A Slice of Chicago Romance (2022 TV Movie) User Reviews

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[boriskaiser · 5/10 · 31 October 2022]

Another movie inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but with a happy ending. AFAIK, there are at least two movies which had pizza restaurants feud - Pizza My Heart (2005) and Little Italy (2018), they were obvious inspiration, and there is nothing wrong with if it's done right.

For some reason(s), Reel One Entertainment in 2022 is pushing Italian theme in their TV movies... Anyway, casting and acting was fine. I liked M. Barker, and too bad M. Kaiser wasn't more prominent as her secondary story was interesting. T. Courtad was good compared to the his previous train wreck (The Perfect Wedding Match).

If I'm going to complain it wasn't obviously filmed in Chicago, movie suffered from time to time of poor audio production like microphones weren't close enough so cast sounded poorly, and there was a bit of some bad makeup (mostly on M. Barker) but nothing serious like in many other ROE TV movies.

In the typical bad ROE tradition, trailer compress whole movie in 2.25 min so don't watch it if you plan to watch movie as is full of spoilers.

Have some respect

[ross_tm · 1/10 · 25 October 2022]

A bit of a muddle, but here's what I think is going on: a bunch of super-WASPy looking people pretend to be Italian so that they don't have to remove the original names from their restaurants. They make what to my eyes looks like Atlanta-style pizza, basically a kind of tomato-covered taco, and can't understand why nobody in Chicago, which has its own pizza tradition, want to buy it. They jump to the wrong conclusion, which is that an even worse pizza chain down the road is siphoning off their business. No doubt because they've seen millions of movies like this one, the main characters decide that the way to compete is combine one restaurant's crust with the other restaurant's toppings. Since neither is recognizably an ingredient in "pizza" in Chicago, it is unlikely to work, but through the miracle of TV movie magic they get enough of the third restaurant's business to stay afloat. Maybe even earn enough to finance the next movie's restaurant, which will be a kosher-style lobster-and-pork-ribs joint in Brooklyn.

"Evanstown?" Seriously?

Incredible

[ryangovender-71846 · 1/10 · 30 December 2023]

I created an account in order to review this.

This is an AMAZING movie. All the hallmarks of a hallmark style movie are here and turned to 11. The lighting leaves you blinded. The sound is inconsistent. The sets and locations are wondrous. They could have filmed this in your backyard. The acting is truly inspirational. If the lead actress could get the job to star in this movie- you could achieve ANYTHING in life. Don't let a lack of talent hold you back. And the story. It will take your breath away. An entrepreneur from NYC who is confused by how a restaurant works. An MBA graduate who is the new CEO of a mom and pop pizza shop and has, from the looks of it, never actually touched a real pizza. Watch this movie. It will make your dreams come true.

Start it for reasons above. Stay watching for the T-shirt salesman in the park who is looking for customers standing behind him regardless of the direction he faces.