Mon amour de colo

Bonjour,

The said Goof: (The actress who plays Zoe as a teenager is taller than the actress who plays the character as an adult) is not a goof.

At 8-12 years old, girls are often taller than boys.

At ±15 years old, girls stop growing up. Feminine hormones result.

At ±15 years old, boys continue to grow up until ±19 years old.

Voilà ! This is why Luke is taller at 30 years old.

Merci de votre attention,

Jean-Guy Émond :-)

TO FILL THE SPACES : A boy and a girl fall in love during summer camp and promise to stay in touch, but they don't. Fifteen years later they meet again in the same camp under very different circumstances. What will happen to the camp and will they try again?

This Hallmark Channel TV movie about two kids who had a summer camp romance and in some ways moved on, but in other ways did not is a pretty good romantic comedy for the channel. It is strengthened by some nice photography of the woods-and-lake scenery around the camp and by a change from the usual way that the characters are handled. Like most of them, he's a bit goofy, but successful in the world with a wide streak of philanthropy that leads him to rescue the failing camp where he first met her; she is trying to buy the property for development, but is not the usual brittle-but-ready-to-fall damsel that populates most of these Hallmark romcoms.

The plot line, including the message that we must accept our pasts and not move on, but build from them, is fairly well foreshadowed early on, but it's all very pleasantly executed and if you have any taste for this sort of movie, you'll have a fine time.

Watched 'Kiss at Pine Lake' primarily because of liking the idea of the story. It may not be life changing or original, but it did sound very cute and have seen a lot of films recently that went the serious themed route and mostly did it well. Have seen some of the cast in other things and liked them enough to keep watching them, seeing Brennan Elliott in an early supporting role prior to the romantic lead roles he would be cast in regularly later was an interest point.

'Kiss at Pine Lake' was watchable enough and worth a watch for fans of the genre, thanks to a great male lead, good production values, some nice emotional impact and its good intentions. It didn't really wow me though and instead left me with mixed feelings, due to not all the cast working, the romantic chemistry not igniting enough and the flawed story execution. Have certainly seen far worse films recently than 'Kiss at Pine Lake', but also have seen a lot better. This is one of the middling ones.

The best thing about 'Kiss at Pine Lake' is Barry Watson, who is an incredibly likeable and charming lead. There are moments of sweet understated chemistry between him and Mia Kirshner. Generally the supporting cast are more than competent and do sincerely with what they are given.

Furthermore, the production values are attractive with the picturesque scenery being very easy on the eye. The film has enough moments where it is sweet, charming and poignant, and its good intentions in its approach to the subject were obvious and commendable.

However, 'Kiss at Pine Lake' could have been a good deal better. Kirshner looks and sounds bored in her blandly written role. On the whole, her and Watson's chemistry was too lukewarm and took too much time to get anywhere. Do agree that the villain was too overplayed and very annoying, also found him too at odds with the rest of the film. Concerning Elliott, having mentioned him as an interest point in the first paragraph, he definitely went on to much better things, this role doesn't suit him and it looked as if he knew that.

While there are emotional investment and good intentions, for me the story was too draggy and does too little new with familiar and overused territory. The dialogue could have been tighter and less awkward sounding and the ending has a too neat quality.

Concluding, watchable but rather average. 5/10.

Some spectacular outdoor shots on location at Evans Lake, Brackendale British Columbia. (North of Vancouver).

Look, the movie didn't change my life. It didn't have a story line that blew my mind, and the acting isn't genius. With that said, I still gave it 5 stars because I thought it worth watching. It wasn't bad and it is a good movie to watch if you don't want a movie that is all about explosions, manipulation, and all the other garbage. Good, wholesome, and the actors are cute and fun to watch. If you like Hallmark movies you will like this one. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 1/13/2021