Colette runs a coffee shop that is known for her famous secret-recipe hot chocolate. When Marcus, a new dessert-shop owner, starts to draw in her customers, she is determined to expose him.Colette runs a coffee shop that is known for her famous secret-recipe hot chocolate. When Marcus, a new dessert-shop owner, starts to draw in her customers, she is determined to expose him.Colette runs a coffee shop that is known for her famous secret-recipe hot chocolate. When Marcus, a new dessert-shop owner, starts to draw in her customers, she is determined to expose him.
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To set the expectation, this is a Lifetime movie that strikes me of more of a Hallmark movie. It's pure innocence, nothing that would raise a brow or create even an iota of scandal.
This story focuses on two young entrepreneurs who both have started their own cafe businesses. Technically, one is a cafe (hers) and the other is a pastry shop (his). They are neighbors on a cute Hallmark-y street, and have just met at the start of the movie. They have no chemistry, because they are both somehow a little reserved.
Colette is adorable but extremely suspicious that Marcus is trying to steal her business when she discovers that his hot chocolate recipe is identical in taste to her own.
I won't give away the rest, but basically, the story writes itself. Except: there are some little twists that create more interest than the usual Christmas movie.
1. There is a twist mid-movie that is not expected, at least not to me.
2. The situations are realistic; money is not overflowing magically, and there are potential hardships.
3. The supporting characters (his partner and that person's wife) are very likeable, real, and contained by the limitations most of us would face.
4. The mom of Colette is probably my least favorite character, mainly because she has an inexplicable hard side. However, I think the movie resolves (or at least explains) that fairly well.
My only concern is the resolution; I thought that should have been more of a dual decision, but you can watch and see for yourself.
This story focuses on two young entrepreneurs who both have started their own cafe businesses. Technically, one is a cafe (hers) and the other is a pastry shop (his). They are neighbors on a cute Hallmark-y street, and have just met at the start of the movie. They have no chemistry, because they are both somehow a little reserved.
Colette is adorable but extremely suspicious that Marcus is trying to steal her business when she discovers that his hot chocolate recipe is identical in taste to her own.
I won't give away the rest, but basically, the story writes itself. Except: there are some little twists that create more interest than the usual Christmas movie.
1. There is a twist mid-movie that is not expected, at least not to me.
2. The situations are realistic; money is not overflowing magically, and there are potential hardships.
3. The supporting characters (his partner and that person's wife) are very likeable, real, and contained by the limitations most of us would face.
4. The mom of Colette is probably my least favorite character, mainly because she has an inexplicable hard side. However, I think the movie resolves (or at least explains) that fairly well.
My only concern is the resolution; I thought that should have been more of a dual decision, but you can watch and see for yourself.
There are very few really original ideas that come from the Romance TV movie genre and that's fine, don't feed us the same plot every movie and we're okay; but chemistry is quite important in romance, and the ability to act would help.
Slow moving, no spark between the leads, some good acting, but does contain a few scenes in which the acting is bad enough your eyes will roll into the back of your head. The story line is rediculous, the script needed a rewrite, and the acting was uninspired.
Even for someone who has low acceptability threshhold for holiday movies, this is not worth the time.
Even for someone who has low acceptability threshhold for holiday movies, this is not worth the time.
The actors and actresses are not regulars in this genre, but they give a decent performance. The script is not bad, it's not full of sickly sweet dialog and boring talk of traditions. The leads have chemistry and the plot isn't full of supernatural twists. In the end it's believable, not full of fake contrivances.
Until 30 minutes of the movie is past, Collete is picking a fight with her new neighbor Marcus because she thinks he stole her Grandma's hot chocolate recipe. Then like so many of these movies, her animosity just goes away and for the rest of the movie she is bending over backwards for him in several ways. It's true that at about the halfway point something unexpected happens which would explain some of her change in attitude if she hadn't already started softening. Actually, one unexpected thing and then soon after a twist which some viewers might have seen coming.
It looks like one of the most common sources of conflict in these movies is about to happen, but it doesn't, so after the initial animosity, there is almost no tension between the leads. The chemistry is so-so. As a result of all this, the last part of the movie is flat, both the story and the romance.
Realism is not expected in Christmas rom/coms so I won't even go into the myriads of ridiculous things that happen but just a hint on some - health codes.
It looks like one of the most common sources of conflict in these movies is about to happen, but it doesn't, so after the initial animosity, there is almost no tension between the leads. The chemistry is so-so. As a result of all this, the last part of the movie is flat, both the story and the romance.
Realism is not expected in Christmas rom/coms so I won't even go into the myriads of ridiculous things that happen but just a hint on some - health codes.
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- TriviaFilmed in Provo, Utah and at The Shops at Riverwoods, which rest at the base of the Wasatch Mountains.
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