Romance incognito

Bad dialog. Bad story. Bad acting except for Charles Cottier who plays the brother Will. He reminds very much of a young David Arquette.

It's just a terrible and painful movie.

A vacation to romance--a dessert of delight. Ali showed her acting chops. Who could not love Ali Cobrin? Choosing between her catering future and relational desert was played well by Cobrin.

The direction by Doyle showed a delicate skill portraying relational awkwardness and angst. Slow at first, the screenplay evolved into a delightfully predictable conclusion. Sea horses indeed.

Thanks for this romantic interlude. Sometimes love is this rich, delectably rich.

The fake boyfriend (fiance, sometimes even husband) is an extremely common premise in movies and romance novels. Everyone has a good idea that there is going to be a falling out and then how it's going to end.

I enjoyed the couple. I'm not familiar with Ali Cobrin but I really enjoyed her character. I've seen plenty of Jesse Hutch. These two fit well together. They seemed natural in the role they were playing.

Some minor negative points: the sets were obviously low budget. Once when Callie and Will are dancing, she is only slightly moving and at times it doesn't look like he is moving at all. He might have swayed a whole 2 inches back and forth.

Although not strictly a Hallmark movie but that is the genre that we're talking about here. As such the plot is pretty well worn and there are better versions floating around. The acting is decent as is the chemistry between the various cast members. Dialog slightly above average.

I watched the whole thing and suffered no stomach discomfort and no regrets in the end. Didn't even hit the fast forward once. If you're in the mood for a little romance movie you could do worse.

The fake boyfriend is a top very familiar theme. In this case working more than decent for actors chemistry, some tender moments, for humor and reasonable cliches. Short- a dark hair Prince Charming, a young lady under pressure of family and a sort of mutual help with predictable end. So, just nice.