Love's Sweet Recipe

I liked this movie well enough but it didn't stand out like some reviewers mentioned. Let's face it 90% of these movies are very much the same but in the end we like to be "transported" from our every day life. What I didn't like, and it may not seem to you, is the closed caption. I need that. It was so small and when the actors talk fast it really helps. It was tiny and I couldn't read it. I was thinking maybe it my television but I switched to a couple of other networks and I had no problem. Bold print and easy to read. It takes many departments to make a movie, not just what we see. It's like a brain and a body that work together. I may have gone from a five star rating to a six, possibly seven but I didn't like to work so hard to understand what they were saying.

6.2 stars.

The first 35 minutes, we are inundated by an obnoxious woman who runs a restaurant with her mother. She cooks her father's recipes, he was the previous owner of the restaurant. A washed out major league baseball player comes back to town and he knew her when they were younger, but she doesn't initially recognize him. He asks her if she will accept his help in her restaurant, he wants to create baked desserts for her restaurant, and to help get his baked goods to be recognized. When he begins working for her, what we witness is an extremely difficult, and arrogant female chef. What I appreciate about her performance is that she is significantly convincing at being difficult to work for. Unfortunately, what detracts from the enjoyment is her significantly convincing performance. It's a catch-22. This is a perfect lesson in how to embellish refinement. She irons out her wrinkles fairly quickly, and they work together to enter a restaurant competition.

The restaurant is too quaint and disorganized. The decor is atrocious, the tables and chairs are out of style and the arrangement is unappealing. I personally avoid restaurants that look so disorganized.

Her character is inconsistent and conflicted. Sometimes she is driven and difficult, and at other times lacking direction or purpose. These opposing traits are confusing and exactly why her polarizing behavior leaves the audience cold. Once again she levels out, but I'm left feeling unfulfilled.

He performs his role perfectly. If the male lead had lacked in any way, this film would be an utter disappointment.

Watched it for an hour and turned it off, another dumb script and so-so actors. Feel sorry for the actors who had to recite stupid lines. "Dad's cooking book" didn't work. Too soapy and it really was an insult to intelligent viewers. Get a decent script ! I gave it two stars but I was being generous it deserved zero.

I watched the movie a couple of times and I really enjoyed it. I think the 2 negative review weren't fair and representative.

I tried to sit through all of this without starting to read Daily Telegraph article comments but it was impossible.

It was as slow as molasses with absolutely no chemistry between the two lead actors and a really boring script. Neither actor was very good but worse together.

The story of Courtney running the family business was absurd since she was never there cooking or serving or anything to do with it other than trying out some fiddley new fusion dishes. She just kept reading old recipes to remind her why she fell in love with the cooking we never see her do other than in her own little kitchen. I suppose she has a staff to deal with the restaurant since we see nothing of the hectic brutal schedule of running a restaurant i'd havd expected. In addition she's trying to impress the judges of an upcoming competition.

She's also reading her father's old book "of love".

Jake, an old beau athlete, comes back to town after an injury and surprises her that he can bake. They start to work together as he saves to own his own bakery one day.

There is absolutely no energy in this production. It feels completely flat and if there is supposed to be any romance brewing I think they forgot to put the kettle on.