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Nice, typical HMC film

posted 10 years ago by kjd12159
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This is another nice, wholesome Hallmark movie. What I found odd was that Vito's restaurant never had any customers. Even at 7 PM on Friday night when Jack & Sarah reunited, there were no other customers. Why would Gabe invest in a business that has no customers?

[–] Strawberrry35 9 years ago

So true, I thought the ending would involve a news story about how Sarah and Jonathan were reunited after 40+ years at the same place he had proposed, therefore drawing a crowd in and with the new chef it would be a hit.
Notice a lot of movies include a guy who used to have a promising career but they realized they missed their actual calling and now work a job not requiring a degree? Seems to be a common theme now. And yes it was a nice Hallmark movie, I think it was worth watching.

[–] chryztal 9 years ago

The owner said the restaurant makes money doing pizza deliveries and that Jack was his only customer.

[–] tmaj48 8 years ago

Notice a lot of movies include a guy who used to have a promising career but they realized they missed their actual calling and now work a job not requiring a degree? Seems to be a common theme now.

My theory: Working-class by choice, not by necessity, is an idealized Hallmark fantasy. Anyone with a career requiring a degree is a little suspect because they're not salt-of-the-earth working-class types. On the other hand, many working class people can't afford to shop at Hallmark stores for their obscenely overpriced cards, wrapping paper, plastic figurines and ornaments, and other effluvia. So the network has to appeal to a mix of the two--in the case of this silly movie, a guy who isn't tied down to a busy law career and can run off to Yosemite on a whim, yet somehow can still afford to buy a kayak and all that camping gear.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

Hewwo.