Autumn in the City

The story has bizarre moments. Early on, some were even slightly cringe worthy. What part of "be seen and not heard" did you not get, Piper? For a bit, I thought Piper was going to turn me off. To be honest, she mellowed a little as the movie went on which is not unusual. Writers like to establish some antagonism early on and once that is gotten past, the characters drop the really rough edges.

Piper is from a very small town background, but this is not your typical girl next door. She has some of the better qualities of that GND but she's much more than that. She knows how to be appealing to people, even virtual strangers, but she isn't at all fake. It is unrealistic how naive she is the way she is approaching finding a career, but as a viewer, I had to ignore that so that I could enjoy what was truly appealing about her character. And Piper is the reason I loved this movie.

Aimee Teagarden and Evan Roderick have great chemistry. Their dialogue helps. It's fun and interesting.

The story seems to ramble a bit, but in fact it's right where it wants to be.

Another thing that really irritated me early was Austin's mom. It's pretty bad when your mom doesn't let you order what you want for lunch even after you bring it up. He's a full grown adult, even if for a while he doesn't act like one.

One development from the latter half of the movie is totally predictable, but who Piper turned to totally surprised me.

I look forward to watching this again in the future because I'm pretty sure I'll pick up things I missed the first time.

I saw Aimee in My Christmas family tree and thought she was amazing. That was the first thing I had ever seen her in. So I was excited to watch her in this one, and I don't know what happened to her in this one, but from the first second that she was on the screen, she lost her likability. There was also zero chemistry with her costar. It's almost like the casting director was happy with her, so they did not worry about it even having tryouts for any of the other parts. I've only done this a couple of times but here I am halfway through the show writing a review for a show that I absolutely wish I had not wasting my time on.

To be young in the city...Aimee Teegarden breathes life into this New York City romance that is equally about finding your calling.

Aimee plays Piper who is on the verge of turning thirty and has given herself that as a deadline to find her career or true calling. She bravely signs up at a New York temp agency and tells the agent to throw everything at her. She quickly meets her grumpy neighbor Austin, a wealthy quintessential New Yorker who is trying to buck the family reporting business of his famous reporter mother because he wants to write children's stories. Piper also meets another transplant to New York, Will and his romantic partner Toby, who own a corner coffee shop and bakery. Piper, Will and Toby become fast friends. Will and Toby seem to think that Piper and Austin would be good together and they set about doing a little matchmaking like a picnic in the park.

Great cast, fun working through career ideas and good chemistry between the leads. This is like a very sweet fall postcard to New York.

If you love New York, romance and the idea of finding yourself...you will enjoy this movie.

Realism in this one is catastrophic. Why would they set the story in autumn while you can tell the set isn't really in that season? I mean, let's be real: in fall New York, you wouldn't go out with a light dress and a light jacket like it's warm outside. Plus, Central Park looking nothing like Central Park.

Besides, if the girl has only two months, it would make sense for it to be summertime. I guess jobs wouldn't be that easy to get in summer. But again, how unrealistic is it that you can find as many interesting jobs through a temporary work agency. And who I would have the luxury to refuse a job in this economy?

As for the relationships, I don't live in New York but I do know big cities, and characters are really too one-dimensional, starting with the coffe shop owners.

The actors are good though, so it compensates.

My expectations aren't that high for a TV movie but it's like they shoot themselves in the feet with all these.

Aimee Teegarden always brings a lot of young fresh energy to her roles. Evan Roderick is great as her love interest, they have chemistry which doesn't always happen in Hallmark rom-coms. They should be matched up again, maybe a Spring movie set in the country. Or a winter film since Roderick is a former hockey player. The supporting cast is good, especially the bakery couple Toby and Will. Strong Canadian supporting actors.

The script isn't that good, there are some funny parts but it's clunky, it doesn't seem to fit together smoothly. As with most of the rom-coms it's filmed in BC with exterior shots of NYC. Vancouver can be made to look like almost any North American city.