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Holly, a single college professor, signs up for an online dating service, but begins to grow suspicious when the guy's beautifully-written texts don't match his actions.Holly, a single college professor, signs up for an online dating service, but begins to grow suspicious when the guy's beautifully-written texts don't match his actions.Holly, a single college professor, signs up for an online dating service, but begins to grow suspicious when the guy's beautifully-written texts don't match his actions.
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Rachel G. Whittle
- Erin
- (as Rachel Whittle)
Collin Galyean
- Michael
- (as Collin Matthew Galyean)
Cheryl Lynn Shelton
- Mrs. Gunderman
- (as Cheryl Shelton)
Dawn Campion
- Grandma Mickey
- (as Dawn Marcella Campion)
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What is with the audio and the music? Loud rings and bells and everything sounds like they filmed it in the bathroom. Horrible. Storyline and acting was mediocre.
This movie had all the makings of a good Christmas movie, until the dialogue starts!
Frankly, the sound recording is absolutely dire.
Dialogue sounds mumbled and quiet and then tinny and loud.
Was the sound guy taking advantage of some recreational chemicals?
Watching on prime and I'm not sure if my internet is lagging or if the movie feels like its lagging its weird cause it looks cute but that is annoying.
The story is obviously a take on Cyrano de Bergerac. Even Holly mentions that in the movie. There are a few of the common Rom/com tropes, but a lot of the common Christmas ones are not in this movie. The general outcome is predictable.
For me, two things were noticeable on the negative side. The audio sounded like it was cut in a busy area like a bar because background conversations were distracting. Very annoying! And many of the conversations between Holly and either of the two male opposites were awkward. Strange dialogue. Those with Josh might have been meant that way, but it was even true with David on too many occasions. As a result it was hard to see chemistry with Elisabeth Harnois and Jonathan Togo, but there was some.
There are a couple of funny moments. The confrontation between Josh and the recruiter with what followed was a good one. David's "date" to the prom is a nice touch also.
According to this website, the filming location is Lafayette LA. That's interesting because snow on the ground is prominent throughout the movie. A web search confirms that snow is rare, even problematic, in Louisiana.
For me, two things were noticeable on the negative side. The audio sounded like it was cut in a busy area like a bar because background conversations were distracting. Very annoying! And many of the conversations between Holly and either of the two male opposites were awkward. Strange dialogue. Those with Josh might have been meant that way, but it was even true with David on too many occasions. As a result it was hard to see chemistry with Elisabeth Harnois and Jonathan Togo, but there was some.
There are a couple of funny moments. The confrontation between Josh and the recruiter with what followed was a good one. David's "date" to the prom is a nice touch also.
According to this website, the filming location is Lafayette LA. That's interesting because snow on the ground is prominent throughout the movie. A web search confirms that snow is rare, even problematic, in Louisiana.
I usually love all the mushy, sentimental, silly Christmas movies. I don't miss a one on multiple channels, even tracking them with lists 82nd calendars. This one is written so obnoxiously I could hardly tolerate it. The premise is that a woman who has worked hard on getting her PhD & is a professor feels like she hasn't done anything valuable with her life & must get a man ASAP. AYFKMWTS? It's offensive from the outset & so misogynistic I could barely get through it, when usually I can ignore much of that stuff. The actors do a decent job with the crap they've been given (& remember, if this sappy movie lover says that about the writing, IT'S BAD). The sound and visual quality are terrible as well, sadly. Avoid this one like the plague. The above reviews must have been written by the writers' family, is all I can think.
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Emily mentions that Cupid's Arrow was written by one of the Facebook engineers, this is a reference to the short film Compatibility (2017) written and directed by writer Jack Marchetti. The short film is about a Facebook engineer who creates an algorithm that predicts romantic compatibility. The feature film version of that script was a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship quarter finalist.
- GoofsDuring one of the film's many "text-on-screen" sequences, one of the messages that appears misspells the word "Christmas" as "Chiristmas."
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- 1h 30m(90 min)
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