One of my favourite rom-com clichés by far is when a character says something like "HAH! I never get sick!" And then the movie jump cuts to them all gross with the flu. Very happy to report Falling Inn Love has one!
(Gabz gets the flu, and Jake comes by to fix her sink and bring her tea. *swoon*)
Jake and Gabz get another chance to bond at the local carnival raising money for the Volunteer Fire Department, where Jake is manning the dunk tank.
(By the way: the audacity of this movie to have Jake in a dunk tank WITH a shirt on!!! SMH.)
After a few cute little bonding sessions, Jake has agreed to help Gaby renovate the inn, with the two of them going in on the project and paying 50 percent each. (I think Jake is going to 100 percent sweep her off her feet, though.) (Ugh, I'm sorry. I've had so much wine.)
During their demo day (thank you, Fixer Upper), they find a stack of secret love letters hidden in the wall. They read them together, and honestly, the scene is so romantic that I have nothing sarcastic to say about it.
If I still had Tinder, "Wanna help a girl grout?" would be my new bio.
Ready for another fabulously cliché rom-com moment? When Gabz calls her new fireplace beautiful, Jake turns to her and says, "She sure is," while looking right at Gabz. Le sigh.
Well, I definitely wasn't expecting an awkward lip-sync to Freak Nasty's "Da'Dip" in this movie, but here we are.
Are there really no snakes in New Zealand? *books ticket, buys inn*