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Villa Amore · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: This is a Bramble Jam podcast. Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark,
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  Speaker 1: a Hallmark review podcast. I'm Megan and I'm a longtime
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy. I'm a former Hallmark hater. On
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  Speaker 1: today's episode, we are discussing the third movie in Hallmark's
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  Speaker 1: Passport to Love series for June, Villa Amore, which originally
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  Speaker 1: aired on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June twenty first,
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  Speaker 1: We'll ask when we're gonna put some more Tyler Hines
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  Speaker 1: movies on. Yeah, but good question. I don't know. You
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  Speaker 1: know a side note you posted several weeks, maybe a month.
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  Speaker 1: I don't remember a while back, a funny where's Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Hines image on Instagram? Uh huh. People got real defensive.
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  Speaker 1: I know they did.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know what's funny is in my notes
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  Speaker 2: I just wrote I have a I have a plan
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  Speaker 2: brewing it for a new one.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait because I just
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  Speaker 1: thought it was funny. Like he was all over the
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  Speaker 1: network at the end of the year, we haven't seen him.
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  Speaker 1: We're not like Tyler doesn't deserver break, and people were like, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's good that he's taking some time away, and I
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  Speaker 1: just was like, calm down, we're really cool with him.
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  Speaker 1: Take your time, Tyler, totally yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I thought you were maybe referencing the dms we got
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  Speaker 2: about why we didn't make one for other.
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  Speaker 1: Actors on the network. Oh yeah, you can't win, You
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  Speaker 1: can't win. Nope, you can't. The other day, I got
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  Speaker 1: mad all over again about the way some people behaved
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  Speaker 1: during our count on a Christmas bracket this year. Oh
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  Speaker 1: my god, yes, go ahead. I mean people created fake accounts
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  Speaker 1: in order to vote. People got very upset with us
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  Speaker 1: that the way the votes went. People and followed us
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  Speaker 1: when their actor's movie wasn't winning. I just got refired
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  Speaker 1: up about it. I just thought, making a fake account
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  Speaker 1: to vote in a absolutely no stakes Instagram contest is
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  Speaker 1: a very wild choice of use of time. Is this
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  Speaker 1: the same? Didn't we get threatened to be sued? That's different.
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  Speaker 1: That's different. That was the way home related When we
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  Speaker 1: did a completely innocuous poll, Team Thomas or Team Elliott
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  Speaker 1: and someone I don't know who, but one side paid
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  Speaker 1: for bots to come to vote to make the other
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  Speaker 1: side look bad and when we posted about it, suggesting
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  Speaker 1: that the system had been gained, people then threatened to
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  Speaker 1: sue us. That's right, that's right. You just can't win,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 2: Back to the bracket, I was, it's so funny you
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  Speaker 2: bring this up, because I was just thinking about this
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  Speaker 2: over the weekend, and I was like, yeah, that's so fun.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't know if I have it in me. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. It got if I haven't in me.
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  Speaker 1: This year fifty percent fun. People really sucked the fun
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  Speaker 1: out of it this year. Like, some people love it
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  Speaker 1: and they get into it, and I love it when
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  Speaker 1: you're posting and sharing and rallying your fandom and your
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  Speaker 1: friends for the movies that you loved and the actors, like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm all in on that. But the sour grapes of
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  Speaker 1: it all just just took the fun out of it
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  Speaker 1: for me. I know, I know, Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if there is a listener out here who's like, no,
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  Speaker 2: you can't let it go, I volunteer his tribute and
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  Speaker 2: we'll run it for you. Hey, hit us up, girls
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  Speaker 2: Gone Hallmark at gmail dot com and we just don't know.
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  Speaker 1: That's a volunteer position. Yes, Hey, Lttira synopsis for Villa Amore.
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  Speaker 2: Leara goes to Italy and impulsively buys the villa where
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  Speaker 2: her parents met. She soon learns she is way over
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  Speaker 2: her head and must ask a lawyer turned handyman to
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  Speaker 2: help her renovate.
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  Speaker 1: Claire neededprom directed Villa Amory. Claire has eighteen previous directing projects,
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  Speaker 1: including The Royal Wee from earlier this year, as well
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  Speaker 1: as Savoring Paris, an American in Austin her pen pal,
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  Speaker 1: and as luck would have it, hits all totally.
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  Speaker 2: The teleplay is by Nick Hopkins, Tim James, and Betsy Morris.
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  Speaker 2: The story credit is given to Nick Hopkins, Tim James,
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  Speaker 2: Betsy Morris, and Alexander Koscus.
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  Speaker 1: Joanna Garcia Swisher and Kate Gordon serve as executive producers.
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  Speaker 1: We recently mentioned that both are also behind the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark series Providence Falls, which, by the way, I recently
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  Speaker 1: checked out all three books from my library in hopes
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  Speaker 1: of reading them prior to that series dropping. What us
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  Speaker 1: that story about? It's about time travel for love, oh
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  Speaker 1: basins like the eighteen maybe the eighteenth century.
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  Speaker 2: I had me at time travel and then like the
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  Speaker 2: eighteenth century apart comes in and I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Like, my optating is they don't spend whole lot of
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  Speaker 1: time there though, so excellent we shall see.
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  Speaker 2: I am looking forward to that. I hope it's high
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  Speaker 2: quality yummy too. Eloise Mumford stars as Leara. This movie
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  Speaker 2: marks her thirtieth acting project. We last saw her in
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  Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three movies.
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  Speaker 1: Sweeter than Chocolate.
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  Speaker 2: But our favorite Eloise Mumford movie is the Presence of Love,
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  Speaker 2: coincidentally directed by Claire Nieder Pruham's husband McLean Nelson.
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  Speaker 1: Look at that crossover. We didn't mention this. I do
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  Speaker 1: feel like, since we're in the middle of all this
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  Speaker 1: providence falls talk, I wanted to point out that Lucy
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  Speaker 1: Guest is one of the directors of those movies, so
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be good. Chef's Kiss. Kevin McGarry stars
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  Speaker 1: as our charming lawyer turned to hand man. With forty
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  Speaker 1: acting credits to his name, Kevin is best known for
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  Speaker 1: his longtime role on When Calls the Heart and for
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  Speaker 1: co starring in Last Years A Reason for the Season.
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  Speaker 1: Fun fact just saw him on an episode of Private
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  Speaker 1: Eyes from twenty sixteen. Oh Andy, Yeah, I've been watching
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  Speaker 1: Private Eyes. How many epos. Have you watched four or five?
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  Speaker 2: At this point, it's really scratching that Brandon Walsh itch
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  Speaker 2: for me.
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  Speaker 1: Uh huh.
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  Speaker 2: Jason Priestley just moves all the same. You know, I've
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  Speaker 2: watched many many I have seen Beverly Hills, Ninder two
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  Speaker 2: and O many many times over the years. It is
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  Speaker 2: my favorite show of all time. And you know, like
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  Speaker 2: Jason Priestley as an actor just has very distinctive like
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  Speaker 2: mannerisms and the way he acts and whatever, and it
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  Speaker 2: just has left an imprint on my brain. So like
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  Speaker 2: seeing him in something else feels very familiar. And I
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  Speaker 2: like it, And I guys, is a pretty good show.
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna give it a try. I think
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  Speaker 1: I think my husband might like it. I think so too.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a little I know we didn't do a
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  Speaker 2: first impression of it, but it's it's edgier in terms
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  Speaker 2: of Hallmark nice.
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  Speaker 1: So I think we definitely will do a first impression
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  Speaker 1: of it. I think we should. I think we should.
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  Speaker 1: Villa Amoor was filmed on location in Italy. Let's take
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  Speaker 1: a quick break and we are gonna come right back
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  Speaker 1: with our first impressions. Hey, Wendy, what was your first
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  Speaker 1: impression of Villa Amorey.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Villa Amorey may sound like Cosa Amore, but there's
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  Speaker 2: way less drama, way more pasta, and absolutely no one yelling.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta teestxt for anybody who is not completely obsessed
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  Speaker 1: with Love Island. That is a Love Island USA reference
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  Speaker 1: right there. I am obsessed with Love Island, as as
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  Speaker 1: my husband.
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  Speaker 2: If you saw on our Instagram on Sunday, I did
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  Speaker 2: this or that with Villa Amore or Casa Amoor and
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  Speaker 2: there was a small fifteen percent who did choose Casa Amore,
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  Speaker 2: So there's some crossover. Interesting I saw, I clicked on it,
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  Speaker 2: I saw who's watching I Seeland?
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  Speaker 1: Youre are people. You should be listening to our new podcast,
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  Speaker 1: Last to the Party. You should, Hey, Megan went to
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  Speaker 1: your first impression? Did I google one euro homes while
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  Speaker 1: watching this movie as as I did?
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  Speaker 2: I have some thoughts on that. We'll talk about it, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: Are you thinking about moving to Italy for a one
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  Speaker 2: year ro No? Reddit tells me it's a bad idea.
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  Speaker 1: Really, Well, let's talk mixed. The reviews are mixed.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't really see you as a home renovation
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  Speaker 2: kind of gal either.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, I'm not gonna get my hand and sturdy
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  Speaker 1: kind of goal. I'm an outsource that shit kind of lady.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't when we'll get into it. When it's time,
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  Speaker 1: I will. We will not be the next di I wires.
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  Speaker 1: It's not my vibe. Think of the social media presence
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  Speaker 1: you could make doing that. It's it's very much.
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  Speaker 2: Along the lines of wind calls the heart when she
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  Speaker 2: like moves to a new town and has no idea
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  Speaker 2: how anything works. I mean I can lean into it.
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  Speaker 1: It would be great. Yeah, I mean I just need
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  Speaker 1: to ditch the kids in the husband first, Like this
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  Speaker 1: only works as like a single lady in a new land. No, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: no no.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, your kids are almost old enough to
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  Speaker 2: be on their own, so just give it a couple
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  Speaker 2: more years. Save your one euros. You could buy multiple places.
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  Speaker 1: The second thing is take the husband with you, like,
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  Speaker 1: put him to work. It could be a whole like
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  Speaker 1: you guys could be a whole thing together. Uh huh.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to move anyway, so this is perfect for him,
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  Speaker 1: not to Italy. What is the why not? Is the question?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I don't know. You would not
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  Speaker 1: want to move to Italy either, because one you hate
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  Speaker 1: pasta and two you hate cheese. So I don't hate
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  Speaker 1: pasta and I don't hate cheese. It hates me. But
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  Speaker 1: you choose not to eat pasta, don't you. I don't
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  Speaker 1: love a tomato sauce. I'm sure I would love an
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  Speaker 1: Italian pasta not from a jar. I'm sure that would
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  Speaker 1: taste delicious. This is new news to me that you
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  Speaker 1: do not like tomato sauce. It's it's not my favorite
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  Speaker 1: every once in a while. But it's like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some people really find comfort in a bowl of spaghetti. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't know.
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  Speaker 2: For me, a bowlonnaise does not do it for you,
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  Speaker 2: like every once in a while.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a comfort food for me. Like someone ordering
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  Speaker 1: spaghetti in a restaurant is real ick for me, because
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  Speaker 1: to me, spaghetti is what like a food that like, Like,
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  Speaker 1: I'll order a burger pretty much anywhere everywhere. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: suggesting that I have high brow tastes. I love a burger,
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  Speaker 1: I love a chicken tendy, let's be very clear. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't love a spaghetti. I'm sad for you, but
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  Speaker 1: I like other kinds of pasta. But as mentioned, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to like Italian food when you can't have dairy. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well let's talk about what we liked about this. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: can I start?
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  Speaker 1: Mm hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Eloise Mumford's entire wardrobe deserves its own movie credit.
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  Speaker 1: Her touristy outfits were so cute, so adorable, easily some
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  Speaker 1: of the best styling we've seen this year. I chef's
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  Speaker 1: kiss so good. Yeah, she looks great, but she also
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  Speaker 1: like looked like someone who was traveling and not like
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  Speaker 1: someone with an endless closet of beautiful, travel ready instagrammable dresses.
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  Speaker 1: Mmmm hmmm, Like she was like, yeah, this is what
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  Speaker 1: I packed on I'm making it work well.
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  Speaker 2: And I love that it was kind of even folded
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  Speaker 2: into the storyline where the neighbor gives her some stuff
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  Speaker 2: to war yeah, because of course she didn't pack stuff
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  Speaker 2: to do home renovation.
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  Speaker 1: And well yeah, and she had, like the neighbor even
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  Speaker 1: included like that sweet dress, so she was able to
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  Speaker 1: dress up when she went on her date. And I
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  Speaker 1: love that moment where she kind of like hugs that
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  Speaker 1: dress to herself, where she's like, oh, I get to
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  Speaker 1: I get something new. Yeah, so I thought the wardrobe
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  Speaker 1: was so good, so so good, so good? Do you
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  Speaker 1: want me to continue? Sure?
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  Speaker 2: Cinematography in this movie beautiful, from pastries to the rolling
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  Speaker 2: hills they were shot in like this dreamy golden light.
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  Speaker 2: I just thought everything looked so pretty, like top to
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  Speaker 2: bottom pretty.
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  Speaker 1: Mm hm.
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  Speaker 2: It made me want to go Italy. I mean, good
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  Speaker 2: job on Hallmark. There are passports to love. They're really
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  Speaker 2: selling Barcelona and Italy to me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they should really be collaborating with these tourism boards.
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  Speaker 1: If they're not, shouldn't they? I agree?
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  Speaker 2: Good idea somebody higher, Megan, I'm gonna let you go
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  Speaker 2: because I have a big list.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, me too, a couple of mine. Look. Speaking of beauty,
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  Speaker 1: I thought the setting itself was absolutely gorgeous. I loved
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  Speaker 1: the transformation of the villa, and I liked that they
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  Speaker 1: didn't make the transformation process overly HYJIINXY. It had its roadblocks,
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  Speaker 1: it had its stumbling points, but it wasn't like we
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  Speaker 1: were watching a Hallmark version of The Money Pit, which
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  Speaker 1: I really liked. Speaking of natural and believable, the evolution
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  Speaker 1: of the relationship between Lear and Leo was really well handled.
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  Speaker 1: Totally could totally believe from the moment they met to
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  Speaker 1: their continued interactions how they would start to have these
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  Speaker 1: feelings for each other. And on that note, I like
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  Speaker 1: that the conflict is fully based around factors that are
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  Speaker 1: kind of out of her control. She doesn't live there,
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  Speaker 1: she doesn't have a citizenship, she has to leave. So
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  Speaker 1: there's this natural piece pulling them apart, and there's not
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  Speaker 1: some sort of manufactured conflict. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Really loved that to piggyback into the natural evolution of
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  Speaker 2: Leo and Leara's relationship. I really liked and noticed and
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  Speaker 2: appreciated the realistic pacing of their kisses throughout the movie.
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  Speaker 2: They were intimate, you know, intimate in terms limited to
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  Speaker 2: kissing that we saw, but very natural. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. And at the end of their first like date,
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  Speaker 1: I almost I even rewound it. I was like, wait,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: did I miss that they kiss? He kind of just
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  Speaker 1: touches her face and leaves and you can tell that
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  Speaker 1: like something is brewing there, but they don't kiss. Love
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  Speaker 1: them Yeah, yeah, me too. I've really loved that because
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  Speaker 1: I thought Kevin McGary as Leo in he there were
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  Speaker 1: like these scenes like in that scene you were just
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  Speaker 1: talking about where it was a slow burn, but not
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  Speaker 1: slow enough that.
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  Speaker 2: It was like, Okay, now we're dragging this out to
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  Speaker 2: like this.
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  Speaker 1: Big you know ending I just liked.
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  Speaker 2: I really like that, like when he was like confirming
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: with her, like, oh things are over with Kyle. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: does that mean now that I can have feelings for you?
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  Speaker 2: Or does that mean now that I can kiss you? Like?
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  Speaker 1: I just thought that was something very nice about that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was just enough to let us know that they're
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  Speaker 1: both aware that the other is interested.
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  Speaker 2: Right right, And let me talk about Kevin McGary for
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  Speaker 2: a minute. We don't see him in a ton of
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  Speaker 2: stuff because we don't watch One Calls the Heart. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and he's like sprinkled in like one maybe Christmas movie
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  Speaker 2: a year if that. The last time I remember like
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  Speaker 2: a huge asence was when he was in the Wedding
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  Speaker 2: Bell trilogies. Yeah right, wait a minute, was he that
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  Speaker 2: he was last year? He was in that hockey movie? Right,
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  Speaker 2: that's two years ago. Wolf Anyway, that's what I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Like he's in like one Rando Christmas movie a year.
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  Speaker 1: I really liked him in this. I think he.
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  Speaker 2: Is super believable that he would be this dude, this
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  Speaker 2: American living in this you know, American with dual citizenship
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  Speaker 2: living in this Italian countryside.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I totally I believe. I totally agree, speaking of believable.
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  Speaker 1: Loved the supporting characters that they built into this movie.
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  Speaker 1: The men who built her shower. I loved their bickering
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  Speaker 1: and their back and forth and their joy for ultimately
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  Speaker 1: building the shower of her dreams. Her neighbors Mia loved them, Enzo,
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  Speaker 1: as well as Leo's grandmother, the hotel concierge. We just
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  Speaker 1: had this really great cast of supporting characters who played
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  Speaker 1: their roles to perfection, like they were supporting in the
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  Speaker 1: best way, like we knew just enough about them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, And I really liked that there was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of hesitation to fully embrace Leara as
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  Speaker 2: this American coming to like renovate this villa, not from
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  Speaker 2: like everybody, but like from like the lady at the
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  Speaker 2: post office and his grandma a little bit. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: that felt super realistic.
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  Speaker 1: I thought.
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  Speaker 2: But it didn't like lean into this like hard line of.
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  Speaker 1: Like she was an enemy. Yeah, they didn't want someone
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  Speaker 1: coming in and changing their way of life. They were
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  Speaker 1: slow to accept her, and she earned she earned their
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  Speaker 1: trust and the respector loved it right right.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: One last thing, I really know. Two more things I
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: really liked. One moment went and Leara falls off the
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: ladder and he sees her right and like she's crashing
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: out basically, and he like swoops her up in his
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: arms and he's walking out towards.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: The gate, kicks the gate open.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: I was like, this is giving me notebook the notebook vibe.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: You know, it made something.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Swell inside me.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: I really really liked that scene. But what I really
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: liked more was with they have this whole conversation afterwards
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: about her struggles with panic attacks, his struggled with panic attacks,
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: and I was like, Okay, Hallmark, I love this is
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: surprisingly thoughtful and this conversation totally works.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: I totally agree. I loved that breakdown scene. She's tired,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: she's frustrated, she wants a hot shower, she really misses
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: her dad. I mean, like it all is coming bubbling out,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: and I thought that, like her crying so good. It
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: was good. It was good.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: Very last thing I really liked, and this Piggyback's off
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: of the last two movies we talked about. I appreciate
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: that we got another nod to a woman over forty
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: finding love. And this movie even has the line it says,
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: it's never too late to be swept off your feet.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: I felt like this.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Was sweet, sweet reinforcement of that message that women over
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: a certain age can have fun and playful and find love.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: Love that I have two little likes. I really appreciated
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: the humor that was infused into this movie, with the
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: hotel concierge, their rapid fire, trying to clean up her
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: honeymoon sweet just popping the balloons, laughed out loud. Ye.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: I really appreciated when her fiance shows up and she's
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: not even tempted to go back to him. She walks
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: away with him, sends him on his way, tells him
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: to go pound sand. And I loved the way Leo
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: was like, Oh, the fiance, the one who left her
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: at the altar, the one who cost her dream home amazing.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: Finally I loved I loved bought you the donkey? I
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: did too. And I didn't know donkeys look like that.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever seen a donkey in.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: In real life, like in person. What do you think
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: a donkey looks like? Gray?
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: Oh?
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: I just want this one just looked like fluffy, and like, I,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: there's this. I have a friend right now who is
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: on some sort of vacation and her and her family
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: went to like some sort of farm where they could
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: cuddle cows. And I was like, wait a minute, island cows.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: I don't know a cow it was. They were brown cows.
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: Is that a Highland cow?
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Like real long haired and fuffy looking.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: I didn't look that closely, but I was like, can
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: I hug that donkey?
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah? Can I pet that dog? Yeah? Yeah?
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: I was into the donkey too, and I was like,
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: of course, why would they eighty sixth the donkey? I
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: think that is so charming to have this donkey on
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: the property. If it was an airbnb or a bed
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: and breakfast.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Whatever, probably a liability. But I know as soon as
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: she said we got an eighty six the donkey, she
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: was out loved it. Yeah, let's stock wishes.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Why didn't Leara take her mom to Italy in the
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: first place on her honeymoon? Oh yeah, that's a great question. Yeah,
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: I don't understand it. I mean, I do understand it,
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: but I think she should have said, hey, mom, do
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: you want to go on this trip with me.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Well, I also didn't really understand why she waited so
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: long to bring her mom out to the villa. I
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: understand Initially she was like, no, it's it's in terrible condition,
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: but by the time she left it was it was
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: in serviceable condition. She should have had her mom come
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: out before she was about to be booted out of
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the country.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, because what if she didn't get to go
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: back and then.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: Her mom never saw it.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Yes, because and here's my next point is she purchases
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: the villa as a symbolic gesture for her mom, so
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: it would make sense that her mom would come out
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: and see it before she has to leave the country.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, I know it makes a more impactful movie
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: for her to come back after everything is resolved. I
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: get that, like they get to close the movie on
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: her coming to see it, and that's great and I
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: love it. But I think practically, if I were the daughter,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: I'd be like, you got to get out here, Like
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: my time is up in a week. You need to
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: come see it before I don't know if my residency
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: is coming through right, and way to make me anxious
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: with the countdown for I know, speaking of I don't
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: actually believe that ever practical. Liara wouldn't read the contract,
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: wouldn't find someone to read this contract, wouldn't at least
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: say the words to Enzo, what's the hetch Like? I
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: understand she's pushing back because her fiance was like, you
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: never do anything impulsive, and she's like, watch me. But
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: even then, she's smart enough to know that there's going
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: to be something involved with this one year o home.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: There's going to be some sort of requirement.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: Yes, this part strained logic a little too far from me,
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: even says I'm a data analyst, Like you didn't google
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: any details of this before just throwing everything out the
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: window and being like, okay, great, I own this place.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: What I know? It's one thing that Enzo didn't tell her,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: but it's an entirely different thing that she didn't even ask.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: So I just found it very hard to believe that
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: she would be that impulsive, and that Kevin McGary had
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: to be like, oh, by the way, you got ninety
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: days to get started, and you got ninety days to
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: get the heck out of the country. Nobody's telling her
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: these things. Come on, Yeah, I agree.
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: Now, Netflix during oh when was it it was earlier
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: this year. Netflix has a movie called La La dolce Villa,
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: which is kind of based on the same scenario where
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: somebody buys a villa for one euro and then they
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: renovate it. And I'm just like, this feels like we've
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: done this before with this movie. I mean, it's a
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: different storyline because that Netflix movie is more about like
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: a father daughter situation with than like a romantic line
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: for the father. It's just funny to me about the
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: villa for one year, row, I need.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: To know more about your own your own googling about this, well,
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: these do exist. According to Reddit, which is my source
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: for all things. Some people suggested like, well, it's kind
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: of a cool idea. However, you're not going to get
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: residency the way she did. Like they're suggesting, if you
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: are not a resident of the European Union, you're not
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: going to get Italian residency in order to continue this,
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: and that this particular case she happened, it was the
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: location was beautiful, it was in a town well small,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: and the location obviously needed some renovation. The town itself
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: still was thriving even though it was small. They're suggesting
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: that a lot of these are in places where the
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: towns themselves are really struggling, and of course they do
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: it to infuse life back into the town, but sometimes
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: they need way more than just like we're talking places
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: that don't have electricity, that don't have running water, perhaps
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: don't have medical facilities Nearbylence, there's a reason why people
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: aren't living in these places, so simply revitalizing some of
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: the homes isn't going to be enough. And then also
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: we're coming at it from the perspective of an American who, like,
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: we can get online and order everything we need. When
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: you're in a small all Italian town finding the people
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: to do the work, finding the materials, it's a lot
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: more effort then it might appear.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, she really would have been up Shit's Creek if
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: she didn't meet Leo.
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: He was since he was the.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: You know, the bron not really the bron, but like
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: the access to all of the.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: Things she needed.
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: Ye.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, Yeah, I only have one more wish.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: Okay, I get why they do it, but man, Kyle
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: was the biggest douchebag ever. Yeah, you're breaking up with
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: your girl in like a relator's office.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: I know, I just don't really believe that people like
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: this exist. Like the day before your wedding, as you're
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: signing up signing papers to buy a house, you show
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: up and you're like, actually, I'm going to tailand and
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: find myself. Are there people that are this terrible? There's
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: gotta be right. Yes, that's awful.
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: And then he shows up in Italy and he's like, hey,
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: I'm good.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: Now we're good to go. She's like I'm done. Yeah,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: I'm glad that there wasn't even a moment's hesitation.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean I really appreciate that. We get, you know,
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: a Hallmark movie, but it doesn't fall victim to those
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: sort of old storytelling tactics. Yeah, do you have any
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: more wishes?
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: No, let's talk. Did you see that? Okay? I have
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: a few.
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: One that made me It was a scene left made
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: me laugh out loud when Leo's cousin tells him your
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: accent is still so bad? And I laughed because Kevin
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: McGarry had gotten He used that Boston accent in the
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: wedding Bell and kind of got trolled for it a
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: little bit.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: That is absolutely my number one. Did you see that?
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: For real? I feel like it has to be purpose
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: back to his terrible Boston accent it had with my accent. Really,
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: that bad come on has to be. It had to be.
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: I thought it was very funny, very very funny. I
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: also love that Leo was a har Harford log rad
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: and I was low key hoping that was a dig
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: to you know, life happening around us right now. Oh interesting,
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: I'm sure it wasn't. I'm sure it wasn't, but I
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: liked it. I liked it.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: Did you see when Leara was chopping carrots and she
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: was making a soup for her neighbor and a piece
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: of carrot like fully hit the floor and then Kevin
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Kevin McGarry comes in and like kind of he doesn't
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: kick it on purpose, but like he runs into the
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: piece on the floor.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: That's I did not. I love that. That's a true
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: Did you see that? Uh huh?
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: And I have one more and please hear me. I'm
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: not dogging on anybody here in this moment. But when
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: Kyle shows up to Italy, and it's a great scene
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: when Leo is kind of like letting him have it, like, oh,
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: this is the guy or whatever, Kevin McGarry.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: Has a clear like spray on hairline. Look.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: I know, makeup departments they do this. They make your
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: hair look fuller like believe me.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: I know, I know. But the hairline looked really noticeable.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: Oh but it was like a straight like you could
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: see like the spray.
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: I did not notice the spray. That is what I got.
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: You have anything else? Just one more? I mean we
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: kind of mentioned it earlier, but I appreciated they use
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: a very classic anxiety trick in here, counting five things
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: you can see. It extends to, you know, count five
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: things you can hear. H That is a trick I
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: have used myself. I loved it. I love that he
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: did it. I love that he passed it along to Liara.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: It's a great trick. If you ever find yourself like
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: panicking or your anxiety spiking, just look around. It actually helps.
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: That in jumping jacks, y'all, I guess I'm gonna count
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: five things because I am not doing a jumping jack.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Anxiety talk with Megan and Wendy.
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: What did you rate villa amore? This is gonna seem low.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: I gave it three point seven five stars.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: I gave it four point two five stars.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: Okay, so can we talk about it for a second
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: your Barcelona ratings. I liked Barcelona. I liked Barcelona more
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: than this movie.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: Really. I like more calm and my rom com.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: I thought this was this was a fine movie. It
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: was a good story. It was beautiful to look at.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: But that's where it stops for me, Like I wasn't
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: like in love with it. Now, I know a lot
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: of people really love this movie, and that's great because
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: this is a movie that does something for them.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: I thought it was very nice. It's just not like
• 32:02
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