Passport to Love

...but the rest of "Passport to Love" oscillated between cringey and scarcely-beleivable, with some pretty unpleasant characters popping up here and there, adding to my distate.

I really liked Shae Robbins in the "Destined at Christmas" movies she did for GAC Family, and watched "Passport for Love" only because she was in it.

Unfortunately, her performance wasn't enough to save this movie. It didn't help that Mason Mac, the male lead that I've never seen or heard of before, delivered a subpar performance. The chemistry between them was less than zero. Mr Mac should watch Robbins in the "Destined" films to see how it's done.

Some of the international locales were very exotic, but like Shae Robbins' performance, not enough to rescue the film from the doldrums of mediocrity. Fair to say that most of these non-Christmas GAC Family films are ordinary to terrible.

Four stars for the movie, an extra one for the scenery and Shae Robbins. And that's me being very generous...

This movie wasn't just bad - it was utterly painful to watch. The acting was horrible, the story line was so stale and there was no substance at all. In fact, after 60 minutes of agony we fast forwarded it to the last 5 minutes to see how it ended and put ourselves out of our misery. The only positive thing I can say is that I love to travel so the locations (that weren't faked) caught my interest. There was so much more they could have done with that part of the story line. Instead we had to watch two boring characters walk around talking about nothing of importance and being ravenous and needing to eat. Surely they could have come up with something of more substance.

Based on the first sequence you might think you have the premise where two people are double booked and share a vacation rental. But they move on from that quickly, which already makes this story a little different.

The competition of the travel blogger with the magazine is also different but quickly turns into very similar to an editor sending a reporter to do a hit piece in the sense that Kade is keeping a secret from Nicole while supposedly working to sabotage her.

It isn't long before I lose respect for Kade. He isn't really trying to damage her, but he is lying to her and doesn't even seem to realize it. He does, but barely.

Hudson is another cardboard villain. He isn't subtle at all and he's stuck on himself.

Well you know the truth is going to come out and trash the relationship. What came next was a bit of a twist for me. From there the movie goes into exactly what you would expect.

I thought the acting was fair, with little spark. Chemistry between Shae Robbins and Mason Mac was comfortable but maybe a little too quiet. The dialogue was similar - fair with little spark.

Other reviewers have noted the scenery as the star of the movie and it is. Unlike some of these movies which focus on everything in one locale, this one hit several and showed each one.

I liked the characters though they're pretty predictable and the interactions between them are stilted. But what has happened to the wardrobe selections?? Tee shirts and sloppy jeans are not really appealing anymore. Awful rainwear with zippers and hanging strings look like they picked them up off their closet floors. They're attractive actors but it would be great to see them looking like someone cares. I looked and there was no wardrobe category in the crew. Put some effort to the clothing please.

Did like.the vast wilderness areas, unusual scenes from around the world that would be fun to visit.

In the first place, there is no way that the blogger Nicole's assistant would have been able to get into Kade's phone without his passcode! And, there is no way she would be able to have known it! And, my gosh could the makeup artists have made her assistant's hair look any worse? The two lead characters did have good chemistry, and were enjoyable to watch. However, the best part of the movie for me was when the underhanded scheming boss who had no integrity at all was fired! The scenery in this movie was also beautiful. I would have given this a higher rating if it weren't for the cell phone incident, as I stated earlier that could never have happened, as the blogger's assistant could never have known Kade's code to unlock his cell phone. Dah!