Assaggio d'amore

I really enjoyed this film. It's about love and food, and love for food. I particularly liked the lead actor who played Christian, and the woman who was the aunt. They were delightful to watch, though the whole cast was good. The story is standard, I think stronger writing would have helped these actors out even more and made this film more of a stand out. But it is still enjoyable to watch. It leaves you with that feeling of warmth.

The acting, directing, and the plot are pretty good, but one thing bothered me so much I couldn't get past it. The chefs never once wore a toque, a cap, or beard covering. It just creeped me out. What is a Christmas chef movie without toques?

Yes it's predictable but nevertheless enjoyable. Good acting, a little different script but most of all a good old fashioned love story without sex, nudity, foul language and no blasphemy! What a joy for a change!

I watched this movie as I like what I read from its synopsis. But what the synopsis never tells is how the movie's end result would be like.

The movie had potential, but acting by some of the main characters were wooden at best. The worst by far is by the main male lead. He came across trying too hard to play the part, and trying to look cool, which he didn't accomplished in my opinion. The rest did a good job.

The editing could have been a little better. It just lacked some atmosphere in some areas, and there were pockets moments which I believe were meant to be more intimate but came across being boring instead.

VERDICT: It's not that terrible a movie. If you can ignore the male lead's acting efforts and it's a nice feel-good movie. Perfect for these times.

This is a so-so rom-com. I am only doing this review to respond to all the reviewers complaining about the closed captioning. I just watched this on tubi and no problems with the CC. This is a standard rom-com with you knowing exactly what's going to happen. The cast was attractive & pleasant.