All for Love (2017)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Don't listen to the negative reviews

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Nothing captivates a retired military person, like myself, more than a clash of personalities when a hardened highly decorated Seal meets head on with an immovable force he doesn't how to get a handle on. Thrown together by his sister the Editor to fix the disasters in her novel, "Sealed with a Kiss". It is a comedy of standoffs.I found this funny and full of the Marine training issues I faced as a Navy Corpsman thrown in with an entirely different military culture.Running a Seal Training Program, she treats the weeks of training as a just tell me how to fix it and he sees it as his assigned mission to introduce her to the rigors the other trainees so she understands the many aspects of Seal life. Her team is taking it deadly serious while she seems to be looking for a participation trophy that will fix her literary slide.As time goes by, they find mutual frustration over the changes they bring to their purpose together, they are drawn closer together as she stands up to him in ways he couldn't have imagined as she sees the purpose of the lessons and become that team player. Strong wills won't let them admit to anything of a growing attraction to each other. Their time together draws closer to its end as he is scheduled to establish another Seal training center half way around the world and be thousands of miles away from each other and stand immobilized by the fear of what was happening to them.Who will give in? Will they discover a love or turn away to the life they enjoyed before they met?

A romance novelist needs help getting the "seal" aspects of her next book just right. Well, well her editor just happens to have a hunk of a brother that is a former NAVY Seal! Surprise, surprise they love/hate each other. Soon sparks are flying though neither will admit it. Will they be bone headed and let each other slip away or admit their feelings to themselves and each other?

I liked the idea of the movie but I think the character of Colin being a "technical adviser" for a romantic novel on a Navy SEAL needed a "technical adviser." I think Steve Bacic would be a little too young to be a retired Navy Captain. That rank is one step below Admiral and he looks just too young for that rank. Lieutenant Commander or even Commander would have been more believable. In the scene where Colin has to save the day by being the photographers model irked me. I didn't pause the movie to check the correct order of all the ribbons although at a quick glance, they looked correct. However, the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon that he is wearing is on upside down. It's horizontally striped ribbon, Navy blue, gold and red top to bottom. His is red stripe up. It is something that would be a glaring mistake to a high ranking naval officer. Bottom line, though I enjoyed the movie.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie tonight. Yes there might have been a question at the end about a passport. but this did not interfere with the building of this story and development of each character. I liked the restraint of affection as most love stories today end up with a date or two then become very intimate. If you are looking for a nice movie to curl up and watch and enjoy love stories I am sure this would be a pleasure for many.The light touch of comedy was also good and very tasteful. Most movies I fall asleep after I have figured out the ending but this kept me watching and hoping the end would be what I hoped it would be.This was a very good movie and kept you guessing to the very last moment.