7/10
Cute enough modern retelling on My Fair Lady
10 July 2023
Main protagonist Eliza follows along with a retro book to find the rich husband of her dreams, but finds she's out of place in his world. Most of the story was generally predictable and I felt the nods to 80s rom coms, John Hughes tropes, and Eliza Doolittle a la Pygmalion and My Fair Lady. Nothing hugely transformative, but a fun lightweight summer made for tv movie!

I really enjoyed the scenes where they called out problematic behavior in old movies from the 80s and how that would never stand now.

The lead actresses had a pretty good rapport with each other (one slightly snarky, one more by the rules and friendly), but supposed romantic chemistry was lacking between most of the pairings (but maybe that's some of the point). All in all, it was cute and I especially liked the locations, sets, and costumes!
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