Romance with a Twist

7.5 stars.

Two VERY nice appearing lead actors are going at the aerial dancing scheme. She is a performance or modern dancer, maybe a ballerina, but hasn't practiced in some years. He is an olympian who does aerial dancing for a living. He needs a partner to perform at a local festival, because his previous partner has accepted an opportunity elsewhere. In usual Hallmark fashion, there is a happy ending.

What is somewhat unusual (but not rare) about 'Love in the Air' a.k.a. 'Romance with a Twist' is that the male is super obnoxious with her at the beginning. But he's very convincing as a total jerk. She responds with a submissive attitude that might be appropriate in an orchestra acquiescing to the maestro situation, but not in real life interactions like this.

Already, we see a strange bond forming, she's being too docile, but subtly flirtatious and he's overbearing and domineering, pretending to ignore her advances. It's all much too high school for me (yet strangely satisfying).

This film has too few great qualities to give it a stellar rating. If not for the aerial feats that these two actors are actually performing, I'd be a bit disappointed. I don't see any stunt doubles, so thumbs up for that.

Of course the lead female is lust-worthy, what a body, probably one of the best in the business. They show it off a-plenty, and that's fine, but I don't watch Hallmark for that eye candy stuff as much as the old-fashioned romance. I want good family wholesome. He is probably as handsome as she is pretty, and he has a couple of bazookas for biceps. Anyways, it was a nice viewing of two hard bodies getting their aerial dance on, but it's cheap entertainment, sort of a cop-out, like Hallmark's version of Baywatch meets aerial (with less skin).