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All About You is a
romantic comedy in the grand tradition of films like When Harry
Met Sally and Notting Hill. It's a funny, charming movie that luxuriates
in the discovery and flowering of love. Like a vacation in paradise,
All About You takes us to those tender places where we all need
to go sometimes. Nicole, its main character, is a conflicted young
woman running from a past she can hardly acknowledge and a future
she desperately wants to thwart. Played by effervescent newcomer
Renee Goldsberry (whose quirky sweetness and girl-next-door beauty
will undoubtedly draw comparisons to Meg Ryan), Nicole is instantly
likeable and from the moment we meet her, we care very much about
her journey.
When Nicole's longtime boyfriend reveals that he has cold feet,
she decides to end their relationship and move in with his cousin
Lisa (sassy LisaRaye of The Players Club fame). Lisa provides a
sympathetic ear and cozy place to sleep, but she doesn't tell Nicole
until the last minute that she'll be away for a while and, in her
place, Nicole will be getting a new roommate. Nicole hates the idea
but can't do anything to change it, and it's not long before she's
caught in a compromising position by Brian (Terron Brooks, who starred
as Eddie Kendricks in the television bio-pic The Temptations), a
gorgeous hunk who shows up to take up his part of the living space.
Brian may be a cutie pie, but Nicole will have no part of him. She's
working to rebuild her life and her new structure doesn't include
a man.
But Brian knows a fellow runaway when he sees one. He's a singer
and songwriter who is seeking to reconnect with his past, and when
he falls for Nicole, he presents her with so much patience and openness
that her tough exterior cracks in two. The two characters become
acquainted in scenes that are almost pastoral in their loveliness,
and which culminate at a party filled with beautiful scenery and
beautiful people. Brian has convinced Nicole to sing a duet with
him, and when they do so at the party, a moment that could come
off as cheesy is instead captivating. Nicole falls hard for Brian,
but there's something about him she doesn't know, and when she finds
out, it becomes an obstacle that threatens to derail their burgeoning
love affair.
- Carla Robinson, Mosaec.com |
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