Starting Up Love (2019 TV Movie) User Reviews

Good Performances Rescue So-so Plot.

[rebekahrox · 7/10 · 13 May 2021]

A high powered venture capitalist up for partner in her firm inherits a "cabin" in the wilderness with a handsome caretaker and handyman. She wants to sell it, he wants to keep it in the family as a B & B. Yeah, I know , it sounds like tens of other TV romance plots. But this one actually turned out to be half-way decent thanks to the good acting of Anna Hutchison as Jillian and her reluctant rapport with her co-owner and sometime nemesis. Mysterious Uncle Warthog? Walrus? Wallbanger? And Charlene Tilton as Aunt Marge (who amusingly turns out to have more on the ball than meets the eye) add some interest.

There are some cute situations in the script, which hangs on our heroine deciding to create a start up out of her inheritance to prove to the partners that she is worthy of promotion. As a sidelight, if I had been as successful and qualified to be partner as she was, I would have been out the door to the competition in a second instead of hanging around trying to prove myself to those pompous ingrates. Anyway this keeps her in the wilderness long enough for more conflict, drama, and romance to ensue.

In addition to Hutchison the other highlight in this otherwise fairly stick-to-the-playbook movie, is the performance of Erica Hernandez as Samantha, Jillian's administrative assistant. I was blown away at how she took a nothing-burger part and made it one of the highlights of the show. What an illustration of how good acting can turn a small insignificant part into a keynote.

Oh brother

[harleybabe2003 · 5/10 · 4 May 2021]

You would think she would have known someone else had paid for her college tuition when she didn't get the bill in the first place.

It's a romance movie, what more do you want?

[cbisbee-73995 · 5/10 · 13 November 2020]

Good movie for the season, without a Christmas theme. Typical story for this sort of movie. Acting is adequate, without any standouts and the movie moves along at a good pace. Nice, overall, feel good movie for the genre.

Horrible start, uninspiring recovery

[Jackbv123 · 4/10 · 13 May 2021]

Both of the lead characters in this took every opportunity to offend and make enemies. Jillian had a way to make amends, often simply because of her success, but with Liam, there wasn't even that. This continued through at least a third of the movie and in some aspects up to almost half. Then, of course, they both become extremely winsome. Throw this on top of one of the more common premises in rom/coms - make a business work to become partner. Add lame situations and flat dialogue. The conflict was another overused plot device.

A B & B with no secondary income streams as a thriving start up business venture for investors???

The partners basically humiliated Jillian in one of the first scenes. You don't even allow the public pitch to become partner if you already know she doesn't have a major qualification (in your view). You take the pitch one on one and then coach her. I agree with another reviewer who said she should have walked out then. It really was humiliating to do it the way they did.

Did Hutchison and Myers have chemistry. Not for over half the movie. Then the climax and ending (which is past the point where chemistry should be developing) takes up another quarter. There was not enough screen time to show chemistry, much less justify why they might be "in love".

I can't remember the details, but there were a couple of additional times where I thought the director and/or the script handled an event or transition clumsily.

I watch a 2 hour TV movie on DVR while I work out. If I hadn't been sort of committed to this one, I would have turned it off about a third through.

The one bright star is Anna Hutchison

[jagfannn · 4/10 · 9 December 2020]

It is hard to really appreciate things like cinematography, directing, sound and lighting, until you've seen it done wrong. The quality of this movie's, finished product, will give you that opportunity.

Fortunately, it stars Anna Hutchison, her performance, and an interesting story, is good enough to keep you watching until the end. This movie is a good one to watch, if for no other reason, to give you an appreciation for when the overall production of a movie is done right.

Troubled start is rectified

[SunnyDaise · 8/10 · 3 June 2021]

I almost gave up on this movie as the lead characters aren't very nice at the start however it becomes more uplifting later. I probably will watch it again, but it's not as good as the similar movie Winter in Vail.

Starting up!

[ssimeonidou1 · 8/10 · 29 January 2021]

First i m going to say that i really liked this movie! Both Hutchison and Myers had chemistry slowly developed (realistic), their acting was very good and without exaggerations! But.... i would like more "love scenes" between Liam and Jilian for example a kiss or two before the end of the movie (after the dinner 44' or after the fishing as he brings her home 58'). Also.... the kiss in the end (bearly touching lips) was "frising cold". If you want the love story to capture the audience, the kiss should be more powerfull and realistic! The storyline, the dialogues, the scenery, fotography and music of this movie were great! It's a movie worth seeing!