LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT

Name: LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT
Item: LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT
Author: Tess Farrand

"Love Is Brewing"

Family Content: +2 Moderately questionable elements.

Entertainment Quality:

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Language
Violence
Sex
Nudity

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What You Need To Know:

LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a lighthearted romantic comedy airing on UPtv. Leena, who owns an independent coffee shop, runs into Jonah, the owner of a big-city coffee chain that moved in across the street. Through her store and excellent baking skills, Leena, with her best friend and roommate, Ava, feel like they help build a loving community. However, when Jonah’s shop moves in across the street, Leena fears for her shop, her livelihood and the community. Despite her dislike for Jonah’s business, Leena can’t help but be attracted to Jonah, who shows her nothing but kindness. Can Leena put aside her reservations and see the true Jonah?

LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a fun movie with great visuals and nice chemistry among the cast. It has funny moments where Leena writes texts for her friend, who’s getting texts from Jonah’s friend written by Jonah. LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT encourages honesty, stresses loyal friendship and champions a spirit of forgiveness. LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT has some alcohol use. Otherwise, it’s a wholesome movie for families.

Content:

(BB, C, A, M):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong moral worldview with redemptive elements stresses honesty, forgiveness and the importance of loyal friends who will stick up for one another at cost to themselves

Foul Language:

No foul language, one use of the word “heck”

Violence:

No violence

Sex:

No sex

Nudity:

No nudity Alcohol Use/Abuse: There are several scenes where characters at a bar/restaurant have wine or beer in front of them, plus one character mentions that he and a friend drank mezcal at a bar

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drug use;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Part of the movie’s premise is that two characters are texting on their friend’s behalf, so there is some dishonesty involved, but the movie ultimately shows that it is better to tell the truth.

More Detail:

LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a lighthearted romance on UPtv about Leena, an owner of an independent coffee shop, who becomes attracted to Jonah, the owner of a rival coffee shop.

Leena is a skilled baker who runs a local coffee shop where she can sell her tasty creations. Leena runs the business with the help of her best friend and roommate, Ava. While on her way to work, Leena bumps into a man named Jonah. They exchange names and expect never to see each other again.

Leena wants to help Ava get back to dating and convinces her to message a guy on a dating app. Leena says that she’s too focused on her business to date herself but agrees to help Ava. Ava is nervous because she doesn’t like to text. So, Leena agrees to message the guy on her behalf.

Meanwhile, Jonah’s best friend, Walker, is the guy who’s matched with Ava. Walker just got out of a long-term relationship and says he doesn’t know how to date through an app. Jonah agrees to message who he thinks is Ava on his friend’s behalf.

Business is going well for Leena until she learns that Vic’s Coffee, a major coffee chain, which she thinks is impersonal and hurts the community, moves in across the street from her store. Leena is even more surprised to find out that Jonah is the manager of this particular Vic’s.

Leena grows despondent over the fact that she has feelings for Jonah but that his business could force her store to close. At the very least, Leena is happy for Ava, because she thinks that Walker could be a perfect match for her friend.

Leena tries to organize some last-ditch efforts to save her store, but nothing she does seems to improve her situation. Jonah feels guilty about the negative effects that Vic’s is having on Leena and her store. He tries to offer some consolation, but Leena promptly refuses. However, as Leena texts Ava’s match on her behalf, she starts to wonder if this whole idea of love isn’t such a bad idea after all.

With her store in dire straits, Leena must choose whether to look past the circumstances and tensions between her and Jonah or continue to shut them out and lose both her store and her chance at true love.

Can Leena put aside her reservations and see the true Jonah?

LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT is a fun movie with great visuals, some funny moments and nice chemistry among the cast. LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT has a morally uplifting worldview. It encourages honesty, stresses loyal friendship and champions a spirit of forgiveness. LOVE & WHERE TO FIND IT has some alcohol use in it in bar and restaurant scenes. Otherwise, it’s a wholesome movie for families.