Review of Late Bloomer

Late Bloomer (2016 TV Movie)
7/10
Flawed but pretty decent family entertainment
30 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
A young woman, haunted by a high school trauma, returns home to confront the man and woman responsible for that trauma. However, the man is not the bully that he was and a tentative relationship ensues.

The writers and producers of this film have made some odd choices. I like Beth Broderick and she does a good job but there is NO way I could believe that she was Italia Ricci's mother. In addition, having Ricci climb a tree to look at a flower growing in its branches (?) (so she can have a clumsy fall in front of the hero) is just sloppy writing. That said, Ricci does a great job portraying the smart but somewhat downtrodden Jenny Taft, aspiring botanist. She and Nathan Parsons have nice chemistry. And kudos to the writers proving the "mean girl" antagonist played by Brooke Newton some actual motivation for her meanness. By the end, we may not like Allison Crane but I think we understand her a little better. Hallmark is sure churning out a lot of movies these days...this is one of the better ones.
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