Take a Chance

I honestly didn't expect too much from this movie but since I like romantic comedies, I decided to rent it. My husband and I really enjoyed the film. It was funny, wholesome, and quite romantic.

The basic story of this movie is that two guys leave Texas and head out to Idaho in search of a woman that one of them saw in a picture. When they arrive, they pretend they're exchanged students from Hungary and stay with the girl's parents. From there, both guys set out to conquer the women of their dreams.

You can tell that the movie was low budget, but it still did not take away from its sweetness and sentimental value. My husband even had a tear in his eyes at the conclusion of the movie (confession: my husband DOES like romantic comedies). In short, if you like romantic comedies without the sex and cussing, you will absolutely enjoy this film. 9/10!

With a truly awful ending.

The movie is funny enough, it certainly had me in stitches at several points, but then it tries to do the romance angle, and to be fair to it, didn't do all that bad a job until the last few sections when the previously excellent dialogue becomes corny and stilted. Som much so that even the actors (especially Lara Everly playing Natalie Harris) seem to have some trouble forcing the words out. Her last conversation with Elliot Buddles (the really rather good Corbin Allred) is a particularly shoddy examination of how much salad dressing you can add to some pretty hammy script.

Overall a good movie, nice waste of an hour and a half. If you're not in the mood for something too taxing for the synaptic nerves and just want to switch off, this is definitely recommended. May also make a good choice for you and your girlfriend(s).

Not a bad way to spend an hour and a half.

Not a very complex story. Guy "sees" girl, decides to win her heart by pretending to be someone or something else. Complications ensue ...

Has been done before, but perhaps not in the same context or background. The end seems to come up abruptly, so complications are resolved perhaps too quickly.

Pretty stereotypical characters, and not difficult to follow or figure out what is going on.

Good looking cast, and the performances are within parameters (and perhaps within the relatively short experience) but more opportunities should come their way.

I saw this movie at the LDS Film Festival, I thought I was great, Kirby Heyborne and Corbin Allred, I think were the best people for the characters they played. It was funny, and also had a good moral, if you want something or love someone with all your heart, do what it takes. I cannot wait until it comes out on DVD on February 14th. Its about these two guys that go to Idaho in search of this guys sister, who they saw in a picture the brother showed them. They act like they are foreign exchange students from Hungary, and stay at her parents house and live with them. In one of the scenes, the parents think that "Gustav" (Corbin Allred) and "Gaysa" (Kirby Heyborne) are home sick, so the mom makes them a Hungarian Meal, that looks just awful, so "Gaysa" says he is sick to avoid eating it, while "Gustav" is left to eat the food to keep from revealing that they are not from Hungary.

I saw this movie for the first time at the LDS film festival in Utah and loved it so much that I bought the DVD. It had all the elements that I love to see in a romantic comedy without any of the gratuitous stuff that Hollywood likes to throw in. Great characters that you fall in love with (or that you love to despise, depending on the role), good writing that tied everything together, and Corbin Allred which just about says it all right there. Kirby Heybourne and Corbin Allred are a great team. Both are funny, but Kirby takes the lead with the comedy, and Corbin is, as always, all heart. The actress who plays the little sister is really cute, really talented, and I'm excited to see where her career goes. Way to go, John Lyde!