Love's Sweet Recipe
2021
Action / Romance

Love's Sweet Recipe
2021
Action / Romance
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.
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Movie was good enough but the stuff we don't see...
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.