Confessions of a Streamaholic

I had seen this advertised but didn’t keep track of when it was coming out so when I seen it appear on the Netflix Top 10 List I knew I had to watch it. I love the cheesy modern romcoms that keep popping up and keep reading if you want to see all my unfiltered opinions as this may be the best one yet.

From the off you can see that Dawn (Miranda Cosgrove) is some sort of artist, she creates her pieces in a barn on her family’s land and the setting of what we find out to be countryside Texas is just breathtaking. The family dynamic they have is really sweet Birdie (Frances Fisher), their grandmother who has raised Dawn and her two sisters Emily (Emilija Baranac) and Max (Ava Bianchi).

Dawn (Miranda Cosgrove) is looking to go to school in Paris but had to use some of her funds on an accident her grandmother had last year to cover insurance so is at a bit of a loss on how she can afford it. He sister Emily (Emilija Baranac) comes up with her applying for a reality TV show called ‘The Honey Pot’ and the next season is set to be in Paris (but the twist is its not the one the contestants think). ‘The Honey Pot’ is giving ‘The Bachelor’ which as a UK girly I haven’t seen but I know the concept and I’m a big fan of love reality TV shows, so having this in a movie YES PLEASE.

After auditioning she goes to a bar and bumps into a cowboy they hit it off really well but she disappears after saving her sister, where she shows she had attitude. Dawn (Miranda Cosgrove) and the cowboy (Pierson Fodé) have such good chemistry and I could already call he was going to be ‘the honey’.

When it comes to the reality show I love this as a story line, since I love reality TV and the way they film it with having them do there interviews and displaying parts of the movie like clips from the show. The music is very fitting to the cosy, fun vibe of the movie/show or where they are located and as I said before the setting in where it was filmed was stunning, I need to go there as soon as possible.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Trey McAllen the Third (Pierson Fodé) I cannot review this movie without commenting on his scene with the horse and hose, yes, it is used as part of what would be the TV Show but it fits so well with the story and if you didn’t fancy him before this scene I don’t see how you can’t after it. He hits being a cowboy and the game show honey so well it was perfect casting.

As mentioned before the chemistry between the Cosgrove & Fodé is palpable, from beginning to end I couldn’t get over there tension, not only that they do seem to really like each other and have deep conversations. Cosgrove is a producer on the movie and she did state they knew Pierson Fodé was a great fit when they done the reading together and they could already feel the chemistry. Just shows that great casting can really change the impact of a movie.

The other contestants were so funny and exactly what was needed, I think from the off you know it will be between Dawn (Cosgrove) & Lexi (Madison Pettis) who is a great mean girl by the way usually always one on these type of shows, so again great choice for the role. It has so many funny scenes as well with the girls fighting in the mud, producer stepping in manure and Dawn lassoing Trey.

When we get to the end and they are actually in Paris but Dawn has been kicked off the show and she’s started art school but producer Rachel (Yvonne Orji) comes to visit and tried to get her to come back to Trey. The way this all unfolds breaks my heart and then puts it back together again whilst also giving me a laugh, so wholesome and I just love that they got a happy ending.

Overall, this gave me everything I need from a romcom, it’s chemistry, storyline, good music and giving me a main man to be obsessed with for the duration, tick tick tick and TICK. I couldn’t have asked for anything better unless they have made a episode of ‘The Honey Pot’ based on this as I would love to see how much Dawn is in it due to her outlandish comments half the time. Give this a watch I don’t think you will be disappointed, something I’ll be coming back too.