Tangled

Loved the book and the movie did justice to it.

The actress for kate was spot on. She was great in her delivery and timing. Felt very natural. Evan was a little overacted but the story pulled it back enough. The comedic scenes were great and just as funny as i pictured it happening while reading the original book. Dialogue and sequence of events were true to the book which fans appreciate :)

I think this may be the best of the passionflix book adaptations. Hoping there is a sequel but it probably doesn't need it. Guess I'm just a fan of miss emma chase.

A solid 7 stars for me. Would recommend to other rom com aficionados.

This movie was amazing! Exceeded expectations. Loved the casting. Passionflix continues to be a force of good for women who want to see their favorite books on screen.

If you've read Tangled, this is a perfect adaptation of the book. The dialogue is practically verbatim.

You do miss a lot of Drew's over the top internal dialogue from the book, but I can't imagine watching this and not completely knowing how Drew Evans really thinks.

I expected this to have some serious cringeworthy moments, as a lot of book to movie adaptations tend to have, but I was pleasantly surprised that the actors brought the characters to life exactly as I had imagined.

If you've read Tangled and loved the characters, the banter, and the antics, you'll appreciate this. If you haven't read Tangled, I highly suggest reading but I still would suggest this rom-com movie.

10 for the copious, very appealing shots of Josh Plasse in boxers. 1 for the relative charm of the leads. So why is my rating 5? Deduct 6 points for a crass leering screenplay that mistakes sex jokes and 4-letter bombs for wit and thinks itself clever by presenting romance from the (reformed) rake's point of view. For years women have justifiably complained about men writing female roles poorly. Well, the shoe - make that stiletto - is on the other foot. Otherwise nothing new here. Less than stellar supporting roles and bland production values complete the indifferent picture.

But oh, the sight of Josh Plasse in boxers - and his full Monty (from the rear)...priceless.

This is the latest in the Passionflix original movies based on popular romance novels, Tangled by author Emma Chase.

The overall story is about Drew Evan's a successful New York investment banker. He is handsome, arrogant and a total playboy. This is an interesting perspective as it is told from his perspective and in retrospect. He has currently spent the last seven days holed up in his high rise apartment telling everyone he has the flu...then he tells us what happened which starts when he randomly meets Kate Brooks at a bar after receiving a blow job from another girl in the bathroom (yeah, he's that kind of guy). Kate basically shoots him down which has never happened before...but he immediately takes home a twosome for sex. The next morning he meets the new hot shot up-coming at work...Katherine Brooks! Kate has a fiancé and continues to shoot Drew down and they become rivals at work. After a pretty bumpy start...they eventually start to work together becoming friends until one night...

I love most of the passionflix offerings and I love the premise or what they are attempting to do at passionflix. You could say I am a big fan. I feel like this film is kind of in the middle of the pack of their offerings however, with the top tier including such films as the Gabriel's Inferno films, The Driven series, The Will, Dirty Sexy Saint and the next tier down to include The trouble with Mistletoe, Afterburn Aftershock, The Matchmaker's playbook, and maybe Wicked...with Seduction and Snacks maybe being in the next tier down. In fact the only Passionflix offerings that I didn't care for were The Protector and Hollywood Dirt.

So having said that...yes, I recommend the film to anyone who likes sexy romances. But did I think this was the best that Passionflix has come out with? No. It wasn't nearly as seductive as some of the other offerings (what some call panty wetting). Also, I am not sure I am a big fan of the raw material and it's premise...arrogant playboy's perspective on loving and leaving girls. It also seemed very discordant that Drew thinks his niece needs a better role model (than his sister who is a stay at home mom) when she says she wants to grow up to be a princess and wait for her prince to come. Other Passionflix offerings have had me rushing out to buy the book...I don't think I'll be reading this Emma Chase any time soon.

Subsequent viewings... In watching this film again, I did increase my rating from a 6 to a 7. While it's still not breaking into my Passionflix favorites list, I was struck by a few things that I really did enjoy about the film. I genuinely like the main character Kate, played by Katherine Hughes. I love Dee-Dee who is Kate's best friend, especially as a fellow lab worker...and while my first job out of college was for a chemistry lab where we had just about every chemical under the sun...I sure don't remember one that "shrinks balls", now eat the flesh off them-yeah, we had that. ;-) The niece Mackenzie was pretty sweet as was the swear jar and her relationship with her Uncle Drew. And then there is Alexandra (Katherine Barber) aka Drew's sister, who may have been a stay at home mom...but could definitely break men at a power lunch...she had that kind of energy. So while Drew still comes across as a little schmuck-y...there are some great female characters and I might consider picking up the book.