Une New-Yorkaise sous les tropiques

A refreshing film in a beautiful setting. The lead actors had good chemistry and the supporting actors were believable. There were a few slow moments, but overall a very enjoyable film.

I am far to be an admirer of Hallmark romances. But this film is just...different by usual expectations from genre. Sure, the same recipe, the tough moment of reveation, the so familiar end.

And , in same measure, beautiful work of supporting actors.

But... It is something who can be called fresh air. Result of performances of main actors, the mistake of Jade, the confusion about holyday house or , sure, about poitical ingredient, talk of Hughes and his father about future pans or energetic fix of things of mother of Hughes.

Important remains the fact than the scenes , one by one, just work.

And, not last, the seductive island has its precise spice role in this case.

So, just ittle more than nice.

First, most of our exposure to Hallmark romances are Christmas movies, so it was GREAT to see something with no fake snow. :-) This movie was filmed entirely in Belize, so the scenery is both relaxing and gorgeous.

The story reminds me of some books I used to read as a kids, where a family goes on vacation to somewhere like the Florida Keys and the kid stumbles into a mystery. Here it isn't a family, but a cable news producer who rents a house on a tropical island and find out she's been scammed into renting "some guy's" house. He lives there. He doesn't rent it.

He hesitantly offers to let her stay (and what real man wouldn't ... she's beautiful with a great figure LOL).

As they do pleasant island things, she wonders if he looks familiar, and thus begins the mystery ...

We VERY much enjoyed this movie.

My wife and I were unfamiliar with most of the cast members. We were impressed with their acting, the direction, photography, and story.

A vey pleasant movie to watch. And the scenery in Belize was fabulous!

While there are echoes of some familiar themes, play this movie through and it is a different kind of story. The major difference doesn't show up until more or less the middle. Starting out, it looks a little familiar. Jade has an embarrassing breakup and needs to escape for some recuperation. She's not a reporter, but she has that instinct and thinks she sees a story in the scam she got caught in. The workaholic doesn't want to let go and keeps communicating with her buddies back at the newsroom in NYC. Meanwhile, pretty much everyone else is telling her to slow down and relax. For a while, we see her start to do that, and in so doing she begins to notice that Ford is a hunk (which everyone else is pointing out to her).

The twist in the middle changes the whole story and peaks the viewer's interest. Unfortunately, a lot of predictable stuff happens as a direct result of that twist. Even so, I thought the twist was good and the pacing of the story also.

I didn't recognize that I had seen and loved Heather Hemmens last Christmas but also another movie I didn't like. I can't say I've seen Ser'Darius Blain before. I thought they had good chemistry even if the Ford character is pretty laid back. I liked that their initial confrontation was totally reasonable given the ridiculous circumstances. Ford had sympathy for Jade's situation and Jade, whom I thought was going to be a prima donna, acted appropriately apologetic. The obligatory misunderstanding, or really secret exposure, was also reasonably done. Jade maybe could have explained better, but it made sense how Ford reacted. These are little things, but I liked how they ran just a little bit contrary to how those things are usually done in these movies.

The dialogue has some high points. The scenery has breathtaking moments. Supporting actors are good.