Paris-trained pastry chef Sarah had a dream to open her own bakery with her best friend Isabella. When she dies the dream looks likely gone too, but her bereft daughter, friend and mother pull together to try to make it a success.
There are some nice ideas in this film, particularly around multiculturalism, but it is a slight story that would have been more interesting with a better script and a better cast.
Celia Imrie does a sterling job as former circus performer Mimi, but she can’t carry the load alone. Shannon Tarbet is appealing as her granddaughter and the two of them get the best lines.
The romance between Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry-Jones is unconvincing at best.
The plotting is often shaky and clunky, as is some of the dialogue, especially between the aforementioned star-crossed lovers.
It’s all fairly predictable, occasionally moving, mildly amusing and wholly forgettable.
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