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No pun intended - seeing Aylin in this ... at first I was unsure it was her (as you can tell I did not check anything casting or crew wise) ... but if you've seen her before you recognize her. And reading that she wrote and directed this? Kudos - especially considering her performance in this - heavy lifting so many things and doing a great job.

Not sure if this is her debut, but I know that she is a great actress. In the stuff I have seen her in, she worked more than fine. The movie is about characters - broken and trying to find themselves ... maybe inside someone else (again no pun intended).

There is family, there are relationships ... this feels as real as it can be (being a movie). The dialog works greatly to say the least. Really well done, with life going its course, not caring about ones struggles ... but will the humans we encounter help us in our fight? Will we be able to fight together? Watch and see.

Falling Into Place tells the story of how meeting one person can change our whole view on life. Aylin Tezel, director, writer and also the leading actress, with Chris Fulton as the other half of the main couple of protagonists both delivered a truly gentle, intimate and simple yet powerful performance which is really in the core of this film. With their great chemistry they achieved that we are truly invested in their relationship as well as their seperate lives, which still seem very real, true and genuine. Like I said the story itself is very simple - boy meets girl, girl meets boy but both have their own issues they need to take care of first before they realise they are the ones for each other. It can sound cheesy, but thanks to the tender, delicate and truthful script and direction of Tezel it does not come through as too sweet or too cute - instead it offers us raw emotions and brutal honesty.

"Kira" (Aylin Tezel) is having a break in a wintery and rural Scotland when she encounters the charismatic "Ian" (Chris Fulton) outside a pub on a Friday night. He's already had fairly drunken sex in the gents and she's just got shot of some unwanted attentions from an enthusiastic would-be suitor, so the pair start to chat, to dance, generally muck about and to bond. The next twenty four hours sees each learn a little more of the other as they realise that they both come with strings attached, before he has to attend to a family emergency. She heads back to London where she gets a job as a set designer for a theatrical production. He, likewise, returns to that city to his girlfriend "Emily" (Alexandra Dowling) but it's clear that there's no surfeit of happiness anywhere here, for anyone. Maybe they'll meet again - serendipity might look kindly on them? Well you don't have to be Mystic Meg to guess the plot, but there's an enjoyable degree of chemistry on offer here between the two. Neither come across as especially versatile actors, but they do work well together and the scenes on the island are quite engaging and plausible to watch. It's padded out a bit, indeed it might have lost half an hour and better condensed the story into what essentially makes this work - the dynamic between the two of them, but it's still quite a well written and at times mischievous piece of cinema with some beautifully shot location photography.

I'm sorry I don't like to give negative reviews, but this movie was really so boring and pointless. Better watch paint dry on the wall than this mediocre film. Why was it even made? It has some good looking actors and nice decorative scenery, but I get that every day on TV. I see those pictures of Scotland on the wall in the waiting room of my dentist. Exactly the same in those movies they show on a sunday night on free TV for housewives.

All in all, a typical german film that has nothing to say and avoids any statement on society. It was probably also financed by a german TV network.

The plot is completely predictable. The actors don't have much chemistry. The guy is very handsome, which was probably why Aylin Tezel as the directress chose him, but lacks charisma. Both actors have these wooden faces, with not more than two or three expressions to fall into.

It's also overly long. I am wondering how this film even found financing. I heard that Tezel is a famous actress in Germany, that could have played a role. The film has totally failed in german box office. There is just no reason to buy a ticket. I couldn't tell you why you should. I just wouldn't be able to tell you a reason why to go see this movie. So apparently, it hasn't built up any word of mouth.

If some of this reads a little too simply, it is unfortunately because "Falling Into Place" really is an incredibly shallow movie. Grief, trauma, loss, all of this is actually only conjured up in order to stage an overly decorative sadness - first in front of a picturesque Scottish island landscape, and then in a more or less hip urban art scene. There is no real feeling anywhere in sight, and there is no room for a deeper thought either.

Instead, a handful of sayings about the "dating app generation" and its superficiality are thrown in for free by motherly friends. And the art discourse at the end, when Kira opens an exhibition as a painter with a series of portraits of her sad-looking lover, is so shallow that you can't help but think of the pictures on the walls of your local solarium.

The supposed dream couple in "Falling Into Place" doesn't really have anything to say to each other right from the start - let alone to us. The dialog is simple at best and, to put it less charitably, cliché-drunk, and the cinematic emphasis of the alleged romance is provided by a soundtrack plastered with soulful piano strumming and indie guitar pop alongside postcard landscapes bathed in warm light.

I was a bit surprised-at first, I hesitated when I saw this movie's IMDb rating. But after watching it, I truly don't understand why it hasn't been rated higher. This movie is genuinely good.

It's been a long time since I watched a film from the romantic genre, and I enjoyed every second of this one. The story is beautifully crafted, and the direction is skillful. Aylin Tezel and Chris Fulton give outstanding performances-I was deeply impressed.

Labeling this movie simply as a "romantic" film doesn't do it justice. It's much more than that. It touches on emotions, moods, and the small hardships we face in daily life. It even helps us discover something within ourselves.

Unlike many romantic films, where the plot becomes predictable, this movie keeps you guessing. That's another reason I found it so successful. The script is genuinely unique.

I highly recommend watching it.