Rome in Love

This is typical Hallmark Fare. I love Italia Ricci, but as another review mentioned, there was no chemistry between her and Peter Porte. One of my ongoing complaints about Hallmark movies is about using actors who can't maintain there accent consistently. Also, Italia throws her coin into the Fountain of The Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) not the Trevi Fountain!

Boring, bland, dull, plain... Should I go on?

The actress not acting and the reporter/writer not writing, just spending time in Rome. I felt like Dante, the Cat, lying down in my bed tired of these boring humans.

I know, I know, it's a Hallmark movie but still. They can do much better.

I love Italia Ricci beautiful work and Barbara Bouchet short presences. I love the manner to use Rome as perfect frame and the idea of Roman Holiday remake. It is a simple, honest film. Not spectacular, not cheesy but , in few scenes, reminding the wind of a very early spring day. An actress, a reporter, both Americans, an interview and something little more. And a far to be bad result.

Casting: 8 Stars; Plot: 6 Stars; Characters: 7 Stars; Cinematography: 8 Stars; Location: 10 Stars; Watch Again? Yes.

Total: 8 Stars;

This is a charming movie if you are looking to relax before bedtime. It's sweet. It's pleasant. It's Hallmark. There isn't much of conflict and the emotions are not deep. Acting is a bit stiff at times.

I picked this movie to watch with my mom and reminisce about my visit to Rome a few years ago. If you are looking for an amazing, ground-breaking film, or an emotional romance that will change your life - this movie is not for you. However, if you are looking for a nice, sweet movie to make you smile and feel warm by the end, I recommend it. It's better than an average Hallmark movie. (Though the perfect whiteness of the leading man's smile kept me remembering Ross in that "Friends" episode...)

Now, I need to rewatch "Roman Holiday". That movie is still one of the best ever made, and I sincerely hope they do not try to remake it, because it's perfect just the way it is. Sad ending and all.

Apart from a mediocre script (but hey, it's Hallmark), there are so many mistakes that clearly indicate that the writer never set foot in Italy or Europe and did zero research. "European plugs don't work in Italy" is incorrect. It's called a European plug for a reason. I could go on like this. Super lazy writing is distracting and a waste. The devil is in the details people.