quite enjoyable
You have got to know what you are getting into when you decide to watch a Hallmark Romance. You have to embrace the cliches, the predictable plots, the sometimes weird casting, the annoying background music, the product placement, etc etc. Otherwise, you embarrass yourself by going on message boards proclaiming stuff like "This is the worst movie in the history of filmdom!" "Everyone involved in this movie should be shot at dawn!" or, (huffing and puffing)"This wasn't anything Like Pride and Prejudice!" Please. You have to have a sliding scale. I gave it an 7. The cast was great, the two leads were charming and had a lot of chemistry. I loved that it just had a hint of P&P, changing the names, conflating characters, substituting more modern situations, etc. I took it as a sign of respect to Austen's Great Work (world's greatest fan, here!). Saying in essence, "We know we can't come close to Jane Austen, so we don't want to insult her or her admirers by pretending to." It had a riveting start with sweet, naive, but incorruptible Elizabeth being strong armed and bribed to give a star athlete a passing grade. When she refuses, she is fired. What a beginning! Injustice, an evil villain, a set up that had me anticipating lots of lovely revenge and comeuppance and good triumphing over evil. Unfortunately that part was something of an anticlimax. Things did work out for her(of course), but it would have been a lot better if they had concentrated on that sub-plot. However, thanks to the leads, the romance was sweet and I enjoyed it for that alone.
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