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The divorced American chef Matthew "Matt" Farragher (Timothy Dalton) takes two week vacation to spend with his son Lewis (Billy Kay) and his daughter Daphne Farragher (Natalie Elizabeth Marston) in the Balboa Island, in Panama. The German researcher of the genetically modified vegetables Dr. Julia Weiland (Nastassja Kinski) is also taking vacation in Balboa with her sons Thomas (Kevin Zegers) and Max (Cameron Finley) and her boring fiancé Russell (Geoffrey Lower). Matt gives freedom to his children and has fun with them while the uptight Julia raises her sons with rigid discipline. While driving to the ferry to the island, Matt and Julia have an argument. Soon they learn that they both rented the same house by the sea due to a mistake of the real estate. Further, the hotels and island are completely booked and they need to share the house. However, along the days their initial animosity begins to change while their children get along with each other very well. But Russell wants to marry Julia and Matt's girlfriend Felice (Carlton Elizabeth Gebia) wants to go one step ahead in their relationship.

"Time Share" a.k.a. "Bitter Suite", is a delightful romantic comedy with many funny situations. The chemistry between the gorgeous Nastassja Kinski and the handsome Timothy Dalton is perfect and makes the film a perfect entertainment with well balanced comedy and romance. The teenagers and children have also great participation in the story and this film is indeed worthwhile watching even for the third time. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Encontro às Avessas" ("Topsy Turvy Encounter")

This movie was a pain trying to find. I ordered a region free DVD player and got the DVD from Germany. I wanted to watch it because I adore Timothy Dalton. He gives a fine performance as a fun single dad, however his American accent is no good, never has been. Nastassja Kinski, who I have never heard of before this film, also gives a good performance as a more strict single mom.

The storyline is sort of a standard enemies-to-lovers story. Like I said in the title, it is nothing special. The kids are cute but their personalities I feel weren't very fleshed out. Daphne, (Who is Timothy Dalton's character's daughter) is supposed to be considered weird, but I don't feel like that was displayed enough on its own.

All in all, if you get a chance to watch it and are a Dalton fan, then I would say it's a cute enjoyable way to spend 87 minutes. Nothing groundbreaking, just a bit of fun. However, if you are not a fan of either of the actors, then I would not go out of your way to watch it, like I did.

Well, when I first heard of this movie my first thought was that it looked like another stupid made for TV movie. But after I watched it, I loved it! The lines are actually funny, The lead characters have great chemistry, and it never gets after school special-ish. And I think the acting was good, and the lead guy's shirtless scene was fine-it just showed him as a regular guy, not some super model. Oh, and Kevin Zegers looked fine!

What a hideous waste of talent. Nastassja Kinski valiantly tries to do something with the script, but Timothy Dalton's try at comedy is over-the-top and pathetically schtick. And what a shame he decides to go shirtless in a few scenes. His stomach is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. As for the kids in this film, they were better than average and like Nastassja, get an A+ for trying. The plot is as creaky as they come and utterly ridiculous, to boot. One of the worst tv movies I've seen in a long, long time.

This movie is embarassing for the good actors in it - meaning Nastassja Kinski and Timothy Dalton - particularly with regard to Dalton who is an actor with tremendous screen presence. The script is half-cooked, the pace is off and the dialogue is lamer than in a TV-sitcom. The most likeable characters in the movie are the kids- and that doesn't say much for an adult romantic comedy. I was sorely dissapointed.

I would really like to have this Timothy Dalton comedy on DVD. Fun, family vacation setting with two families wanting to vacation in the same location. That's when the fun begins. The house turns out to be double rented. One family is easy-going while the other is painfully straight-laced. The kids learn from each other while helping their parents see that they should be together even though they think differently. What can I say but opposites attract. This film has such witty dialogue and plays up the confusion. Timothy is superb in the cooking scene. He just plays that scene for all it's worth. I was delighted with the dance scene in the club house too. This is truly a great family comedy.

My favorite scene is when they crash the neighborhood party and teach the stuffy ones how to loosen up. I love that dance scene. I felt like I was there with him. He was just so natural.. and the music was great also...Timothy Dalton was such a perfect choice for that movie...He is romantic and fatherly and such a grand actor...

A very good comedy with a great actor called N.Kinski, who played in a very nice and funny way. It was her first role with glasses and she played the mother of two children, who want to make holiday in a flat. But the flat was rent by another family in the same time. So she was between her man the scientist and the other men, who rent the flat too. He was a cook, played by Timothy Dalton. The film was like "easy listening", just for fun but it understand one of the great forgotten themes in our culture: How nice it is to have a family!

I hope a sequel is made for this movie.I would like to find out if they get married, where they live, how they get along and how the kids adjust. I am also curious about what happened to Russell.I really enjoyed this movie.It was a good example of what family life is today and also a good romance!

This is a nice romantic comedy. It is the same league as "On the 2nd day of Christmas"; predictable and safe with some sharper humor than you might expect for a made for tv movie. The characters are more than adequate for the plot.

This movie really isn't so bad! It has a rather pronounced "made for TV" sheen to it, but be that as it may, it is still a fun little romp in the sand.

Nastassja Kinski is remarkably likable as the lead female protagonist, and I marvel at her lack of German accent for someone born and raised in Germany. Timothy Dalton is charming as the slightly irrascible male protagonist unexpectedly forced to share his "time share" beach house with that other family. Geoffrey Lower is delightfully nerdish as the... well, nerdish beau/bio-engineer. And the various kids in the film are all very appealing.

All in all a pleasant, wholesome, fun-filled film, reasonably good family viewing (hey, I did afterall see this on the Family Channel, which is precisely where it belongs). And it was nice to see this film, as I did, around the end of winter: those summery beach scenes shot in and around Malibu, California will really have you dreaming about fine summer days and endless beach walking...

I would recommend this movie for any fans of romantic comedy. It is very light hearted, funny, and the characters are quite likable. Timothy Dalton and Nastassja Kinski make a good combination. The children were not the dysfunctional type we so often see in movies. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I think this is a great entertaining family movie with lots of humor. All the actors in this movie were wonderful and seemed to work well together. I thought it was great to see a comedic side to Timothy Dalton and he did an excellent job. This is a movie you can watch with the kids and not worry about violence or embarrassing sex scenes that require you to cover your child's ears or cover their eyes. Too bad they don't make more movies like this. My favorite scene was when they crashed the party and showed the folks how to loosen up and have a good time. I watch this any time it comes on TV. It always puts a smile on my face. Highly recommend it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

TIME SHARE is not the kind of film that will find it's way onto anyone's 'Top Ten' list, but as a light, entertaining romantic comedy, it is a pleasant diversion, and offers stars Timothy Dalton and Nastassja Kinski more 'audience friendly' roles than they've been appearing in, lately.

He's a master chef/widower with devoted kids, a 'live life to the fullest' attitude, and a wicked grin; she's a botanist/divorcee with a geeky fiancé, frustrated kids, and a pent-up passion searching for an outlet. From the moment they meet, trying to squeeze their cars past one another for the last spot on a ferry to their island rental, they become both enemies and rivals, a situation that becomes even more pronounced when they discover that both families have been accidentally booked into the same summer rental. While the kids quickly bond, Dalton and Kinski simply seem to find more ways to irritate one another...although when she caresses him in the shower (thinking him to be her fiancé), she discovers him to be far more of a man than her current beau...and listening to her talk in her sleep, he learns that her aloofness hides a smoldering sexuality waiting to be released.

Can True Love be far away?

While a subplot of two of the children trapped on a sailboat in a storm lacks the tension to be truly effective, and Kinski's boyfriend is portrayed as so buffoonish and asexual that you wonder why she fell for him in the first place, the sexual chemistry between Dalton and Kinski is potent, and the film is romantic enough to make a good 'date movie'.

For an evening's 'light' entertainment, you could do far worse than this easy-going comedy!

I loved this movie and watched it with my daughter. I am a big Timothy Dalton fan and that is what drew me to watch it in the first place. Tim is very light-hearted and a fun loving, easy going father in this movie - a big change from what he usually plays (drama, historical characters). Although I am loving him in "CHUCK". Nastassja Kinski is also very good in her role as a straight laced food geneticist. The kids are very good actors and the fact that two single parents with kids going on vacation and get stuck having to share a condo is very funny and heart warming to watch. Seeing how two families who are strangers, being forced to live together and getting to know each other and the chaos that ensues will make anyone smile. Two thumbs up for this movie.

I suffer thru many Hallmark movies. Aggravatingly wimpy men who can't tell the women they're sweet on; "Hey doll! You're the greatest! I am hopelessly, helplessly, head over heels in love with you!" Well, we do get a sense of that, 5 seconds before the credits roll. That's no payoff!!

With this movie; some negative reviews indicated different degrees of 'drab'. I'll say, not really. Compared to the hopelessly formulaic HM entries; "Time Share" plays like an "Indiana Jones" love fest!

Kinski was pretty good. Had some real charm in her role as Julia. And in the shower scene, she looked hot, especially for a gal of 40. And what was that about? (Oops! I accidentally got in the shower naked with the wrong man. She screams and runs out.

(In my version, she screams; but Dalton immediately switches on some Tchaikovsky in the shower stall, then Kinski hypnotically returns with a smile and bedroom eyes.)

I thought it was funny Dalton (as Matthew) brought some Bond Boldness to his character. He was funny too; stirring the pot with Kinski's visiting beau, Russell.

And what about Russell (Geoffrey Lower)? As Kinski's fiancée & future X; I don't think they could've written a bigger dork. I mean, like over the top. I guess he's kind of a botanist. A goofy guy who should instead be engaged to a vegetable. It actually played out as hokey. That's ok.

The kids in this were written pretty cool all things considered. And the interaction showed some decent imagination (the sailing experience for example.)

The budding love of our stars; was fairly linear. You know, she starts out basically despising Bond, which improves to annoyed, then, the next thing ya know, yer' watchin' "Gidget Gets A Hickey". Ok, ok; so they just kissed.

A hallmark of a 'Hallmark' RomCom, of course, is to have a show stopper, the apparent destruction of the couple's new found relationship maybe 85% into the movie. This movie incorporated that attribute (or should I say detribute.) (Yes, I made up that word.)

So, all that said, it's a fun movie. And while it is indeed a family RomCom, it's not so tame that it's lame.

Refreshing actually.

Boris and Natasha were really good. Oops, I mean Bond, er', No, I meant 'Dashing Dalton.' And Natasha was a doll, and ultimately, quite lovable.

I do recommend.

Thx;

Bob R.

oh I thought it was great it had a unique style of love,war,and comedy plus Kevin Zegers is so HOT!!!!!!!(by:Kayla) of course it was a very cool movie even though it wasn't very bad either it just showed how single parents take care of their kids thats about it and how the woman is engaged to another man love can always follow you places.

"Bitter Suite"/"Time Share" (if only the movie could have changed with the title) is a painfully lame German-produced TV movie that is far below its two stars (it says a lot about the current career of Nastassja Kinski that she's credited as a co-producer). The setup is out of a thousand dozen sitcoms - families put together by mistake, neither one getting along with the other at first but... cue lots of arguments, gooey sentiment, and a kids-in-peril-at-sea segment so unconvincing it makes "Jaws 3-D" seem tense.

Timothy Dalton's accent really irritates, but neither he nor Miss Kinski (who manages to not seem humiliated, and who's still a beauty in her 40s) are at fault - it would have been even worse without them. The only consolation is that some of today's far less talented bright young things may wind up in the same predicament one day - it's sad that, like Rosanna Arquette, Nastassja's wasting away in bad TV movies. Then again, you can't come back without something to come back from...