SMH

rebekahrox

I liked Kim Shaw's performance in this, but a lot of the movie didn't make sense. First, the ages. Cynthia Gibb, who played Kim's mother is only 11 years older than Kim Shaw. However, that said, Kim did look pretty young. She has a natural, fresh-faced look. Also her ex-boyfriend was 7 years younger. I was confused by his role in this. For the longest time, I thought he was Cynthia's boy-toy love interest, not Kim's old high-school friend. Cynthia still looks great so it would have been believable.

The love interest-food critic was handsome but kind of a non-entity. And since when does a food-critic agree to only give a good review or no review? His editor, Pepper, was the antagonist who doctored honest reviews to make them negative. And food critic just let her do that without a peep. What a wimp. Where is the integrity? Also present at the grand opening were two nationally known reviewers who loved everything. If the little newspaper gave a bad review, it would reflect on them, not the chef (who was also famous and lauded in her own right anyway.) Also she ate a whole big bowl of Kim's special whip cream to sabatage her. And she didn't even deny it! LOLWUT?

score 6/10

rebekahrox 20 December 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6383551/