Love Sarah

This is a lovely story where you see beautiful cakes, lovely people and lots of happiness for everyone. What is there not to like!

A delightful film in every aspect that lifts the mood and implores us to be less cynical. In these times and hereafter, more bridges have to be built and we have to look after each other and this film celebrates that to the hilt!

I was left with such a sweet, lingering feeling at the end that I felt grateful to the entire team for making it...It must have taken a great deal of conviction to do that.

Turning loss into something special and powerful takes tremendous amount of work. Loss pushes us to think of what really matters and we hopefully learn to value humanity, kindness and affection much more. That message truly comes across in this film.

All departments excel. Production Design and Cinematography as well as Music, Costumes and Sound Design offer a lovely view of London. The script helps us focus on the good in people and in that holds a mirror. An amazing achievement for the producers to have managed to film almost entirely on locations in Notting Hill and they succeed from start to finish. Remember, this is an independent film without any studio backing and it has superb production values!

Special mention to its director! It's her debut film!!!! It is extremely difficult to get a film made no matter who you are, and Eliza shines with her quiet grace, her personal sense of style and her determination to make a film of value. I am not surprised that the film has sold many worldwide territories already.

I read some unpleasant reviews on IMDb and I found them extremely counter-productive. There was no reason to be nasty and mannerless when personal disappointment could have been conveyed constructively.

In any case, I am sure this film will reach audiences across the world and in these dark times, give them a reason to smile...

No role here is an original, no conflict in this movie is a novelty. But all the leads do their job so very well, topped by Celia Imrie, who's as charming as ever, and still does the best naughty sparkle in the eyes I've seen. And I've come to realize that that's what really important - if the actors do their job well and one learn to care for the characters they portray - the movie will work. It may not be a masterpiece, it doesn't pretend it is - a line I used before because I don't mind whether it's a masterpiece or not, I want to see a story about characters I care for.

And one more point I've made before - it's not really a comedy - it's a life story and like most life stories it does have funny moments. Funny moment don't mean one is watching a comedy and "comedy drama" - the IMDb classification term - is as far as I'm concerned - a non term. I've watched many so called "comedy dramas" non of them was really a comedy. A few funny moments means you have a writer with a sense of humor, that's good, a sense of humor is an important ingredient of our lives - it doesn't make our lives a comedy it just makes our lives more real and relatable.

I read the synopsis and liked the sound of this film and it didn't disappoint. I'm not sure what the lower rating critics were expecting but this is just a lovely watchable film and is 'what it says on the tin'!

To start, this movie was a very nice change after of all the bad that followed the world 2020 due to Covid. Although the story starts out very sad it turns into a very heart warming tale. If our movie theaters were open (they are not yet in the Pacific NW of USA) I would have gladly paid full price to go see it. There isn't much trivia about it here on IMBD but I wonder if it was written from the writers own personal experience, in relation to loss. At the end of the movie there was a "remembrance" of a person who passed, as well as the song at the end, about love, missing you, its all for you (or something like that)? Maybe I just noticed (or perceived that) because I have felt that tremendous loss after my son passed. Anyway, I found this to be a joyful, wonderful story of love, loss and resilience. Thumbs up to the writer, directorial staff and the actors and actresses!