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Pumpkin Everything Part 2
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Reviews of Pumpkin Everything
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Initial Impressions of 'Pumpkin Everything'
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Pumpkin Everything, Part Two.
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Five out of ten stars. Cliche Everything.
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Taylor Cole is perhaps the most beautiful Hallmark Movies actress.
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Yet, after a couple of corny but entertaining movies in 2016, Hallmark has been unable to provide her with scripts with sufficient drama or substance.
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Here, again, she appears in a rather dull movie that moves very slow, filled with lengthy conversations.
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going from the inane to the barely relevant.
Critique of Film's Pacing and Themes
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There is very little action in the about-90-minute production.
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In the absence of realistic conflicts or drama, The film stretches over the limits whatever little it has.
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So, we have a grouchy grandfather, far too rude and obstinate to capture any empathy, and a writer, writer,
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amy with the absurd situation of being prevented by her job from living or staying at home as she desires.
Plot and Character Dynamics
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If there is an occupation that does not demand to stay away from home, it's precisely the one of a writer.
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A writer does not need to be locked in a city to promote her book.
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The rest of the story is the reunion of Amy with her school day's friend, or old flame, after years of neglect.
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This is possibly the least original theme in romantic TV movies and is handled in no original way.
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Taylor Cole and Corey Seaver are not enough to salvage the show. The movie does have some gentle moments, is family-friendly, and wants to be uplifting as an old Hallmark tradition.
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It is a pity that it is not engaging enough to make it real entertainment or deserve a higher score in my view.
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Five out of ten stars. Plenty of autumn. but lacking in the romance.
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I love the idea of music by seniors for every everyone. It's a great way for seniors to share their knowledge and their lives.
Family Conflicts and Generational Perspectives
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Amy returns home to help her grandfather after he is in a minor accident.
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Amy and her grandfather have been at loggerheads since her grandfather didn't support her dreams of becoming an author.
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but mainly because it meant that he had no one to pass his dream on to.
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His store, Pumpkin Everything.
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When Amy arrives to her hometown, she reconnects with her best childhood friend, Kit, and discovers that her grandfather is not doing as well as she thought.
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This leads Amy to try to talk her grandfather into selling everything and moving into a retirement living situation.
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Slowly, Amy starts to realize that writing is something that her grandfather can't relate to.
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Wonderful fall backdrop for this pumpkin extravaganza.
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And who made that ginormous fake pumpkin prop?
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The scarecrow contest was fun, and the grandfather's house is amazing with all of its antiques and fall decor.
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Life isn't all or nothing. You get to decide what parts of your past you keep, and you can always change your mind.
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Mom.
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FYI.
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I don't understand why it is all or nothing for Amy.
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Why does her grandfather have to go into a home and sell his store?
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I think there are lots of compromises. She could move home. She's an author.
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He could get more help at the store and have a roommate at home.
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The romance wasn't the most believable, and the character of Amy was was aggravating.
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What happened to I love you and have always wanted to be with you? You are the one.
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Instead, it's I won't get in the way of your career.
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Is that romance for millennials?
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I guess I am a little bit more old-fashioned than that.
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This didn't sit the best with me, even with all of its autumnal traipsing.
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Five out of 10 stars.
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Disappointing adaptation.
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This was loosely based on a book. And when I say loosely, I mean it was nearly unrecognizable.
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the two main conflicts from the book, not in the movie. Instead, they take the sweet relationship between Amy and her grandfather and make them have the conflict for the movie.
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In the book, Kit wants to turn their childhood home into inn.
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Not in the movie, despite it seeming very hallmark. The main character was unbearable,
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where not even the talented Taylor Cole could save her. It could have been so much better, but it was just blah.
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It was also disappointing.
Setting and Character Descriptions
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Its also success was the fall colors was beautiful and Cory Seavers nice to look at.
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Six out of ten stars. Old curmudgeon set in his ways. 6.3 stars.
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Amy Taylor Cole is a widely published author of va vampire novels.
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Grandpa Ironside owns a store called Pumpkin Everything, and he thinks her novels are trashy.
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Kit Corey Sevier works at the store. The name of the town is Autumnboro?
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Cheesy.
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After many years, Amy comes back to town and sees that Grandpa and Kit are close friends and is immediately blindsided by Kit's handsome face and plaid shirt.
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She remembers him looking different when they were young. Obviously not as ruggedly appealing back then.
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Grandpa's house is messy. Things are strewn about. There is a carton of warm milk sitting on the table without a lid.
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Grandpa's life is messy. He's old and can't keep up.
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Kit lives in Grandpa's guest house.
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Vava voom.
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Amy has abandoned everyone important in her life when she left town years ago and she just now realizes it.
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What must she do?
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Vampire Girl helps Grandpa, makes amends with Mom, and falls in love with Country Boy.
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Grandpa realizes he ain't getting younger. This movie is drab.
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Place it in the dreadful hallmark pile.
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Six out of ten stars had potential to be better.
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The premise of a pumpkin store and someone that is so into pumpkins That they make a sustainable living with a store that is only good for a few months a year is far-fetched.
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The elderly grandparent needing help was believable.
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What's not believable was the response when he crashed into a coffee shop.
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You would want to know that Grandpa is okay, but instead of being upset about totaling his truck,
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shouldn't you have been concerned that someone could have been hurt or killed when he ran through the front window?
Technical Criticisms and Plot Logic
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That bothered me.
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Also, why was he so upset about the granddaughter not wanting the store and not the daughter?
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There are also other options besides the retirement community slash assisted living facility.
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The leads were fine, just small technicalities that bothered me. The lack of caring about actual people at the crash scene being 6 out 10 stars.
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Autumn Romance
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autumn romance
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Hallmark gives us this story of a successful Philadelphia writer who returns to her hometown for a visit when her grandfather suffers an injury.
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she is pleasantly surprised that many of the traditions continue and she also reconnects with the best friend she left behind years ago.
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Taylor Cole plays the main character, Amy, who discovers that her former friend, Kit, Corey Sevier, now works in her grandfather's store.
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There is little to no chemistry between them at first, and the story meanders between various of Amy's interests and concerns, including her job.
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which has impending responsibilities. But the narrative picks up, and the final minutes of the film are totally engaging.
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One of the best aspects of the film is the depiction of the autumnal colors of nature.
Focus on Family Drama Over Romance
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You can practically smell the season and the pumpkin spice flavorings of everything.
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It is very immersive.
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Six out of ten stars.
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Taylor Cole and Michael Ironside do what they can in a decent family drama.
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but lousy romance.
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Taylor Cole, Amy, is drop-dead gorgeous and one of my favorite Hallmark actresses.
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And I'm a Hallmark movie addict.
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But pumpkin everything really isn't much of a romance. It's more about the very real family drama that inevitably arises when parents and their parents age and begin to have difficulty with unassisted living.
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And that drama is effectively depicted here.
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This is one of those movies that's designed to fit into the fall schedule.
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And so, there are many beautiful shots highlighting all the fall colors.
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And lots of pumpkins. And the town is literally called Autumnboro. Seriously.
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seriously That's great, but the movie title is also the name of a local business run by Amy's grandfather, effectively played by busy veteran actor Michael Ironside.
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But he's pretty grumpy, vindictive, e.g. college aid, and often unlikable.
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And yet, it's hard not to sympathize with his predicament. Pumpkin Everything is the kind of business that can only survive in a Hallmark movie.
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They basically slapped a store sign on an old house and filled it with lots of decorations and some pumpkin-themed merchandise.
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with a bunch of knickknacks for sale on the front lawn. Seriously.
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That's a business model that would be risky at best during the prime seasonal months of October and November.
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when it starts to get chilly on that front lawn.
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But what about the other ten months of the year? They'd be lucky to break even.
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even with all the online sales of pumpkin candles? And what exactly has Kit, played by Corey Sevier, been doing since high school?
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Working for Amy's grandpa at Pumpkin Everything?
Humorous Observations and Critical Reflections
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Hey, if working for somebody else's small town seasonal retail shop is satisfying and fulfilling,
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great He's a recovered alcoholic, and he has a stable job.
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Amy should be happy for him, but he wants successful, best-selling author Amy, who's focused on her flourishing career and her legitimate concerns about her grandfather to focus on getting back together with a high school boyfriend she left long ago and hasn't spoken to since.
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What?
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First, I didn't feel any chemistry between Kit and Amy. i thought there was far more chemistry when Taylor Cole was paired up with Michael Rady in Christmas in Homestead.
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Or Steve Lund in Unlocking Christmas and The Art of Us.
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Or Tyler Hines in Falling for you or Jack Turner in The Summer Prince and The Winter Trilogy.
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Heck, there was more chemistry between Amy's mom and Luke.
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And second, this movie, was more about Amy and her grandpa. The romantic pairing of Kit and Amy would have been forced even if more time had been spent focusing on that relationship.
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But even though their romance was unsatisfying, the rest of the movie was a decent drama.
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They didn't sugarcoat the challenges of aging or the stubborn but understandable reluctance of elderly people to give up their independence.
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I applaud that.
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Random Observations why wasn't the damage at Luke's coffee shop covered by Grandpa's insurance?
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And why was Amy's mother being hounded to pay for that damage?
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insurance adjusters deal with that.
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Why was grandpa getting free coffees and free caramel apples?
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Why would a senior center DJ who says things like rock on and loves classic rock be excited to bring on a surly old grump to play jazz?
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In what alternate universe is Pumpkin Everything making $10,000 a month in online sales?
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How does Kit have the financial wherewithal to consider the proposal that he is given?
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I get that Amy became successful, but a chauffeur to Autumnboro?
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Really?
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If you're still awake, I hope you've enjoyed the various pronunciations of Corey Sevier's name.
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Let's listen to another one together, shall we