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A Recipe for Seduction

  • TV Short
  • 2020
  • X
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
524
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Mario Lopez in A Recipe for Seduction (2020)
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Colonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suit... Read allColonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suitor handpicked by her mother.Colonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suitor handpicked by her mother.

  • Directors
    • Eric Eckelman
    • Armand Prisco
    • Natalie Prisco
  • Writers
    • Eric Eckelman
    • Armand Prisco
    • Natalie Prisco
  • Stars
    • Mario Lopez
    • Justene Alpert
    • Tessa Munro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    524
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Writers
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Stars
      • Mario Lopez
      • Justene Alpert
      • Tessa Munro
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Mario Lopez
    Mario Lopez
    • Colonel Harland Sanders
    Justene Alpert
    Justene Alpert
    • Jessica Mancera
    Tessa Munro
    Tessa Munro
    • Bunny Mancera
    Chad Doreck
    Chad Doreck
    • Billy Garibaldi III
    Martin Morrow
    Martin Morrow
    • Lee
    • (as Martin Mandela)
    Emily de Silveira
    Emily de Silveira
    • Nurse
    • (as a different name)
    Justin Bertz
    • Extra
    Deanne Black
    Deanne Black
    • Extra
    Sophie Cook
    Sophie Cook
    • Extra
    Charles Croslin
    • Extra
    Lynne Alana Delaney
    Lynne Alana Delaney
    • Extra
    Jess Grant
    • Extra
    Kim Mischook
    • Extra
    Louis Ramos
    • Extra
    Nari Silvers
    • Extra
    Jeremy Steel
    • Extra
    Eduardo Zapata
    • Extra
    • Directors
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
    • Writers
      • Eric Eckelman
      • Armand Prisco
      • Natalie Prisco
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    10custar55

    It's a ten you dummies!

    AC slater is Col. Sanders and you dare not rate this movie a ten? Make a sequel every year at Christmas til I'm dead and I'll eat KFC til I'm dead. Which will be five sequels because KFC will kill a healthy male quickly. I don't care. I got a bucket tonight because of this movie.
    10aliway-07794

    It's so disturbing that people gave reviews like it was a serious movie!!

    Get a grip you pompous "critics" its extremely terribly acted, On purpose. You people acting like it was supposed to be a real romance movie really need to reevaluate your lives. It was OBVIOUSLY supposed to be a Comedy!
    TheLastPersonStanding

    Finger lickin' good

    I don't know if I've ever seen a film that's presented by Kentucky Fried Chicken. "A Recipe for Seduction" is probably the first. It's a somewhat strange and silly film about an upper class woman who's in love with Colonel Sanders, the chef of her home. Yeah, Colonel Sanders, the guy who was obviously the founder of KFC in real life. He actually passed away almost exactly 40 years ago. In this film, Sanders is played by Mario Lopez, and he does a good job. I don't usually watch Lifetime films, but I wonder if this short film is a parody of one of them. It has to be a parody. I was certainly laughing. I mean wouldn't you be laughing if Colonel Sanders was one of the main characters in a friggin' romance film?

    "A Recipe for Seduction" sort of takes itself seriously, but it also sort of doesn't, and I like that. I haven't written much about the plot and I won't write more about it. I think the acting and the writing are pretty good for this kind of film. Sanders is definitely a likeable character. Well, the film *is* presented by KFC, so the fast food chain's founder has to be likeable, right? Even though I enjoyed this film, I don't know why it was made. Maybe KFC just wanted to show people that they have a sense of humour. I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
    10MovieTim14

    PURE CINEMA

    Look, it's obvious that KFC isn't going to get by on the quality of its food alone, so Colonel Sanders used the last vestiges of his power to create what is, in no exaggeration, the crowning achievement that cinema has been building up to for over 100 years. Contained within this 16 minute masterpiece is the sweeping romance of "Titanic," the suspense of "The Silence of the Lambs," and the action of "Die Hard," all distilled into their purest forms. I laughed, I cried, I was moved. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get a bucket of finger lickin' good Kentucky Fried Chicken.



    No but I really did laugh A LOT.
    8kendra-prussien

    It's fun if you don't take it too seriously

    As our saga begins we are greeted with a dinner scene containing aggressive caucasity, some fried chicken and a failed proposal. The plot line goes from here as our unhappy, rich white characters go on complaining about all aspects of their lives...except one. The dinner was awful and yet the chicken was amazing. This brings our viewer to meet our protagonist, the new chef, Colonel Sanders. The audience needs no explanation of military rank or how he ended up working for these people and we don't care. The Colonel's bulging biceps, under a shirt that is simultaneously perfect and one size too small, grab the attention of both the viewer and our unhappy Gringa leading lady. There is some plot between a bitter boyfriend and a conniving mother wherein the acting leaves the audience speechless and confused as we clutch our pearls in anticipation of where this movie could possibly be going. Overall, the best acting came from the Colonel's salt and pepper hair which seems to almost levitate above the head of Mario Lopez. The movie was both too much and not enough since it left me wanting more...a perfect analogy to what it's like to eat KFC.

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    • Trivia
      Cohost Michael "Mikey" Randolph of the podcasts Romancing the Podcast and The Horror Virgin can be seen as an uncredited background character. This is his first Rom-Com background credit.
    • Quotes

      Colonel Harland Sanders: Don't call me crouton.

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      Featured in The Cinema Snob: A Recipe for Seduction: A Colonel Sanders Movie (2020)

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • North Korea
      • Russia
    • Official site
      • Lifetime
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
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      • Kentucky Fried Chicken
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