O Encanto do Amor

Old fashion romantic romp that grows on you on the strength of female lead Katrina Norma and her beau, a lovable charmer in the person of Tilky Jones. The story is chintzy. Katrina went treasure hunt in order to save her museum. She comes to scenic exotic island, ancient manuscript in hand, and meets inn owner Jones, who is based in New York but comes to the island to revive business for the charming historic Pierre Hotel. Katrina's beauty and personality grows on you during her encounter with the affable Jones. Their time together comprises much of the movie while assorted colorful, island-appropriate characters complement the back set. It's like going to an old ice cream shop when you are out on dinner stroll - comforting and everything comes out as expected. Should you be fickled and go hard on that creamery owner for not inventing new surprise gimmicks or do you enjoy the moment ?

Whatever Up Tv is - they should find another genre - this film has a great and creative story and beautiful scenery but just didn't deliver when it came to script and cast - no chemistry, no genuineness.... worth watching just for the fun story but only just.....

Reused plot as in Pearl in Paradise with minor efforts of writing, directing etc, some nonsense and errors here and there, but nice locations, great lead actress, main actor had less expressivity, but I find it understandable. No great chemistry, but an enjoyable movie overall!

Good as a background movie where you don't have to actually pay attention.

But seriously though, she goes hiking on heels? Are you all out of your mind? 😅

Legend based on myth or truth? Of course. Maddie thinks it's true. At least she hopes it's true. The future of her museum depends on it.

Meanwhile, Fitz needs something to save tourism for the island he loves.

Thus starts the search for the lover's stone. And that's the story. It's not surprising they had to throw in Fitz's girlfriend to liven things up. It didn't help. I never saw anyone so unenthusiastic about proposing to his girlfriend and that was before he really got to know Maddie.

I was not familiar with Katrina Norman. I didn't recognize Tilky Jones but I had seen him in a couple of forgettable roles. The two had some mild chemistry. Like the story, nothing very exciting and no surprises.

The ending is more cheesy than sappy. I like sappy, but this was too over the top for me.