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Desiree is a spoiled and vapid socialite, married to a surgeon. She spends her days working out, having lunch with girlfriends, and shopping. Out of the blue, her husband wants a divorce. Apparently, he's been having an affair for several months and is in lust.....oh erm I mean love. Because of a iron clad prenup, Desiree gets nothing but her designer clothes and shoes. Every rich "friend" she has disowns her now, with the exception of her lawyer, who she's known since childhood. Desiree has to move back home with her dad, Paddy, and work in his bakery. It's here that she remembers what really matters in life. Things start falling into place for Desiree, after she creates a new dessert that becomes widely popular. A company wants to franchise Paddy's bakery, with Desiree at the helm. When given this opportunity to become rich again, she declines because it means pushing her out her father. Instead, she decides to stay in her hometown, where she belongs now. Desiree ends up with a big new town family, plus a new love interest.

In the beginning, Desiree was horrible! She was such a whiny baby who barely acted like an adult. Her screeching got on my last nerve. It was all very overdramatic. Fortunately, as Desiree lost her superior attitude and humbled herself a bit, her really personality shown through. Paddy was such a sweet daddy, perfect for the role. I just wanted to hug him! I also enjoyed the other two bakery employees and the lawyer. They all brought something special to the movie. And finally, Desiree's new love interest Bennie was also a nice touch. I wish he would've been in more scenes though. I enjoy watching movies set in small towns. Sure, everyone knows everyone else's business. But people also look out for each other and actually care.

Oh, dear, where to start. First, a squealer (as well as a spoiler) warning.

The heroine does a LOT of shrieking and squealing, usually accompanying pratfalls like sparking curling irons, runaway mixers, and cans of flour (who keeps an open can of flour on a top shelf?)falling on her head. There is the requisite bumbling but good-hearted father who helpfully washes a dress and it shrinks to the size of a doll costume. Who didn't see that coming? Then, of course there is the handsome, rich, available neighbor who is miraculously drawn to this dizzy blonde.

There is nothing new here, nothing appealing, nothing interesting. Same formulaic drivel from Hallmark.

Through the first 5/8ths of the movie, Desiree was totally unlikable, even ditsy. She was arrogant and rude. In the name of humor, too many of the characters were exaggerated, almost buffoon-like. And how does an MBA from Columbia sign a prenup, against her lawyer's advice, that leaves her with nothing, not even her ring. Her snooty friends dump her harder than her husband did. Her lawyer shows up for a meeting with her husband's attorney drunk, or high. Then Desiree kicks into high gear and what she does next with the bakery is a little ridiculous even in a Hallmark movie. And somehow despite her rejecting him twice, Benny still wants to date her. And on the first date, which includes her Dad and his friends, he falls madly in love with her, or is it lust. Finally she does the 180 degree character change that is so common in romance movies and no longer wants to live on Fifth Avenue or even associate with her rich ex-friends. I was waiting for the enjoyable part to kick in and it never did.

Where to start with this schlock-fest? Casting was clearly aiming for a Goldie Hawn ditzy blonde effect but on a mini-budget. The main character mugged, screeched, huffed and puffed at maximum volume to the exclusion of any acting efforts. This woman was supposed to have a Columbia MBA and yet was such an airhead and kardashian-reject that she was a cartoon. A symphony of "WOOOO HOOO" acting. Left with absolutely nothing after 15 years of marriage because she signed an egregious pre-nup? Was she comatose? Then we have the other characters - the obligatory big-hearted Irish dad (Paddy? Seriously?), the lovable, street-smart black teenager, NUNS in HABITS, handsome rich French- English neighbor...it doesn't miss a cliché. Hallmark movies are all hopelessly corny but this one is such a ridiculous waste of time that it puts others to shame.

Her whole entire life collapses suddenly when her doctor husband wants a divorce so that he can marry his pregnant acupuncture lady.

Our heroine's life goes upside down. With a pre-marital nuptial agreement, there is no money for her, her friends disown her and she returns to plain existence in New Jersey, to be with her baker father.

There she comes back to regular, ordinary people and does baking for her father. When one of her new products is a hit, a group wants to build a franchise around it, but without her father. Our lady has learned her lesson well. It's still about people and not the luxuries of material successes. This point driven home made the film so good.