The movie starts off with a cross between the Cyrano story and You've Got Mail with blatant rip-offs from the latter through about 1/3rd of the movie. Then in the middle it gets better, but the closing is ridiculous. Both of them were idiots if they didn't realize who their blind date was. At least they left out the line "I hoped it was you" even though the look on Lena's face said it.
Elise Gatien and Clayton James had chemistry and the relationship building in the middle was nice. The Cyrano angle also gave the story some originality. If the writers had resisted the obvious rip-offs and done something different at the end, this could have been an enjoyable movie.
This movie is another, like Mail, that blurs the issue of corporate chains putting the little guy out of business. This has been especially bad during Covid. The thing that gets lost is the total unlikelihood that the guy starting this chain branch literally across the street from Kismit would not have a personality capable of the sympathy he showed her. He did destroy her hard work and she shrugs it off. The new location wasn't an accident and was a deliberate effort by the chain to run her out of business and it's likely he was part of that strategy. It seems odd to me that the movie would do such a good job of showing the emotion of the closing and then have her shrug it off. Even that is mixed signals.
Love & Where to Find It
2021
Comedy / Family / Romance
Love & Where to Find It
2021
Comedy / Family / Romance
Plot summary
Two local coffee shop business owners despise each other in real life, but fall in love while unknowingly sending each other messages via a dating app on their friends’ behalf.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
May 01, 2023 at 02:07 PM
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Rip-off, then original, then predictable rip-off
Familiar theme. Fresh faces.
Other reviewers liken this to "You've Got Mail", and the story is very similar. I didn't see mentioned that " You've Got Mail is actually a rewrite of "The Shop Around The Corner" with Jimmy Stewart. It's such a classic story, and there have been other 'versions', as well.
This is in no danger of Academy Award status, but it's cute and the actors do a reasonably good job. An entertaining way to spend a title time.
"you got mail"
OMG, could the writers take anymore similarities from "you got mail" not very imagitive. Daffodils are my favorite, Daisy's are my favorite....etc, etc. This movie should have a reference before it starts that you may seems similarities from another movie. Wonder if they needed to get some type of permission.