Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Finding You
A romantic comedy involving a girl named Finley & a movie star who has come to this small town to shoot a film…hey, doesn’t that sound like the plot of “A Cinderella Story: Starstruck”?
After a disappointing audition to get into a prestigious New York music school, an uptight aspiring violinist named Finley enrolls for an overseas semester in Ireland while awaiting her final action attempt in 3 months. A chance meeting with heartthrob movie star Becket Rush sets up the classic rom/com format. Girl meets boy. She doesn’t like him. He is persistent & pursues. They like each other. They break up & you know the rest. Ireland is a spectacular backdrop. I️ love the Irish accents. The locals & their small town are quaint & charming. There is a great cast of delightful interesting characters including a town drunk & a grouchy old woman (Vanessa Redgrave) in a convalescent hospital. There are a couple of mysteries to be solved. There is even a meaningful message from beyond the grave. Everything may not be what they seem to be & be true to yourself are 2 lessons to be learned here. The writers took some care & effort to tie their subplots together. It has everything you’d expect from this genre plus a little more as you laugh & cry.
Alien gives it 3½ “Fair Warrior & Bee Cottage” stars out of 4.
