Love's Sweet Recipe

2021

Action / Romance

6
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 508 508

hallmark movie

Plot summary

Talented chef, Courtney Preston’s life has been turned upside down ever since the passing of her father, who was the master chef of her family’s famous restaurant. Now her family business is failing, her love life is in shambles, her passion for cooking has died and her childhood best friend and fellow chef Jake Turner has left town to find work in the big city.

Director

Virginia Abramovich Photo
Virginia Abramovich

Top cast

Michael Boisvert Photo
Michael Boisvert as Nick
Megan Hutchings Photo
Megan Hutchings as Mandy Preston
Rosemary Dunsmore Photo
Rosemary Dunsmore as Rosie
Damon Runyan Photo
Damon Runyan as Jake Turner
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805.24 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1.46 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fulgonilm 5 / 10

Movie was good enough but the stuff we don't see...

I liked this movie well enough but it didn't stand out like some reviewers mentioned. Let's face it 90% of these movies are very much the same but in the end we like to be "transported" from our every day life. What I didn't like, and it may not seem to you, is the closed caption. I need that. It was so small and when the actors talk fast it really helps. It was tiny and I couldn't read it. I was thinking maybe it my television but I switched to a couple of other networks and I had no problem. Bold print and easy to read. It takes many departments to make a movie, not just what we see. It's like a brain and a body that work together. I may have gone from a five star rating to a six, possibly seven but I didn't like to work so hard to understand what they were saying.
Reviewed by Jackbv123 7 / 10

Chemistry

I'm not sure why they didn't go for the title to be the Rulebook of Love which was the running device throughout the movie.The premise has echoes of some common themes. Courtney is spending time helping her family restaurant before she goes back to her life in New York. Jake is a washed up professional baseball player come home. They agree to work together to win a contest. Courtney struggles throughout to make something that will stand out.The hook for me was the chemistry between Megan Hutchings and Damon Runyan. The chemistry came through in both banter and body language. At times it was subtle but it came through strong. And they had plenty of screentime to work that.There weren't a lot of highs or lows or surprises in the story and the only tension besides the contest was Courtney's determination to return to New York. There's some smoke and mirrors in how she expected to have her family restaurant go from solely her and her mom as staff to having her leave. She mentioned hiring staff if she could make it successful, but if Courtney was the one who made it successful, then how would a different staff keep it going?The next to last scene was a little underwhelming as the ending. The very last scene with the Rulebook of Love was more of a quick epilogue.Sometimes the background piano music was distracting.
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