Okay, it's that time of year to watch a few cheesy Christmas romance movies... The premise here is actually not that bad, the execution, however...
The lead actres, Jillian Murray, is decent, but the rest of the cast are rather wooden, not helped by a similarly wooden script.
What really doesn't help, is that a movie about two artists clearly didn't consult a single artist! Or use one to make a couple of paintings or sketches! Instead we're treated to a selection of photos run through Photoshop filters. But... even worse, when the characters are talking about drawing and painting, they treat them as two totally unrelated skills, and the male character acts like working digitally, doing a highly successful job, isn't 'proper work'. He can hold a pencil, but not paintbrush? What is this strange thing? And likewise the leading lady can paint with a brush but doesn't know how to use a pencil?! Really? It would be like a story with a baker and a chef, and the chef doesn't know how to turn on a mixer and the baker doesn't know how to use the oven...
There are other minor annoyances, such as supposedly drawing with pencils but resting your palm on the paper, but the worst offence is implying that the lead character paints from left to right, with quite literally half the painting complete and one half not touched, beyond a 'hint' of a sketch! It's even clearly digitally feathered out with a soft blend. To top it all off, you can see the crisp, sharp edges where it's been printed! Honestly, put _some_ effort in!
As for the story and script, the leading lady manages at one point to ask the leading man if his parents regretted giving up their careers to raise him... Charming! Talk about asking the guy if he feels guilty being alive!
Then, for the ending she makes him feel guilty for taking a fantastic work opportunity, after he offers to take her with him to London for a year! Mainly because after a few days seeing each other, she doesn't want to leave town, and doesn't want him to go anywhere. Bearing in mind, she's giving up her family job as a chef to paint... So she's not exactly tied down. As a result, they both end up giving up their existing jobs. Umm... where is their money coming from, exsctly? Dreamland? Do they think a few paintings and sketches are going to pay the bills straight away?
Having said all that, I've seen worse, so I'll still give it a 4 (that's on a scale of Christmas movies of this type). It kept us watching till the end, but only just...
The lead actres, Jillian Murray, is decent, but the rest of the cast are rather wooden, not helped by a similarly wooden script.
What really doesn't help, is that a movie about two artists clearly didn't consult a single artist! Or use one to make a couple of paintings or sketches! Instead we're treated to a selection of photos run through Photoshop filters. But... even worse, when the characters are talking about drawing and painting, they treat them as two totally unrelated skills, and the male character acts like working digitally, doing a highly successful job, isn't 'proper work'. He can hold a pencil, but not paintbrush? What is this strange thing? And likewise the leading lady can paint with a brush but doesn't know how to use a pencil?! Really? It would be like a story with a baker and a chef, and the chef doesn't know how to turn on a mixer and the baker doesn't know how to use the oven...
There are other minor annoyances, such as supposedly drawing with pencils but resting your palm on the paper, but the worst offence is implying that the lead character paints from left to right, with quite literally half the painting complete and one half not touched, beyond a 'hint' of a sketch! It's even clearly digitally feathered out with a soft blend. To top it all off, you can see the crisp, sharp edges where it's been printed! Honestly, put _some_ effort in!
As for the story and script, the leading lady manages at one point to ask the leading man if his parents regretted giving up their careers to raise him... Charming! Talk about asking the guy if he feels guilty being alive!
Then, for the ending she makes him feel guilty for taking a fantastic work opportunity, after he offers to take her with him to London for a year! Mainly because after a few days seeing each other, she doesn't want to leave town, and doesn't want him to go anywhere. Bearing in mind, she's giving up her family job as a chef to paint... So she's not exactly tied down. As a result, they both end up giving up their existing jobs. Umm... where is their money coming from, exsctly? Dreamland? Do they think a few paintings and sketches are going to pay the bills straight away?
Having said all that, I've seen worse, so I'll still give it a 4 (that's on a scale of Christmas movies of this type). It kept us watching till the end, but only just...