Elevator Girl (2010)

Just to start off, I LOVE the Hallmark channel. It's on in my house 90% of the time only because I have to share the tv with my family. With that said, I hated this movie. You have a girl who is HAPPY with her life, never complained about needing money then meets a rich, pompous ass who ends up being ashamed of her when he finds out she was a waitress. He belittles her, treats her like crap but she says, "there's something about him". Really?! After yelling at her, one visit with flowers is all it took for her to forgive him for treating her like Sh**. What I don't understand is why push her to "choose one thing" if she was genuinely happy with all her TALENTS. Then her best friend accuses her of quitting everything. If she was that type (quitter) she wouldn't have all those different types of jobs now would she??? Then of course at the end she ends up being good enough for him to win her back only because she became "successful". He offended her so much that she decided to follow his advice and choose the one thing. Horrible

The central conflict of this movie is the fundamental differences in character of the two lovers. And my problem with the movie is that I was never convinced that those differences aren't ultimately going to be fatal in their relationship.In the usual mode of romance movies, two very impractical things are possible - 1) the career driven businessman (or woman) can find time to lay around in the grass or take a day trip out of town and generally just relax with his lover; and 2) anyone can become an event planner (or writer, or chef, or photographer or you name it) and immediately jump to the height of success. And even in number 2 they can do it with plenty of free time to boot. That these are myths is part of what creates such a fundamental difference between the characters.For me, the movie was saved by Lacey Chabert. In romance movies, she usually plays such a sweet girl with infinite optimism and you just want to like her, even though in this case she is irresponsible and does need to make some life changes. Even with her in the movie, I found my second time watching this movie just wasn't as good and I probably overrated it.

I'm not usually a big fan of chick flicks, but I'm always open to any movie that looks good and I have to admit that this movie was very entertaining from beginning to end. Good acting, great actors, and very realistic. It wasn't like those movies that the things that happen would never happen in real life, but only in a Hallmark movie. Great plot. Lacey Chabert and Ryan Merriman did an excellent job. I highly recommend it to anybody, both men and women.

I love the Hallmark movies. My mom and I watch them together all the time, but recently I've felt some of them haven't been up to par. Thankfully, Elevator Girl is the exception. It was cute and fun and believable. Not too sappy or preachy, just good fun. The chemistry between Ryan Merriman and Lacey Chalbert (?) was great (though I admit I still have a hard time seeing RM as a grown up actor and not think of his DCOM days where at one point he played a leprechaun). Ryan Merriman showed he can be an adult actor and I was very happy with that. LC usually annoys me but I really enjoyed her performance in this. I'll definitely be buying this one on DVD so the count down for that begins now. If you like Hallmark channel movies I think you'll like this one.