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When it’s time to gather for another class reunion, people agonize over their weight, their hair, and their clothes. They worry about what the people they haven’t seen since we were teenagers will think about their appearance, their family, and their life choices. So in Stars Fell on Alabama, one man gets a movie star to pose as his date.
Stars Fell on Alabama heads home for a wild class reunion with Hollywood agent Bryce Dixon (James Maslow). Though he’s successful in business, he’s not exactly successful in love—so after he hints at a relationship with a movie star, he ends up begging a client to pretend to be his girlfriend to cover up the lie. Fortunately, Madison Belle (Ciara Hanna) is more than happy to escape LA and her rocker ex for a weekend. But when her ex shows up—and feelings get in the way—everything gets a little messy.
The agent and the actress hop on a plane to small-town Alabama, and they soon find themselves enjoying beer and barbeque with a bunch of Bryce’s old friends. And though it’s Bryce’s hometown, Madison is the one who settles right in, laughing and playing cornhole with his friends. It’s all light and fun and easygoing—all cute characters and Southern charm—until, of course, those pesky chick lit conflicts get in the way.
Still, everything here is just a little too easy. Madison, who comes off as a spoiled starlet while her agent is trying to get her a starring role in a blockbuster, barely hesitates when Bryce asks her to take this new “gig” for the weekend—even when it means cutting out of her yoga kickboxing class and leaving for the airport in 30 minutes. Though Bryce is incredibly awkward, she seems perfectly comfortable hopping into a monster truck to spend a weekend with her all-business agent. The feelings, too, come way too easily—and it takes Madison a matter of hours to go from fake date to jealous girlfriend.
Granted, this isn’t an award contender; it’s a fluffy rom-com that’s meant to be sweet and funny and romantic—and not necessarily realistic. And though it’s sometimes a little awkward, it’s also everything it promises to be—a brainlessly entertaining January release.
If you’re missing the holiday romance of Hallmark’s annual Christmas movies, Stars Fell on Alabama will keep the romance going into the new year. It’s not a memorable movie, but it’s a cute one.
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