Review of The Wedding Veil Unveiled

This did not start off well, and remained lukewarm at best. The only things that kept it afloat were the gorgeous scenery and Paolo. The opening scene was as wooden as it gets, and when Emma and Paolo are first introduced she is so unbelievably unlikeable I want to kick her off the vaporetto platform into the canal. She is apologizing to the people she is obviously holding up in line, but refuses help and continues to stab at buttons on the ticket machine. Then she continues to be a nightmare in scene after scene as Paolo continues to be charming - the contrast is not pleasant to watch. Her character never seems to get off the ground and I never warmed up to her. Her acting was uninspired and I did not believe anything she said or did - she was bubbly but bland. Zero depth. On the other hand, Paolo and Francesca were delightful, and I very much enjoyed their performances.

It was ridiculous that Nonna was celebrating her 85th birthday. The actress is 65 in real life, and looked it.

What was the point of uncovering Arianna's illegitimate child and her will? This was so random and went nowhere. I thought maybe it would have ended up being a source of funds for Luca's tuition, but it just went nowhere. I also thought the forboding way Emma's boss warned her about consequences for allowing Luca to audit just fizzling into nothing was nonsense.

This was a disappointment, but I must be a glutton for punishment because I'm still going to watch the last movie in the trilogy.