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Betty’s Bad Luck In Love (Hallmark) Reviewed by Duck and Star T.

Duck: Friends, Star and I recently watched Betty’s Bad Luck In Love and found it even more satisfying than a goldfish sandwich.

Star: True! As a kid, Betty was cursed to always have terrible luck in love, and that’s exactly the story she’s living. Devastating things happen to her boyfriends! The kind of stuff that could squeeze a duck dry. No wonder she’s almost done with love.

Duck: Yes! The quackduckery these poor lads go through while they’re dating Betty! And seeing as all this bad luck befalls Betty’s boyfriends, I’m surprised the police haven’t arrested her yet. She is the common ducknominator, after all!

Star: But then, along comes Alex, and Betty’s heart goes boom-boom-boom. Is it worth one last shot at romance for Betty or will this be the same old pond-crud? Worse still, could something truly terrible happen to the man she’s falling for?

Duck: Super-ducking awesome performances from Laci J. Mailey (Betty) and Marco Grazzini (Alex) really drive the chemistry and keep the story paddling along at a nice, flipper-tickling rate. Plus who doesn’t feel for Betty? Mailey really captures Betty’s stressed-out vulnerability, and her comic chops are rad. Plus Grazzini’s portrayal of kind, laid-back Alex could bob my boat for hours.

Star: I didn’t know you had a boat.

Duck: I am a boat, Star. Just let the metaphor in.

Star: Peachy! What about the film’s diversity, Duck?

Duck: Not bad at all. My beak-holes pleasantly buzzed to behold a racially diverse cast and mostly inclusive language. Betty’s a strong female lead. Plus bonus points for tackling the power of superstition.

Star: Love it. The light, quirky storyline really worked for me too. I was rapt throughout, and I loved the theme of you-are-what-you-believe. Five flippers up for Betty’s Bad Luck in Love!

Duck: Plus we watched it on a rainy day, so I even got to rush out into the street and get my flippers wet.

Star: Is that why the neighbors complained about that strange slip-slappy noise?

Duck: That’s why Betty’s Bad Luck in Love gets a full five flippers, while the non-duck-inclusive neighbors just get The Flipper.

Star: Quack quack.

Duck: Exactly. Thanks for reading, friends!

Currently, you can watch the movie here:

Fubo TV

Not available on Amazon at the time of writing, but here’s the page.

Find out more about the movie at Hallmark

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Welcome! I’m Star Tavares. I am queer and nonbinary, and I use they/them pronouns. My hubby Jake is LGBTQIA+ too. Our plush duck is called Duck and is super-ducking awesome. He likes to call himself an award-winning duck because we wrote a screenplay about him that won some awards, and who are we to argue?

The thing is, we used to publish in the romance genres, but after we came out, we thought romance didn’t want us anymore. But you know what, toots? We were wrong.

Now we’ve rebuilt our confidence and are back to living our Romancey Pants life, writing, reviewing romance movies, reading romance novels, and doing a whole lot of stretching. (Did I mention we’re getting older?)

Want to know more about Star’s writing credits? Under another name, Star has published romance stories, novels, and novellas with presses like Harper Collins and Cleis, and has won awards for their shorter works from the likes of Glimmer Train, Screencraft, and Narrative, where they also worked as an editor. More recently, Star’s nonfiction about gender identity has appeared in The New York Times and at Huffington Post Personal.

Since Jake, who is also a romance author, is starting to add more reviews here (along with Duck’s best frenemy Sir Mallard Jones) watch this space for more about him and his career.

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