{"id":452179,"date":"2022-05-24T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-perfect-pairing-has-all-the-notes-of-a-feel-good-time\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:06:59","slug":"a-perfect-pairing-has-all-the-notes-of-a-feel-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-perfect-pairing-has-all-the-notes-of-a-feel-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;A Perfect Pairing&#8217; Has All the Notes of a Feel-Good Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a44ba7bb41be\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a44ba7bb41be\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-perfect-pairing-has-all-the-notes-of-a-feel-good-time\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98A_Perfect_Pairing_Has_All_the_Notes_of_a_Feel-Good_Time%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;A Perfect Pairing&#8217; Has All the Notes of a Feel-Good Time&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98A_Perfect_Pairing_Has_All_the_Notes_of_a_Feel-Good_Time%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;A Perfect Pairing&#8217; Has All the Notes of a Feel-Good Time&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Victoria Justice heads Down Under, Netflix style\u2026 but it\u2019s still a good time.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/a-perfect-pairing.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Perfect Pairing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/a-perfect-pairing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/a-perfect-pairing-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Netflix&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Aurora Amidon\u00a0\u00b7 Published on May 24th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;Just when you thought the most Hallmark-y movie of all time had already been made, along comes &lt;em&gt;A Perfect Pairing&lt;\/em&gt; \u2014 a film about a go-getter wine connoisseur who treats herself to a stay-cation at an idyllic Australian ranch, (complete with a hunky Australian ranch-hand, of course), in an effort to convince the head of a wine empire to be her new company\u2019s first client. The sprightly self-starter in question is Lola (&lt;strong&gt;Victoria&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Justice&lt;\/strong&gt;), and the hunky (oh \u2013\u00a0and I forgot to mention mysterious) Australian is Max (&lt;strong&gt;Adam&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Demos&lt;\/strong&gt;, whose steaminess already stole our hearts once before in Netflix\u2019s &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;Sex\/Life&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;).&lt;\/span&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Stuart McDonald<\/strong>\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Perfect Pairing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contains all of the hallmarks of a successful Hallmark flick: an unlikely small town replete with quirky characters, at least one delightfully frustrating almost-kiss moment, and, perhaps most importantly, a satisfying roadmap of predictability. And while \u201cpredictability\u201d might be a scarlet letter for most filmmakers, it offers this film the perfect amount of breezy watchability that it calls for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Perfect Pairing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is expertly set up with these qualities in a way that maximizes the possibility for a cathartic, h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y ending. We want Lola to succeed from the first moments of the film. She answers to Calder (<strong>Craig<\/strong> <strong>Horner<\/strong>), AKA the world\u2019s most punchable boss, and she\u2019s epically betrayed by her so-called best friend Audra (<strong>Lucy<\/strong> <strong>Durack<\/strong>) within the first ten minutes, but we\u2019re also in her corner because of Justice. She offers an effortlessly endearing sense of optimism to her character alongside an undeniable savviness that not a lot of Hallmark women are afforded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you aren\u2019t hooked by the this-gal-just-can\u2019t-catch-a-break setup, then you\u2019re bound to be intrigued by Lola\u2019s move to Australia, and all the messiness that comes with it. Indeed, McDonald knows exactly what he\u2019s doing when he introduces Max as a troubled, closed-off, and impossibly good-looking bloke who isn\u2019t initially a huge fan of Lola and her big-city ways. And Max isn\u2019t the only hurdle Lola is faced with down under: the head of the wine company she is attempting to land, Hazel (<strong>Samantha<\/strong> <strong>Tolj<\/strong>), isn\u2019t interested in her running the show. Oh, and to attempt to win Hazel over, Lola agrees to train as a temporary sheep farmer. Does that come with its fair shares of blunders and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faux pas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? You betcha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s hard to think of a formula that gets audiences hooked more effectively than presenting a likable protagonist with an onslaught of immeasurable hurdles. And, while this might indeed be the obvious formula for a rom-com, that doesn\u2019t really matter all too much when it\u2019s done right. And McDonald and writers <strong>Hilary Galanoy<\/strong> and <strong>Elizabeth Hackett<\/strong>? Well, they certainly seem to have their fingers on the rom-com pulse with <em>A Perfect Pairing<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pitch-perfect rom-com spirit of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Perfect Pairing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is strengthened by its gloriously campy performances. In addition to emphasizing Lola\u2019s over-zealous attitude with intensely expressive delivery of almost every line, Justice also adds a slapstick element to her performance. And with every tumble into a pile of manure, or accidental dumping of sheep feed, we are able to lean into the lighthearted, fun-loving nature of this rom-com world just a little more. It doesn\u2019t hurt, either, when a shirtless Max does heavy-duty ranch-work, and Demos moves hilariously like he\u2019s in a Burberry perfume ad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Perfect Pairing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s breezy, overwrought, and otherworldly nature, the fact that most of the film looks like it was manufactured on a set isn\u2019t exactly the end of the world. But there\u2019s no doubt that it can be distracting at times \u2013 for example, when a glorious pink sunset looks like it\u2019s coming straight from a projector. This distraction is especially notable because the landscape of Australia makes up so much of the fabric of the film. There is a persistent notion that this is some sublime continent where, unlike Lola\u2019s hometown of California, just about anything is possible. But this sentiment is just a little bit hard to buy when it doesn\u2019t really feel like the characters are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Australia at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Perfect Pairing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages to come out on top despite the handicaps of its Netflix strings. Lola is a refreshingly inspirational female character whose arc suggests that you don\u2019t have to give up your ambition, or sacrifice any part of yourself, to be good enough for a man. And, perhaps most important of all: it\u2019s just a rockin\u2019 good time of a watch that is bound to fulfill your rom-com needs. Sure, there are going to be moments, (probably a lot of them), where you find yourself with a gnarly case of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from tropes you\u2019ve seen a hundred times before. But hey, cliches exist for a reason. So if you can find it within yourself to forgive the familiarity of it all and not expect to spend an hour and forty minutes walking on untrodden land, then you\u2019re in for some serious entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: A Perfect Pairing, Netflix\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aurora.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Aurora Amidon spends her days running the Great Expectations column and trying to convince people that Hostel II is one of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> of all time. Read her mostly embarrassing tweets here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aurora_amidon\">@aurora_amidon<\/a>.        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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