My introduction to this movie was when I had it playing on my cell phone in my kitchen while I chopped collard greens and prepared chicken, so I really only listened sporadically to the dialogue for the first 20 minutes of the movie.
Later, back at my laptop and tired of watching political news, I decided I might as well finish what I had started and actually watch the movie, even though from the dialogue I had heard in the kitchen I had determined it might be the silliest, dumbest movie of its type I had ever seen - or heard.
I started the movie over from the beginning and it did, indeed, seem pretty dopey - although not quite as absurd as I had thought. I did note that it was a "Reel One Entertainment" offering, and from experience I expected very little from them.
I watched it all the way through and it really is an odd premise: Two female co-workers who are longtime friends but seem to barely know each other and who both have fairly spikey, competitive personalities, get into a game of mutual suspicion, competition and sabotage over a wedding venue. The oft-used "fake boyfriend" theme rears its head, but the way it's handled in this case seems fresher than in some other movies.
For whatever reason, (maybe because I spent several decades of my 70 years involved in college and community theater and this movie involves theatrical agents, acting coaches and an aspiring stage actor,) I wound up enjoying this silly movie.
For the most part, the actors were excellent. They had to prop up a somewhat absurd story line, and to me they carried it off pretty admirably. The actor who played the actor/fake boyfriend was especially good, and the denouement (again, a little trite, but...) when the two women recognized and did their best to atone for their selfish and foolish behavior was satisfying.
So, even with some rather glaring faults, this movie was a guilty pleasure for me and I might even watch it again. Please don't say I didn't warn you that it's not a movie for everyone!
