Now that I've watched this story, and her other Hallmark movies a few times, I can't shake the feeling that Nazeen Contracter would be more comfortable doing live theater rather than film. She trained for, and did, live performances before moving in to film.
She's the female lead, and it shows, as it would on stage.
The script in "Perfect Pairing" calls for her charecter to be a strong, unfiltered, although anonymous, critic of the wines she judges and writes about. She followed the script well enough that the transformation from harridan to a truly nice person is a bit suspect. Can amnesia really affect a major personality change?
Brennan Elliot's character is pretty well absorbed by Ms Contracter's, and kind of fades into the shadows. I was quite disappointed with his character's weak reaction to discovering her true identity, when she had all but ruined everything he and his family had worked for. Brennan Elliot has a lot of very strong roles to his credit. Unfortunately, this is not one of them!
I think the writers and director can share the blame here.
For a memory loss story, this can't come close to the one with Mia Sorvino and Cameron Mathis!
She's the female lead, and it shows, as it would on stage.
The script in "Perfect Pairing" calls for her charecter to be a strong, unfiltered, although anonymous, critic of the wines she judges and writes about. She followed the script well enough that the transformation from harridan to a truly nice person is a bit suspect. Can amnesia really affect a major personality change?
Brennan Elliot's character is pretty well absorbed by Ms Contracter's, and kind of fades into the shadows. I was quite disappointed with his character's weak reaction to discovering her true identity, when she had all but ruined everything he and his family had worked for. Brennan Elliot has a lot of very strong roles to his credit. Unfortunately, this is not one of them!
I think the writers and director can share the blame here.
For a memory loss story, this can't come close to the one with Mia Sorvino and Cameron Mathis!