A Valley Girl from LA inherits an old "English" manor house (which is in fact a modern house in CA that is decidedly not 300y old) from a distant uncle who makes prized furniture. She flies over and meets the young man living there - the protege of the uncle - who stymies her efforts to sell the house. The fatuous storyline by Anna Rasmussen is replete with cliches - the proper way to make English tea, fish and chips, Wellies (worn on a sunny day) and cycling to a pub to play darts. Incredibly, she falls in love in a week, changes her mind about selling, stays on in England, goes into the furniture business and marries her protagonist. But only after racing to the railway station (a Hollywood staple from the 1930s) in hot pursuit of the elusive guy. She's one determined chick. This is a poorly disguised ripoff on the failed 2006 Ridley Scott movie A GOOD YEAR set in the Provençe with Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard, based on a story by - who else - Peter Mayle. Sterling Locke and Juliet Mills at least do a creditable job in their roles. Pity.
Review of English Estate
