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A Rocky Mountain Affair
Hearts Creek
Canada 2024
produced by Kyle Cooper, Jason Wan Lim, Scott J. Jones (executive), Marvin Jones (executive), Josh Brandon (executive), Peter Foldy (executive) for Polyscope Productions, Artist View Entertainment, Alberta Film Projects
directed by Jason Wan Lim, Chris Bragg
starring Krista Chyc, Duff Zayonce, Simon Challenger, Heather Pattengale, RaeAnne Boon, Jerod Blake, Jane Oliphant, Taha Akram, Joshua Earl Brennand
written by Steve Goldsworthy, music by Tanya Wan Lim
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Young event planner Meg (Krista Chyc) is entrusted by perfectionist her
boss Diane (Heather Pattengale) to organize a teambuilding retreat for a
group of trainee lawyers, to be held at a western town resort somewhere in
the mountains - and Meg is over-eager to make this one work as Diane is
very quickly to fire people who not live up to her elevated standards. And
of course, Meg's journey to the location already ends in utter chaos when
her car gets stuck in a ditch, she has no phone service, and Ry (Duff
Zayonce), a cowboy - or mountain man, as he prefers to be called - who
offers to help her out, tells her it's a few days ride to the ranch.
Still, she might arrive just ahead of Diane and the clients, so she might
be able to save the day. Still, she's a hopeless city girl not equipped to
survive in the country. However, she gradually learns the ropes from Ry
and his sidekick Curly (Simon Challenger), and she also gradually falls
for Ry and vice versa. But then, through a mere misunderstanding, she's
led to believe he doesn't like but only pities her, while he, having been
burned by women a few times to often, just leaves for greener pastures,
leaving her in Curly's care but pretty much to her own devices. Now this
is bad, but it's worth when she finds out the "resort" booked
for the lawyer trainee retreat has actually been abandoned some 10 years
ago and is gradually falling apart, and both Diane and the clients are
only a few hours by car away from the location ... Now of
course, the concept of the city girl finding love through her blossoming
appreciation for the simple life isn't exactly a new, not even novel one,
and in regards to its premise, the film checks all the boxes, for better
or worse. Nevertheless, what makes this film score a few notches above
other romantic comedies of its ilk is that it tells its story without too
much fake sentimentality and that actually puts storytelling over kitsch,
with the romance aspects of the plot treated rather subtly, giving them
time to grow instead of overwhelming the audience with them. That, in
tandem with solid, relatable performances by all involved, make this a
pretty decent movie even for those not at all into romantic comedies.
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