Nominally based on a Jane Austin novel from well over a century ago yet much of the dialog was Gen Z slang, or #Hashtag or something. Bleeper instead of Twitter (before X). But it wasn't all that slang. Grayson claimed not to understand any of it and spoke in his own style. Wren and Owen often quoted Austen. All to say, the dialogue kept me alert. The lifestyles of the characters followed much the same lines as their dialogue generally leaning toward the social media dominated society.

This isn't the cliche laden rom/com, but it is supposed to be a rom/com. That too kept me alert because couples seemed to be hooking up right and left and then sometimes unhooking, but seemingly not the obvious lead couple of Own and Wren. I didn't think Shane McRae had chemistry with Alicia Witt.

I've long been a fan of Witt, but she hasn't been as active acting since this movie as she was before it. She has been concentrating on her music. Her character here was not unusual for her, but I think her performance was not her best and she got lost a little in the crowded field here despite being the headliner.

This is a fun movie to watch while folding laundry or such. The acting is not stellar, and there is no chemistry between the leads, as others have mentioned. The dialogue is often stilted. However, the main plot elements of Austen's novel are there and there is enough fun to make this movie enjoyable more than the average Hallmark film.

I don't care much for literature, Jane Austen in particular. So I wasn't about to do any comparisons. However, I do care for comedies and this one was not very funny. Liza Lapira is very capable of stealing a scene and she tried here, but even she couldn't do much with the dialogue. Mark Moses had the best scenes with Alicia Witt and others. He probably came off the best of everyone. They needed to get someone, anyone other than Shane McRae as the male lead. The best I can say is his heart does not appear to have been in it. I will say the cat was great.

I love Alicia Witt. I know she can act and do comedy very well. This was not her best effort. She does not appear to perk up until the very last scene. And then she does her usual great job of kissing the guy. But unfortunately that did not make up for the previous 90 minutes. If I didn't like her so much I would've turned it off before the first half hour was over.