Le vie dell'amore

I rather enjoyed this movie unlike the other review on here. I thought the two actors have a great chemistry and played off each other well. Sure, the story is predictable, what TV rom-com isn't? Spoiler alert: They get together at the end. I think the only issue I had was that the film is set in Florida, but his family vineyard was on rolling hills and there's one scene where she's walking up to ground level. I've lived in Florida, there's like one hill in the entire state and unless it's changed in recent years, the highest point is a garbage dump. The movie was filmed in Australia, I believe. As a freelance writer/reviewer I cover a lot of Hallmark, Lifetime, Great American Family, UPtv, etc. Content so if I say one particular rom-com is good and worth a looksie, than you know it is.

Great move. Great casting. Great chemistry. Loved this movie! The storyline was typical but so well written and the main character calling himself Gray, and having the high power job with the suits and the general demeanor gave me fifty shades vibes in a very PG rated way. Merritt Patterson is ALWAYS a pleasure to watch in anything she does and the chemistry between these two was off the charts from their very first run in within minutes of the movie starting. You could feel it jumping off the screen. Again kudos to the writing of this film, we need more of this stuff on our screens! The vineyard where they filmed was STUNNING also. A++ all around!!

I realised a long time ago that text messaging was just a part of daily life now and was not surprised when it started appearing in movies. But FINALLY a movie maker that while using text messaging as part of the story doesn't forget that not everyone has 20/20 vision and by not being able to read the texts loses a large part of what is happening. By having the texts spoken as well as on screen, they allowed the story to unfold for everyone.

I was really surprised and pleased. They only missed one right at the end but by then we knew what it would say.

I really enjoyed this movie, thought the chemistry between the leads was awesome and the supporting actors were great too. Scenery lovely and all in all an enjoyable movie made better for knowing what the texts said. Thank you.

Joshua Sasse seems to have set up shop in Queensland in 2023, filming two movies there - One Perfect Match and the Netflix production with Delta Goodrem, Love is in the Air.

The latter was better than the former, by a long way.

Sasse is a good actor and Merritt Patterson, as gorgeous as ever, is one of my favourites - I will watch anything she is in, without hesitation - but this movie was far too slow, proceeding at something around a glacial pace at the best of times, with an uninteresting plot (to me, anyway) and it was more cliched than these movies usually are. A bad triumvirate.

The majority of these GAC Family movies definitely don't have the production values that Hallmark and Lifetime do. That's a shame, give the acting talent - Patterson, Jen Lilley etc. - that network has on it's books. A lack of budget was, to me, much more noticeable in 'One Perfect Match' than in most of the other GAC titles I've watched.

I also think the producers missed an opportunity to set this in Australia, rather than having Queensland masquerade for somewhere in America.

I like this kind of movie as much or more than the next person, but sometimes they fall flat and this one did. I really wanted to like it, but I really couldn't get into it.

Some of the romances by Hallmark or GAF feature couples that have little chemistry. Sometimes that is due to the story, which features antagonism or an oil-an-water connection that gradually grows into love. Other times, there just is no spark between the two stars. This film, on the other hand, features a story where there is chemistry between the two leads immediately, and for reasons of plot the couple cannot act on it.

Lucy Marks (Merritt Patterson) runs a match-making service and is dedicated to her job. Ironically, she herself has no one special in her life. When she meets Finn Grayson (Joshua Sasse), a businessman whose family owns a vineyard, there is an instant spark. When he engages her to find him a match, she has mixed feelings, but ethics require her to separate business and personal interests.

As mentioned, the story focuses on the easy attraction between the two, giving the viewer a love story different from many others. The final outcome is never in doubt, of course, but it's all about the dance.