Rating: B
Tonight was the debut of a new Lifetime holiday movie. I personally wouldn't call Flirting with Forty a holiday movie but Lifetime, who produced this one, calls it one so I'll go with them and review it as such. It's basically just a movie that happens to start and finish around the holidays. It's missing the major holiday movie elements of magic or turning over a new leaf or Santa or the spirit of Christmas.... those types of things.
Regardless, this movie has Heather Locklear as someone who is divorced and about to turn forty who ends up taking a vacation to Hawaii by herself, where she then meets a very hunky surf instructor and falls in love with him. The movie then goes on to tell the story of their romance over the course of the year, during which some problems occur since he is significantly younger and lives in Hawaii and she is a busy mom of two who lives in Denver. It's a cute story and the two main characters are very appealing (particularly Robert Buckley, the surfing instructor!!) but I'm rating it a little lower than I normally would just because if you are looking for a sweet Christmas movie to get you in the mood for the holidays, this is not for you. It is, however, a kinda cute chick flick.
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