Bridal Boot Camp

Went into this thinking I was not going to like it but I stayed with it and it turned out to be a good Movie, Yes I will recommend it. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 1/31/2021

Bridal dressmaker Andy Phillips (Spencer Locke) just wants to be herself with her fiancee Jordan. Her best friend Felice Davis convinces her to join a bridal boot camp. Whitney Walsh is the hardcore teacher. Then Andy meets delivery guy Casey Connor (Jake Sandvig) while cake tasting alone.

I'm not rooting for the Andy and Casey pairing. Sandvig doesn't have it. Jordan is a blank. I get the premise but the movie doesn't execute it. Locke is an appealing lead but it's also hard to nail down her relationship with the men. I'd rather Casey stay in the friendzone. Andy's fight with Felice is confused. I'm not feeling much of this.

Got through the first 10 minutes and turned it off. The sexism within the first 5 minutes was just over the top and the next 5 minutes got worse and worse. Don't know what the point of the movie is at all. The fake exhausting women preach about making their husbands happy, cooking for them and making themselves look good every day- did we travel back to the 1920s? Give this one a pass.

The story seemed to me to be all over the place. Andy seemed like two different people, or more even. This story was filled with philosophies on love and marriage and they were even more all over the place. Andy's speech at the end made no sense for the setting because it was in the movie to contrast to the boot camp rules, but only 5 people would have known about them.

The whole idea of an engaged woman flirting with another single man turns me off. As to what was wrong with her relationship with her fiancé, what was she thinking going into it? The guy is in med school and apparently working a job too. Of course he is going to be tired and not around much.

As for acting, it seems like Spencer Locke was shouting way too much. And Jake Sandvig seemed to be working real hard to enunciate everything he said. Even so, they had some chemistry.

Totally irrelevant observation: I watched this on UpTV, yet the engaged couple was already sleeping in the same bed. No judgment, but it surprises me a little. Because that is so unrealistic, I joke about the fact that Hallmark, which is slightly less conservative than UpTV, never has unmarried people sleeping together.

I don't know why some of the reviews are so negative, I really liked the movie i find it really cute and light hearted, the actor who did casey's role was kinda cold and awkward but I actually liked that. I'm not a huge fan of romantic movies that get too deep and too sad which is why i liked this one, I didn't get bored watching it maybe its not for the older aged people since the story might be considered too silly for them.