If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

6/6/18. This is a very light romantic comedy. Doesn't require too much on the viewer's part to see what's going on. In other words, you don't have to invest too much of your emotional life in what's going on with the characters. You may say, "Aw, that was sweet" once or twice.

I don't mind made for TV Movie romantic movies. However, I have seen better. The cast are attractive and I like the night shots with the party lights and overall the ambiance. However, I never quite felt (and subsequently couldn't buy) the romantic leads connection. The sister of the lead is a C U Next Tuesday that acts atrociously towards the lead male and I couldn't wait for her to get her just desserts! Alas, this never happens and not so much as an apology or even and acknowledgment that he was a decent guy. That let me down. Don't make horrible characters without the audience getting some sort of vindication. This film leaves none. Also, this film follows the Hollywood (or is it Hallmark Channel) formula of romantic interests butt heads, get along, fall in love, and the girl feels betrayed in last 15 minutes and then everything is unsatisfactorily resolved at 2 minutes left. This film also goes right along with the formula of that the guy ends up apologizing for some non-issue at the end. The girl is always right is the moral of these stories and this film is no exception. However, this one leaves not much connection between the main characters and the way the lead woman is so angered, I don't see how she just suddenly goes, "Okay, I'm over it, let's have coffee and kids!"

Going in to this movie, I wasn't really expecting much, so in that sense the movie delivered on its promise. But the synopsis, while simple enough, made me think it would at least be a bit entertaining. Not so much. It was like painting a room beige: nothing wrong with it exactly, but not really satisfying either. The coffee shop set is actually the best part of the movie, it looks like every coffee shop should look. But there are several things that just made this unsatisfying. The characters were so stereotyped that they looked like they stepped onto the stage of a high school play. The plot was simple to the point of being uninteresting. If so many people would show up for Donovan's fundraiser and tribute then why didn't she have more customers so her shop wouldn't be in financial trouble in the first place? At the tribute supposedly everyone was going on and on about her good qualities as a person, but at no time in the movie were any of these actually displayed through her actions. She was obviously lip-synching during the song, but my real pet peeve about this movie was this: the movie took place in a small town in Alabama (you could read the state name on the top of her foreclosure notice) yet not one single person in the whole movie had a southern accent. Not a single one. It could have just as easily taken place in Iowa except for the oceanfront scenes. That isn't really a small detail, it just fits in with the whole feel of the movie, one that looks like it didn't really try too hard to put any depth into the plot. And there was the kernel of a good plot there, but it was wasted. I would not advise spending time watching this unless you are having trouble falling asleep.

nothing extraordinary about the plot- it's a rom com. some nice moments from other actors but the main one she tries way too hard/ OK and the one issue I have is i've seen a handful of movies centered around characters who can sing. Some stories better than others but at least the actors did their own singing which makes the role real. Lip syncing is so cheesy and throws the whole scene if not movie off kilter. OK there was no lead-in explanation to this supposed perfect woman having a musical background. one 10 second bit of her playing piano in the beginning and then all of a sudden at some do-gooder fundraiser she is putting on a concert- and lip syncing, a beautiful song but not her piano and not her singing. And then boring holes in the guy's face. Because lets face it if it were really her with a passion for music and singing that song she would have been feeling it and not glaring stonily at this Ben person. Would have been more real to get someone who can actually sing. Anyway, always love Jon Lovitz for some alternate energy in the movie to make it otherwise just a story about a sad and lonely girl with friends whose only mission for 90 minutes is to hook her up. I admit I've seen my share of rom coms, just that some writers try harder to add more depth to the story and not just make it about boy meets girl, girl bats eyelashes at boy, and the only 'conflict' is whether she runs back to boy A or falls for boy B. not riveting as far as plots go. Sub plots are allowed in rom coms too ;)