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.

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.

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

The second V is for you over the hill, past your prime time "V"ain people who can't help yourselves and just want to live in your past.

Debbis Gibson, singer, songwriter/actress agreed to this vanity project because it allowed her to re-live some of her past stardom, but she is not relevant today, nor are her songs.

This made for TV film high school redemption of a former teen singing star is "ALL ABOUT DEBBIE GIBSON" and I gave it a 2/10 just so some people who watch it and want to live their own dream may feel there is at least a sliver of a chance of living your own dream.

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'm not a huge Hallmark person. I watched this because I did grow up with Miss Debbie Gibson and was curious. Considering this is a predictable, cheesy Hallmark movie and she hasn't done a lot of acting... it was quite enjoyable. It had a great simple story and liked that it wasn't the usual over the top mushy movie. It had heart and was great.