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David Basner (Tom Hanks) is a successful advertising executive and classic 80's swinging bachelor. The film opens with him mid-flight making out with a flight attendant. All of this is interrupted by his parents' separation. His jazz loving salesman father, Max, is played by Jackie Gleason and his mom, Lorraine by Eva Marie Saint.

There are some pretty serious topics dealt with in this film...like diabetes and divorce, but everything is given this breezy Garry Marshall treatment that was typical of the 80's.

I loved the epiphany by Max that of all the people he thought would step up for him, David wasn't one of them. I also really appreciated what David's boss Charlie (Hector Elizondo) said to him.

The character of Cheryl Ann Wayne (Sela Ward) was interesting because she really was similar to David, but was really a woman in a man's world trying to be a man. I thought it was weird that she would talk to her father Andrew Woolridge (Barry Corbin) about her sexual partners...do men do that with their fathers?

The film continued on through the credits in that very 80's way which added to the breeziness of the film which I didn't mind, but like a lot of 80's films it feels like a very real moment in time with no real beginning or end...just the middle. If you like that, this might be a film for you. Overall it was a very pleasant film, but probably one I wouldn't watch again.

The Greek setting was lovely and more intimate than most. I enjoyed that they found Greek actors to play the roles and in particular I thought Rafael Kariotakis was well cast in the leading man role. He was handsome and engaging, exactly what you want in a romantic film.

The story is about Abby who visits her mom Jackie in Greece after being laid off from her big New York job. An opportunity arises for Abby, but she doesn't have any restaurant experience...until she is hooked up with the local Theo. Theo is has to reopen his diseased mother's restaurant in two weeks or loose his permits and location. The two initially clash, but then really start to come together for this joint cause. Unfortunately, Theo's father has other plans for him back in Athens and he isn't afraid to use a little sabotage.

I thought the leads we a lovely couple...I would have liked to feel more chemistry. I loved the more intimate Greek backdrop, and I loved the scene when Abby is walking home with the camera behind her along the cobblestones, it was lovely.

I love to armchair travel and I think fellow hallmark romantics will also enjoy it for that.

This is definitely a concept of the now...with matcha, noise canceling headphones and being forced to return to the office. Liv and Tom are forced to share a desk, Liv on Monday and Wednesday and Tom on Tuesday and Thursday. Their sharing is anonymous and after some initial friction the two start to gel over a pastry peace offering and cute sticky notes from Miss Monday and Mr. Tuesday.

Liv and Tom do know each other in their work context where they don't really get along. Forced to work together however the two grow to respect one another until creative differences with their boss put them at odds again.

This Hallmark romance was helped tremendously by its two attractive leads. Both Scott Michael Foster, who played Tom, and Janel Parrish, who played Liv, were fantastic and I just enjoyed watching them both. There boss was cringeworthy and I would have quit that job long ago...but Liv and Tom were fun and kept me engaged.

If you can get passed the boss, HR employee, and some of it's modern concepts...hallmark romantics may enjoy this film. I can see how they were going for a "Shop Around The Corner" feel with their missed date, but trust me if you haven't seen the Ernst Lubitsch original film you really should...Jimmy Stewart is fantastic!