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A Recipe for Seduction

  • TV Short
  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
523
YOUR RATING
Mario Lopez in A Recipe for Seduction (2020)
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Colonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suit... Read allColonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suitor handpicked by her mother.Colonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suitor handpicked by her mother.

  • Directors
    • Eric Eckelman
    • Armand Prisco
    • Natalie Prisco
  • Writers
    • Eric Eckelman
    • Armand Prisco
    • Natalie Prisco
  • Stars
    • Mario Lopez
    • Justene Alpert
    • Tessa Munro
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    523
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Writers
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Stars
      • Mario Lopez
      • Justene Alpert
      • Tessa Munro
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Mario Lopez
    Mario Lopez
    • Colonel Harland Sanders
    Justene Alpert
    Justene Alpert
    • Jessica Mancera
    Tessa Munro
    Tessa Munro
    • Bunny Mancera
    Chad Doreck
    Chad Doreck
    • Billy Garibaldi III
    Martin Morrow
    Martin Morrow
    • Lee
    • (as Martin Mandela)
    Emily de Silveira
    Emily de Silveira
    • Nurse
    • (as a different name)
    Justin Bertz
    • Extra
    Deanne Black
    Deanne Black
    • Extra
    Sophie Cook
    Sophie Cook
    • Extra
    Charles Croslin
    • Extra
    Lynne Alana Delaney
    Lynne Alana Delaney
    • Extra
    Jess Grant
    • Extra
    Kim Mischook
    • Extra
    Louis Ramos
    • Extra
    Nari Silvers
    • Extra
    Jeremy Steel
    • Extra
    Eduardo Zapata
    • Extra
    • Directors
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Writers
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
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    TheLastPersonStanding

    Finger lickin' good

    I don't know if I've ever seen a film that's presented by Kentucky Fried Chicken. "A Recipe for Seduction" is probably the first. It's a somewhat strange and silly film about an upper class woman who's in love with Colonel Sanders, the chef of her home. Yeah, Colonel Sanders, the guy who was obviously the founder of KFC in real life. He actually passed away almost exactly 40 years ago. In this film, Sanders is played by Mario Lopez, and he does a good job. I don't usually watch Lifetime films, but I wonder if this short film is a parody of one of them. It has to be a parody. I was certainly laughing. I mean wouldn't you be laughing if Colonel Sanders was one of the main characters in a friggin' romance film?

    "A Recipe for Seduction" sort of takes itself seriously, but it also sort of doesn't, and I like that. I haven't written much about the plot and I won't write more about it. I think the acting and the writing are pretty good for this kind of film. Sanders is definitely a likeable character. Well, the film *is* presented by KFC, so the fast food chain's founder has to be likeable, right? Even though I enjoyed this film, I don't know why it was made. Maybe KFC just wanted to show people that they have a sense of humour. I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
    robertryszewski

    Hilarious!

    While very short, if not taken seriously this is a great, enjoyable, hilarious film.
    10samuelzadov

    Good

    Bad acting, Bad plot, Bad directing. A little something for everyone, 10/10
    6ellie-quinn

    Gimme More

    I need a sequel. That was a Chicken Little and I at least need a $5 fill up to satiate me. I appreciate all the quintessential Lifetime tropes so well portrayed in a condensed format. It was high stakes but I am glad the mustache was unscathed.
    10custar55

    It's a ten you dummies!

    AC slater is Col. Sanders and you dare not rate this movie a ten? Make a sequel every year at Christmas til I'm dead and I'll eat KFC til I'm dead. Which will be five sequels because KFC will kill a healthy male quickly. I don't care. I got a bucket tonight because of this movie.

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    • Trivia
      Cohost Michael "Mikey" Randolph of the podcasts Romancing the Podcast and The Horror Virgin can be seen as an uncredited background character. This is his first Rom-Com background credit.
    • Quotes

      Colonel Harland Sanders: Don't call me crouton.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: A Recipe for Seduction: A Colonel Sanders Movie (2020)

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • North Korea
      • Russia
    • Official site
      • Lifetime
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • JEAN
      • Kentucky Fried Chicken
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      15 minutes
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