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Date with Love (2016) is a English movie. Ron Oliver has directed this movie. Shenae Grimes-Beech,Andrew W. Walker,Bailee Madison,Quinn Lord are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. Date with Love (2016) is considered one of the best Comedy,Romance movie in India and around the world.
David Rogers, a senior at J.W. Hughes High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, does not run among the popular kids but aspires to do so, he wanting to make a name for himself before graduation. Exhausting all the popular girls as potential prom dates, most who don't even know who he is, he comes across the idea to make a prom-posal video to ask his favorite Hollywood actress, Alex Allen, to be his date. Using the stolen words from a published book of poetry by his English teacher Vincent Walsh, David is able to secure that prom date with Alex. In reality, Alex was convinced by her friend and publicist Paige Sumner, as Alex needs some positive publicity after a recent incident on the red carpet which not only led to the break-up with her leading man and boyfriend Colin Hartling - she coming to the conclusion that he was just the latest to use her to get ahead in the business - but movie producers now not wanting to hire her. Alex and Paige find that David unwittingly has his own ...
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Date with Love (2016) Reviews
Not as cheesy as expected
High school boy makes internet "promposal" to latest Hollywood super-starlet and because of a recent embarrassing break-up in her private life, she accepts it to get publicity. This sounded like it was going to be lame and unappealing with few interesting possibilities. And the opening scene didn't help. The break-up was loud and very public occurring on the red carpet for some event. Right away it looked like two things were going to be true of this movie. I expected bad acting all the way through based on the acting in the break-up. And I expected the starlet to be arrogant and obnoxious. The latter was only partially true. At times she was all about me, me, me as she took over the prom decorations. At other times, she was open and vulnerable as she got to know Mr. Walsh. She does seem to care about the people around her at the local high school. The other characters are appealing (except for the obvious villain). This is the third time I've seen Bailee Madison recently. The adorable but sometimes incorrigible kid has grown up into a nice young lady. The final outcome of the story was pretty obvious from early on, but I will let you guess as you watch. There are a few interesting scenes and developments to keep the story moving.
Nice cast and fun to watch
Promposals - where a teen asks a celebrity to prom is the subject of this pretty good Hallmark romance. It's happened in real life if you google it. Here a teen who can't get a date asks an actress to prom. She accepts for the PR but falls in love with an English teacher in the school. The situation is quite cute to watch and not annoying. The cast is likable and nice to look at. Bailee Madison has grown quite tall and she is the true love of the boy who can't get the date. Shanae Grimes plays the starlet and she looks pretty here. This is one role she is quite suited to. She has been in some sub par Hallmark and Lifetime movies recently but here she is a convincing young starlet. Andrew Walker plays the English teacher. They have some chemistry. Of course there is a slight misunderstanding before the inevitable romantic ending. Worth one watch.
made for Hallmark
High school senior David Rogers (Quinn Lord) has asked every girl in school to be his prom date except his best friend since the first grade, Heidi Watts (Bailee Madison). Of course, the only girl left to ask is Hollywood starlet Alex Allen (Shenae Grimes-Beech). Alex has recently been dumped by her boyfriend on the red carpet. Her publicist best friend Paige Sumner suggests doing some PR repair by accepting the kid's invitation. The media circus descends on the suburban neighborhood. Alex goes on the run and she falls for driver's ed teacher Mr. Walsh (Andrew W. Walker) after almost getting run over. He doesn't know who she is. This Hallmark Channel romance is the lightest of rom-com. This is strictly a made-for-TV affair. The adult romance is weak. She's a Hollywood brat and he's bland. Neither are compelling and they probably deserve each other. I don't know why she shows up in class other than to engage in banter with Mr. Walsh and the story needs stirring. It's all rather sloppily and formulaically written. It's very manufactured. The pairing doesn't actually have any hurdles. It's not like it's a real date with David. Her best PR move is to bring David and Heidi together while having a fun time with the teacher. That's where the hijinx can happen. David is clueless and the mean girl can get in the middle. The kiddie romance has one good move which is telegraphed from the very beginning. It provides the only good acting pairing between Shenae and Bailee. The kids should be the stars of the movie but it insists on staying with the adults with their manufactured problems. I don't know why she's putting up decorations. The premise has potential but it goes down the wrong path.
80's kids will notice a theme throughout
As this movie begins and several times throughout, we get a close up of the name of the high school that these kids attend. J.W. Hughes High School, conveniently located in Evanston, IL. Okay 80's kids, have we put the pieces together yet? Not yet, how about this, there is David who wants to take "popular girl" Courtney to prom and gets shot down. After being shot down he decides to invite a celebrity as his prom date via a "promposal" that brings to mind Ferris. He ends up going to the prom with his best friend and tomboy, since grade school, Heidi (a.k.a Watts). You all remember Watts the tomboy from Some Kind of Wonderful whose best friend Keith wants a date with popular girl Amanda Jones. Wasn't that a John Walden Hughes movie around 1987? I guess the writers were hoping that 30 years would be long enough for us to forget, as if! Anyways, it is a cute, predictable as always Hallmark movie to veg out watching on a lazy afternoon. Also, a nice homage to one of the greatest of all times, John Hughes!
Unique storyline.
Like another reviewer commented, I found the opening scenes too farcical and stretched the imagination, but the following story wasn't that bad. Andrew J Walker at least keeps the acting on track. I felt the little sister Devyn - played by Millie Wilkinson, was a surplus and not very nice character, and being so young why was she allowed to be a spare part on a date, instead of being at home with her Dad and Mum ? I also find the little girls wide eyes a little concerning.