been more sympathetic, I might have gotten past insipid plot. But the lead actress is a spoiled, petulant teenager, lacking in the tenacious drive and talent of a true chef. You can't support her romance because you can't support her. You might think it's just the lines, but it's more the delivery of the lines. I felt sorry for her "best friend." After all, who wants a friend who doesn't put the same passion and work ethic into the job you offered her. Nobody. Nobody wants that nonsense in their lives. Nobody is a glutton for that much punishment so as to risk livelihood for such a poor friend. And, don't ask me about the hero because when ever the lead actress was on screen - which was all the time - you needed to close your eyes and ears. Just yuck.

I wanted to love this movie but lead actress kept getting in the way. She looked and acted like a 12 year old brat. Poor acting skills and I guess the writer shares in the poor role. A head chef is texting like a high schooler, cannot walk down the street without bumping into multiple ppl???

No, we had to turn it off which is too bad since her pen pal and leading man were good actors. Love the filming and scenery.

This plays like a bad Hallmark movie including the age differences between the male and female leads. It's gross.

Foote should have insisted she could be smart and romantic not just play a school girl on a movie.

Not a bad storyline, but way too many holes. Stella, played by a British actress, has a poor American accent. She's supposed to be from Montana, but I think they confused Montana with Kentucky or someplace green and with a southern accent. She has loads of free time, even in the evening when she's supposed to be working. I just found the whole production to be a bit ridiculous at times. Theo was charming, but the best part of the film were the scenes with Stella's friend Rebecca. The production is colorful and engaging. But I couldn't get past Stella's poor accent and the many holes in the storyline.