Allie-18

I saw this movie on DVD after it was given away free with the Sunday Times. And it's safe to say it's like all of those freebie CDs the newspapers are giving away these days…one OK song amongst a dozen that aren't worth the cardboard sleeve the disc came in.

The premise is a romantic comedy staple…He gets jilted at the alter. She gets fed up of playing second fiddle to her married boyfriend. The mismatched pair are thrown together for a trip to Donegal, presumably with romance and comedy thrown into the mix. The problem with this film is that it's neither romantic or funny. Yes, it's obviously a low budget film but that's no excuse for the dreadful script. There's no character development whatsoever, some very dodgy acting, zero chemistry between the leads and worse still, very little to like about them.

At least I got a free newspaper with the DVD.

I tried to like this show, I really did. Unfortunately, a lethal combination of an unfunny script and incredibly wooden performances put paid to that. It's a pity because it was an interesting and fun-sounding premise.

Back in the 1960's, Disney made the original Love Bug film. It had a VW Beetle with attitude, a likeable leading man in Dean Jones and most of all, charm. They made a couple of sequels, none of which quite recaptured the magic of the first. Disney should have taken heed of this and not gone back to the well for more.