Coup de foudre à Rome

This was very warm and endearing from beginning to end. I liked that there wasn't a vicious villain to overcome as there sometimes are in other movies. The sightseeing around Rome was fun to watch as well.

I kep5 watching and Italian Ricci is reall6 good. I enjoy her charchter. Her sister is better but they are two best in movie that's a fun enjoyable watch.

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!

The potential for a very romantic movie was somehow lost in this Hallmark film. The views of Rome were stunning! The beautiful leading actress did her very best with a rather weak and convoluted script. Her smile is radiant, and her acting is pitch-perfect. However, there was much to be desired in the script and the plot. For one, there were too many plot lines. The star's family 'secrets' , of one..The leading man's writer' block, for another. The pressure from the papparazzi, yet another. Halfway into the film, it became difficult to follow so many themes. Credit goes to the two leads who tried to make this a romanic love story credible and captivating..Somehow they failed. In a Hallmark movie, one always knows the story will end with a kiss. Waiting for it in this film was rather a long drawn-out ordeal. The chemistry between the two leads was just not there. The secondary leads were so much more interesting..the hotel butler who befriended the young American actress. The older Italian woman who encouraged the male lead to follow his heart..They were animated and captivating characters. The two main leads seemed to be struggling to achieve some romantic connection.. To say more about what may have impeded it would be politically incorrect.

This film had so much potential and, sadly, missed the mark..

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.