Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Christina Milian, Adam Demos
Running Time: 98 minutes
Synopsis: San Francisco-based career girl Gabriela (Christina Milian) loses her job and dumps her non-committal boyfriend in the same week. Through an on-line contest she wins ownership of a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast in rural New Zealand. Gabriela relocates to the quaint community, gets acquainted with the locals, and decides to renovate the property. She initially clashes with hunky local contractor Jake (Adam Demos), but eventually romance blossoms.
Running Time: 98 minutes
Synopsis: San Francisco-based career girl Gabriela (Christina Milian) loses her job and dumps her non-committal boyfriend in the same week. Through an on-line contest she wins ownership of a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast in rural New Zealand. Gabriela relocates to the quaint community, gets acquainted with the locals, and decides to renovate the property. She initially clashes with hunky local contractor Jake (Adam Demos), but eventually romance blossoms.
What Works Well: A resident goat is cute.
What Does Not Work As Well: This is a tepid, cliché-rich city-girl-in-the-country romance, badly acted, poorly written, chemistry-free, and utterly predictable. From the meet cute (instigate by a runaway piece of luggage) to the obstacles placed in the way of love (a rival B&B owner and the sudden re-emergence of Gabriela's dumped boyfriend), this is the blandest form of formulaic scripting.
Key Quote:
Gabriela: Never assume anything on the internet matches its profile picture.
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