7.3 stars.
It's an okay film, nothing special, but I like C. M. M. He's always got that old style charisma, the old school machismo. The female I've never seen before, so she's fresh and obviously green, but she will come around eventually. The supporting cast were all very good and a big part of why I rated the film over 7.0.
The romance is fundamentally not present this go round, until the very very end, and so that is deflating for me. I enjoy a bit more tension between the leads. Romantically speaking, she has a way about her that is somewhat different and new, which I enjoyed, but as I said, still needs some work with her performance.
The story is nothing that you haven't already seen: town has a windmill factory that a real estate tycoon is going to purchase and demolish and replace it with a resort. His character left senior year in high school to pursue a career in photography, but ended up in real estate. She stayed in town to run the mill that her great grandparents started 90 years ago. They parted ways on not-so-good terms due to a misunderstanding...I'm feeling worn out describing the plot, it's been done so many times...
Why not rate this lower? I like the actors, and C. M. M. Usually entertains with his cool and calm exterior and he does it again in this film. I really need him to be cast into a better movie, he's been in some real duds the past several years.
It's an okay film, nothing special, but I like C. M. M. He's always got that old style charisma, the old school machismo. The female I've never seen before, so she's fresh and obviously green, but she will come around eventually. The supporting cast were all very good and a big part of why I rated the film over 7.0.
The romance is fundamentally not present this go round, until the very very end, and so that is deflating for me. I enjoy a bit more tension between the leads. Romantically speaking, she has a way about her that is somewhat different and new, which I enjoyed, but as I said, still needs some work with her performance.
The story is nothing that you haven't already seen: town has a windmill factory that a real estate tycoon is going to purchase and demolish and replace it with a resort. His character left senior year in high school to pursue a career in photography, but ended up in real estate. She stayed in town to run the mill that her great grandparents started 90 years ago. They parted ways on not-so-good terms due to a misunderstanding...I'm feeling worn out describing the plot, it's been done so many times...
Why not rate this lower? I like the actors, and C. M. M. Usually entertains with his cool and calm exterior and he does it again in this film. I really need him to be cast into a better movie, he's been in some real duds the past several years.