Established actress Rose Nightingale, edgy action star Sapphira De Mont and up-and-comer Calypso Gable find themselves on location in Perugia Italy.
Each of them has demons and secrets and all are romantically challenged, all of which are addressed over the course of the film shoot.
This is chick lit taken to soap opera levels of drama. Drug addiction, stalking, rape, and sexual harassment, stage mothers – it’s all here.
There is an awful lot of clunky exposition to start and listing every detail of every label of every stitch the women wear gets tedious for the non fashion-forward.
Research has definitely been done – most of it is on the page.
Fewer characters and more character development would have made for a better story.
The actual film is peripheral to the plot, which it’s a pity as it’s refreshingly unusual to read of a Hollywood movie featuring three leading actresses.
The novel was published in 2012, so it was prescient on Hollywood’s me too issues – starkly portrayed here.
There is never any doubt that all three women will find their happy endings and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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