Her Pen Pal (2021 TV Movie)
5/10
The Beauty and the Simp
26 June 2021
A story about a self described strong independent woman with no cooking skills who still has feelings for her ex, and her old pen pal who's been patiently waiting for her while being aware of the ex situation but respecting her times and her space like a good boy.

If you're a fan of forced inclusion then you're going to love this one cause the plot revolves around a wedding between a middle aged white woman that looks like a terminal cancer patient and a gay black man. Also, right at the start of the movie we see that her ex is now engaged to a black woman (who is also strong and independent, obviously) so we start wondering "Is the white guy going to leave the poor black woman for his better looking white ex?". I like to keep my reviews spoiler-free so you'll have to watch it to find the shockingly unpredictable answer.

The fact that it was filmed in Paris makes this movie a huge missed opportunity, it's not the first Hallmark movie set in Europe but it has the best scenery and aesthetics so far. There's Paris, a glamorous palace, a wedding.. with those ingredients you'd think it would be hard to screw up the final result, but whenever you need to screw something up, woke culture will be there to help.
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