Overview
Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
I am absolutely…. baffled?… by this film. The movie has the feel of a community theater production, and not a bad one at that. If you look at it through that lense (instead of looking at it as a mediocre Hallmark movie), they should be proud of themselves. The movie is so cliched that – if you look closely – you can see the numbers in the paint-by-numbers approach that the movie takes. In the first 10 minutes, I called out numerous events that were going to take place in the movie (and at one point, I was actually calling out the dialog). The first twenty minutes reminded me of a high school production of a Hallmark movie set in Ireland (and if I am being honest, I would have bailed at that point if it weren’t for the scenery). It might even be considered a poor man’s version of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton (which should tell you something). The male lead also looked like a cross between Johnny Depp and Carrottop, which is odd.
I thought it odd that the first 20ish minutes seem to pack in sooooooo many scenes that usually appear later in a rom com (if you would even call it that). But then the movie did something rather odd and maybe even a little bit interesting. It went from a Hallmark parody (which I know was not the intent) into a parody of so many other movies and shows. At different times I was reminded of 90210, 80’s primetime soap operas, and even a bit of Rocky Horror (because of the amount of cheese that it has). In a bizarre effort to try to fit into as many genres as possible, the film even tossed religion a bone by tossing in a random line at the begging about prayer and then coming back to it again after the cross was found. I would normally say that these scenes felt out of place in the movie, but there really isn’t anything that felt “in place” here, so I guess it worked.
But you know what? In a weird kind of way, the fact that it was so all-over-the-place made it strangely watchable.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Finding You
Movie title: Finding You
Movie description: Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
Date published: 2024-08-23
Director(s): Brian Baugh
Actor(s): Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Everett Scott, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Judith Hoag, Fiona Bell, Natalie Britton, Anabel Sweeney, Marion O'Dwyer
Genre: Romance, Drama
My Review
I am absolutely…. baffled?… by this film. The movie has the feel of a community theater production, and not a bad one at that. If you look at it through that lense (instead of looking at it as a mediocre Hallmark movie), they should be proud of themselves. The movie is so cliched that – if you look closely – you can see the numbers in the paint-by-numbers approach that the movie takes. In the first 10 minutes, I called out numerous events that were going to take place in the movie (and at one point, I was actually calling out the dialog). The first twenty minutes reminded me of a high school production of a Hallmark movie set in Ireland (and if I am being honest, I would have bailed at that point if it weren’t for the scenery). It might even be considered a poor man’s version of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton (which should tell you something). The male lead also looked like a cross between Johnny Depp and Carrottop, which is odd.
I thought it odd that the first 20ish minutes seem to pack in sooooooo many scenes that usually appear later in a rom com (if you would even call it that). But then the movie did something rather odd and maybe even a little bit interesting. It went from a Hallmark parody (which I know was not the intent) into a parody of so many other movies and shows. At different times I was reminded of 90210, 80’s primetime soap operas, and even a bit of Rocky Horror (because of the amount of cheese that it has). In a bizarre effort to try to fit into as many genres as possible, the film even tossed religion a bone by tossing in a random line at the begging about prayer and then coming back to it again after the cross was found. I would normally say that these scenes felt out of place in the movie, but there really isn’t anything that felt “in place” here, so I guess it worked.
But you know what? In a weird kind of way, the fact that it was so all-over-the-place made it strangely watchable.
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