Mélodie d'amour (1/2)

The first V stands for "V"egetarians only. Why? Because this made for TV movie is so CORNY.

The second V stands for any over-the-hill "V"ain person who believe in living in the past just like the washed up singer/songwriter/actress Debbie Gibson is by starring in this, her own vanity project.

Debbie Gibson is supposed to be pretending to be a "has-been" former teenage singer/songwriter star who once opened for Billy Joel's concert before 16,000 music fans, but today finds herself trying to get by teaching at her sister's high school. Debbie's sister is now a successful Vice-Principal so she hires her sister Debbie to teach a class of kids who enjoy singing and songwriting just like Debbie once did.

Heck, the writers even used Debbie's first name to help their audience try and remember it was the once singing teenage star, Debbie Gibson starring in this oh so corny made for TV film. I rated it a 2/10 just to give those of you who watched this boring and predictable film some sliver of hope that all your dreams could also come true some day. Yeah right.

I missed this movie when it first came out. I never was a Debbie Gibson fan. And I agree with several of the things the other reviewer said. Plus I really don't think Debbie Gibson is all that pretty (Pascele Hutton is very pretty), she is not a great singer or actor. But she was perfect for this part. I agree that the good story was the renewed friendship between the sisters, but the love story was pretty good too. I also disagree that it is unrealistic that Debbie can develop into a good teacher in one day. No matter what the politicians say, good teachers are born, not created in a college. My wife and daughter were born to teach. I found out I was not, though I had a master's degree in the subject. When I did finally find my calling, I inspected schools. We had a governor who actually said, "anyone can teach". I saw many people come out of industry and the military who could not. A few could. So to me, the real story was her love for her students and how she found her true calling, to teach.

As a Debbie Gibson fan of my youth I actually looked forward to this movie. This movie was a let down especially because of the fact it had the potential to be a lot better. Hallmark in the last few years have mandated the rom-com format for all its movies instead of letting them go where they go.

In this moview the romance seemed very forced and the movie wasted its time focusing on that. It could have been a nice C plot to tie up at the very end. However, as they key plot of the moview it did not work. The most interesting relationship in this movie was between the sisters. One became a pop star and the other moved away to be a teacher and really was not proud of her. Also, it could have focused on her career plummet a litte more at the beginning. Finally, while her becoming a teacher is a nice plot device her becoming an effective educator and embracing that role probably would not have occurred between the 1st and 2nd day.

In summary while not awful it was very disappointing because it good have been really good.

I love how the storu comes on its really so similar to Debbie's life, every Debheads know what happen in 90s that she was flopped.

Surprising for me, I liked it. Just very much, against the absence of my taste for the Hallmark productions. I liked for the beautiful job of Debbie Gibson, charming of realistic. For the simple motif than I am teacher . For the gentle - precise portrait of middle age romance. For cliches and their smart use, too. For something easy to define as refreshing. And, no doubts, for the end.