'Love Stories in Sunflower Valley' (2021) - Rob Lieberman.
This cuddly, earnestly heart string plucking drama stars photogenic Hallmark veterans Erin Cahill and Marcus Possner. Frustrated dogsbody, and aspiring journalist returns to her beloved hometown as assistant to hunky, gentlemanly reporter to write a feature on local altruistic matchmaker. Needless to say, awkward coffee-spilling beginnings belie inexorable chemistry, and true love rapidly blooms in picturesque Sunflower Valley. A bountiful harvest of small-town hospitality, folksy mommy-knows-best schmear, dewy-eyed reminisces, and heartfelt glances over home cooking, warmed fuzzily by sun dappled sentiment! Fine performances, and a lovely location do much to ease the drama's occasional lapses into cloying, love conquers all cliche. I appreciated the pleasing lack of enforced comedy, and don't have a problem with the film's well-meaning, wholly fantastical coda of there's a soul mate for all.Thursday, April 25, 2024
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Heavy Metal Fakk II (1999) – Michael Coldeway / Michel Lemire. As belated sequels to bona fide 80s cult films go, the not quite so bona f...

-
‘Magic Crystal’ (1986) – Wong Jing. Absurdly eclectic HK, high octane celluloid lunacy rarely comes more explosive or day glow demented than...
-
'The Black Cat' aka 'Gatto Nero' (1981) – Lucio Fulci. 'The Black Cat' was made during an especially creative a...
-
'Mountaintop Motel Massacre' (1986) - Jim McCullough Sr. For me, Jim McCullough Sr 's eccentric, menacingly bleak 'Mountai...
No comments:
Post a Comment