Change of pace from John D. Lamond... a romance (not really a rom com) about an American woman Barbara Parkins whose boyfriend (Chris Milne from Felicity) cheats so she heads to Paris and falls in love with Rod Mullinar.
These films are harder to do than they appear, and Lamond can't pull it off. It's clearly being shot in Melbourne with Paris second unit and the budget doesn't stretch to truly nice looking clothes and settings. The blocking, shot selection and camerawork doesn't help.
Mullinar was something of the George Brent of Australian cinema so it's fun to see him as the leading man in this venture.
This film is a hard slog. There's not enough story or fashion or glamour. The false love interest is false. (Why not bring back Milne as a threat). The dialogue is poor. There's a lot of swearing. No chemistry between the heads. Mullinar's character is controlling.
I love that Lamond made it but his film really is inept. He wasn't much of a filmmaker. I'm giving it two for sentimentality.
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