Random Encounters

I like this, but decided to only give it 3 stars because of all the crude language not befitting a romcom, and because the leading man has a haircut that kept making me think of Donald Duck (there was like this bushy duck tail thing in the back)- also not befitting a romance, more appropriate for straight-up comedy.

The leading ladies here were the real standouts though, and Mehgan Markle pre-royal-wedding was a lot of fun.

Besides some little annoyances that added up for me, I do like the movie overall. I love that it deals with fate and following the signs God is sending through the universe, as I live my life by that creed and can confirm that it's for-real! In fact, the whole movie related to me on a personal level and is very timely for me to have discovered it now that I have began to notice my own signs from above!

There's magic here, but it's not treated as it should be. Good movie that would have been even better had it been made in a warm PG romcom style, rather than in the more cold and raunchy style of "The Hangover".

I wanted to watch this purely to see why it's never mentioned as part of Meghan's acting CV.

Strangely enough, she's featured prominently in the foreground on the poster and holds the starring role spot on IMDB. I find this hard to believe as she is definitely the supporting actress here albeit the character that drives the action forward in a very Shakespearian manner.

She plays Mindy, Laura's roomate, and is the female trampy version of a "player". She parties every night and brings home one night stands who she then ignores in the morning. She's quite promiscuous and her comments and actions are more raunchy than usual Hallmark movies.

The 'real' lead actress (Abby Wathen) is an aspiring actress who accidentally spills coffee on a would-be screenwriter (Michael Rady) in a cafe. It's love at first sight for the pair of them but they are both shy and don't exchange numbers.

They spend the rest of the movie trying to find each other. It's fun to watch how that all pans out and I truly liked how sweet and naive Laura was and how she handled all her mishaps calmly without much drama in contrast to the crass, loud Mindy.

I've liked Michael Rady in other Hallmark movies so I probably cut him a bit more slack than his acting as Kevin deserved. He was supposed to be timid and he didn't have much of a part to work with but he could have still shown a bit more spark I think. They were well suited as a pair though so perhaps that was intentional.

I wonder if this rom-com is played down by Meghan's camp because of how raunchy her character is. She was hired as the "lead actor's love interest" on Suits, according to her in an interview on Larry King Live, and she is always cast in sexy roles. Even her Reitman's campaign and a few music video appearances are sexy. Funnily enough I find her extremely 'girl-next-door' material and her partial nudity in Suits and attempts to be sexy quite cringeworthy.

so, here we got two girls who rent an apartment in l.a., the rent in this city, especially in west Hollywood area is outrageously high, yet these two young women neither obviously got no steady jobs, the main character with a day-dreaming problem still tries so hard to get a 'tooth fairy' dental commercial hiring temp job, yet she does not seem to worry about how to pay her next month rent, still can afford sitting in her room day dream to meet a guy she encountered in a coffee shop. the other girl is busy in meeting guys on date.com and bring the new stud into her apartment for one night stand. so, they both got no jobs, they both do not like millionaire off-springs with steady monthly allowances from their foundations their parents set up for them, they still can afford dating, buying and eating ice cream, watching TV, going to coffee shop, buying newly released how-to non-fiction, manicuring their nails in expensive saloon... and the young man that main girl role dream about encountering again is not a rich guy but another struggling absolutely non-talent screenplay writer, but again, he could afford renting (or even owning?) a decent apartment in downtown l.a.? are you bullshxxting me? so i must point out here is this screenplay was obviously written by a day-dreaming poor struggling young writer who got no steady job and incomes, so he dreamed up such a ridiculous script to fulfill his day dreams, wishing a big pie would fall onto his laps. this is absolutely a unrealistic fantasy that only the imbeciles would buy it.

Maghan Markel is featured on the publicity photos and cover for this film but make no mistake about it, the star here is Abby Wathen. Her comedic expressions are impeccable. Her character is so believably naive and hopeful, you can't help but to root for her happiness. I laughed out loud at least 10 times at her reactions and un-inhibited goofiness.

Only liked one of the characters, the rest were awful. Script was poor and acting abysmal .