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Chance at Romance

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Samantha Hart is delighted when her online "Chance at Romance" to photographer Heath Madsen eventually results in Heath sending her a first class ticket to visit. Upon arriving for what she expects to be a romantic weekend, however, she learns her online relationship with the widowed photographer was actually manufactured a matchmaking twelve year-old. Sam is anxious to end her trip as quickly as possible, but a nasty bout of weather extends her stay through the end of the week.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2013-10-05

Runtime: 81 mins

Director: Bradford May

Writer: Neal H. Dobrofsky, Tippi Dobrofsky

Spoken language: English

Genres: TV Movie, Comedy, Romance

Original title: Chance at Romance

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Cast

Erin Krakow

Ryan McPartlin

Ian Andrew

Albert Malafronte

Nadege August

Abraham Benrubi

Gina Gallego

Patricia Richardson

Celeste Jeffers-Johnson

Kaitlin Doubleday

Roz

Jean Louisa Kelly

Jared

Raymond Ochoa

Sweater Woman

Brittany Perry-Russell

Female Customer

Jina Song

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Rick Dean

Reviews

Dsnake1

A girl who's bad at romance. A troubled guy who's still living in a past relationship. A meddlesome child with a host of "helpers" who tries to make the two fall in love. The ingredients aren't much of a variation from one of the Hallmark Channel's typical archetypes of movies. The execution really isn't either. We don't see much in the way of twists and turns. The girl who can't date well dates a bunch of overly exaggerated guys and has a pushy sister who is always trying to bring her back to earth. After locking eyes with the handsome artist at a show, the girl, Sam, reaches out to said artist on his website. Here comes a twist that isn't much of a twist if you've ever seen a Hallmark movie with these ingredients. It turns out the artist's son actually runs his website and initiates a relationship with girls who his dad. This is only half as creepy as it sounds. The son is doing this so his dad, Heath, can meet someone who is compatible with him. Of course, this leads to Sam getting on a train and coming to the family home. Heath has no idea who Sam is, Sam is embarrassed, and the movie progresses as expected. The writers do throw in another "twist". Heath has a manager who appears to really like him, although he's fairly oblivious to her intentions. After the two spend some time together out in the woods, the two fall in love (within the scope of a few days). Heath bumbles his way into hurting Sam, of course, and she leaves in a fit of tears. He literally shows up on a white horse to whisk her away to London. If you're looking for a movie that makes you think, pick something else. If you're looking for a fun way to kill an hour and a half and you're in the mood for a cheesy romance flick, you could do worse than this.

2018-05-07

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