Liebe zum Dessert (TV Movie 2004)

Liebe zum Dessert: Directed by Kevin Connor. With Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Dorie Barton, Andy Lauer. Marco Poloni’s family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help them. But he needs a partner, so he asks Grace Carpenter, the baker of a restaurant, although they started off on the wrong foot, she agrees. So they go to the competition and things seem to be looking good except for a few complications. One of the other contestant Jacques du Jacques is Marco’s former classmate at the Academy, whom he says betrayed him. Emil, one of the judges, is Marco’s former instructor at the Academy whom he did not leave a good impression on. And Marco’s temper, will they be able to pull it off? During this time, Marco also finds himself attracted to her, but she already has a boyfriend.

“Sometimes, youu0026#39;re up late at night flipping through the stations, bored out of your mind, and wanting some light and fluffy romantic comedy that doesnu0026#39;t make you feel bipolar. And this movie fit that exact billing. Sure, the plot was ripped right out of the 1930s….the writing as schmaltzy as the Hallmark Greeting Card companyu0026#39;s legendary poetry, and the one- dimensional characters were played by a cast plucked straight from Central Casting – but it was CUTE, and exactly what I needed last night. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLauren Holly and Costas Mandylor have great chemistry together – I liked it on u0026quot;Picket Fences,u0026quot; and Iu0026#39;m happy to say they still have it over 10 year later. Costas Mandylor, at 41, is still possibly one of the handsomest men to grace the screens since olu0026#39; Rudy Valentino kicked the bucket 80 years ago. RRROWRR! Bonus points for casting that funny man who used to be on the roller skates on that show about the cartoon lady. I always thought he was something straight out of a Hepburn-Grant comedy. BRAVO!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome people will probably say this was the corniest piece of cinema ever made, and I would probably have to agree – but come on! Itu0026#39;s on the Hallmark Channel. What were you expecting? Just sit back, relax, eat some sesame sticks, and watch a sweet little movie with two cute people and down a bottle of Zinfandel. Trust me, youu0026#39;ll love and accept the schmaltz a whole lot more, and then you can go to sleep dreaming about Costas Mandylor swimming in a sea of tempered chocolate feeding you petit fours with minty fresh chocolate icing. YUMMO! (PS. Now I have a hankering for petit fours. THANKS A LOT, HALLMARK!)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI really wish the evil girl had been cast with Rachel Ray, and maybe that dishy food nerd Alton Brown as the announcer instead of the creepy dude with the Van Dyk beard. Shudder! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat would have made my night. But hey, check out u0026quot;Just Desserts.u0026quot;”