I heard somewhere about this film and so I started to watch without checking anything before - a major error. Or maybe I saw this because I try to watch everything that has Gael Gabriel Benal in it.
A couple travels to Italy - yes, to Italy and that is already a topos. Something will happen. If they are distant, they may get close. If they are, they may find another love object.
The couple is Sophie and Victor. Once in Italy they spend a lot of time for themselves. Then we need Fate or Chance. Sophie finds a letter from 1957, written to the fictional Juliet of Verona. Yes, the one with Romeo. Appears Clair who wrote that letter and who now wants to find the lover she left 5o years ago. There are many people by the name of Lorenzo Bartolini and so we spend a lot of time looking for Mister Right. Claire brought Charlie, Claire's handsome grandson. At first it appears that they don't get along well, but of course viewers of romantic fiction know that this will change: Victor gets married to his restaurant, Sophie and Charlie become a couple, and of course, they find the right Lorenzo Bartokini. And also they find their happiness at last.
All this is so conventional that you can tell the story line instantly. No surprises, no twists, no turns. Even more disappointing is that the director decided to reduce the male protagonists to pretty faces. Chick flick at its worst.
1,5/10
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| In this case the way to Victor's heart doesn't go through his stomach. |
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| Victor is alowed to have ambition, but must rest conventionally emotionless |
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| There is more life in grandmother than grandson |
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| Meet Mister Lorenzo Bartolini, grandson |
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| Accepts at last that he has a heart and love interest - he could have given a convincing performance in a vampire saga. |
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