When city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.When city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.When city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.
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People are saying it's like a Hallmark film... Don't see the issue there whatsoever., it's obviously like a Hallmark film before you press play, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I loved it, was charming, lovely viewing, happy ending and likeable characters. Definitely put me in the mood for the Christmas rom coms in the next few months :)
Totally sappy, cheesy, silly, but sometimes you need a movie like that, right? This had me laughing at quite a few moments, because it really was sooo sappy. It's kitsch, but you should totally watch it on a night where you are entirely ambivalent to what you watch, and you think to yourself, why not? If my rating was based purely on the enjoyment I received from this movie, it would be much higher.
Nice easy to watch film, I personally didn't think the acting was as bad as people are making out. It's a nice storyline and as someone who lives in NZ it's fun seeing all the little NZisms brought into the film. If you want something easy to watch then try this out. Just disappointed that they thought they could cast an Aussie as the main actor without getting criticism. At least cast him as an Aussie living in NZ Instead of making out he was a local.
Without comparing this film to every romcom ever made; and this coming from a homegrown kiwi, it was good in its own right. Love the use of the kiwi lingo and hows the film represents kiwi lifestyle in the "wopwops", as we like to say. It was relatable and culturally respectful, which made up for the not-so "bad acting" as everyone likes to point out.
I have to wonder if the other reviewers have ever watched a romantic comedy. A health relationship takes months to curate not just a weekend. I enjoyed the lead character. The balance of male and female characters without one being dominated over the other.
Did you know
- TriviaThe high street of Beechwood Downs was filmed on location in a town called Thames, 1.5 hours from Auckland. In one shot, the name "Thames" is visible on a shopfront on the side of the screen.
- GoofsWhen eating her sausage on bread sandwich, Gabriela very weirdly and conspicuously takes bites of ONLY the bread. This is because actress Christina Milian is vegetarian.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Movie Couples of 2019 (2019)
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- Xây Đắp Tình Yêu
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- Bethells Beach, Waitakere, New Zealand(Beach Scene)
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- 1h 38m(98 min)
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- 2.35 : 1
- 2:1
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