Romance au paradis

If you are a fan of Rom Coms and Hallmark movies, you'll love Retreat to Paradise. The story and actors were entertaining, satisfying and believable (and not cringy). This will definitely go on my "watch again" list!

This is a good concept with wonderful setting in Fiji. However, it was excruciating to watch the injured male lead, Jordan, mouth off like a spoiled 8-yr old. Any chance of a long term relationship with him would involve a tantrum at every tough turn.Ellie should have walked at his first insulting, humiliating conversation. Chemistry was a zero. Ellie will be a battered wife in the sequel. Not a fav.

Something is missing. The story seems to drag. The acting is barely fair especially Casey Elliott. The Jordan character is over the top mean at first and as too often happens quickly does a 180. The dialogue lacks life.

If it weren't for the Ellie character, I think I would have given up. Melanie Stone is upbeat but not overly so. Unfortunately I just don't think there was any chemistry.

The conflict is clumsy. There were hints and I think it could have been handled better.

For some reason IMDb is telling me I need to be much longer. I don't really understand why. I see reviews that are less than a quarter of their requirement and I know I've submitted shorter ones. So this is filler.

I am a Hallmark fan so the genre is fine for me but this film just didn't cut it.... Good story......... Check Interesting themes..... Check A potential bit of depth..... Check Good Cast........ Check So what was wrong? Nothing was wrong and yet everything..... The meaning and depth and connection did not go far enough - in the scene where a tragedy is explored portray some emotion, just don't talk about it.... Adding depth, nuance and light and shade and a little medical authenticity could have made it great.

Very enjoyable movie filled in beautiful Fiji. Really nice likeable characters and a very good storyline. Don't know much about therapy but hey it's a film and at least she looked like she was working. Well done team!