How to Fall in Love (2012)
An accountant, who never quite grew out of his awkward teenage years, finds himself with a dating coach - she happens to be his high school crush as well. Thanks to his coach, he gets a pretty woman he has his sights on for some time, but realizes they are incompatible. Meanwhile, his dating lessons with his teenage crush reawaken old feelings. Not realizing the feelings are mutual, he finds himself unable to act on them due to his fear of being rejected by the one he truly loves.
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Pretty Good
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
How To Fall In Love is a TV romantic comedy about a nerdy man named Harold (Eric Mabius)who as a teen was rejected by a girl who he invite to go to the prom with. Fast forward a few years later and his now a grown up man who has no girlfriend and hasn't met the girl who he had a crush on since then. He works as an Accountant and is very shy. But when he meets the girl that he invited to the prom when he was a teenager she decides to help him out by becoming his dating coach and giving him a makeover where his transformed from nerdy to handsome. Will Harold get the girl in the end and ooze with confidence?Overall as I said in the title of this review I could have sworn I seen this before somewhere. I think it was Geek Charming where a nerdy guy has to film a popular girl and the popular girl gives the nerdy guy a makeover and falls in love with him. Here (spoiler alert) same thing only its adults not teenagers. Keep an eye out for an unrecognizable Kathy Najamy from The Wedding Planner and Rat Race as a waitress who works for Annie(Brooke D'Orsay's character who rejected the guy she helps out as a dating coach for Harold) Verdict: Predicatable
Why is the teenage dork always named "Harold" (who grows up to be an accountant)? Talk about Hollywood stereotypes! "Ugly Betty's" Eric Mabius, playing a grown-up Harold White, finds that Annie Hayes, his homecoming dance date when they were freshmen in high school, has returned to town, and is unable to find employment in her chosen profession as party planner. Annie is played by Brooke D'Orsay, of "Royal Pains" and "Drop Dead Diva" fame.At the prodding of a buddy, Harold tries to hire a dating coach, but it doesn't work out. Instead, he hires Annie to become his coach (it helps to supplement her waitress income), and she does such a good job that at one point, the student winds up teaching the teacher.The ending of this movie is preordained from the outset, but it gives the viewer a nice ride along the way. It also works as a decent how-to dating guide for nerds everywhere.A slimmed-down Kathy Najimy plays Brooke's co-worker; and prospective first date, Gina Holden, never looked better.
He was a social retardant from his high school years. 20 years later, he's an accountant and photographer, but his social life is still going nowhere. Why? The guy lacks confidence.He meets a girl he went out with in his freshman high school year and she takes on the task of teaching him how to be himself. Of course, the plot itself is how these two people come to fall in love.Kathy Najimy is given little to do here as a waitress working in the same restaurant as our heroine.This is another Hallmark story of people finding out about themselves. It is basically a story of confidence and asserting oneself, handled very well.
When a sensitive but nerdish accountant hires the girl who broke his heart in high school as a dating coach, you know exactly how this movie is going to turn out. When each segment is given a neat chapter head offering the Lesson in What Women Want for a Good Relationship and Men Should Want Them Too, you just know that some women are going to force their boyfriends to watch this with them, punctuating the instruction with "Why don't you ever do that?" Later, when those boyfriends leave for other women, they will be extremely confused.Despite my distaste for the narrative stupidity of this movie, I enjoyed it. Mostly I attribute it to some excellent performances by the leads -- Eric Mabius really seems to know how to act for the camera -- and a wonderfully silly small turn by Kathy Najimy. There is also some beautiful photography, particularly a marshland sequence near the end.I think you'll enjoy this one, but please, ladies, if you force your boyfriends to watch this and insist on asking him why he doesn't do these things, don't poke him in the ribs to emphasize your point.