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Musical Connection and the Bakery

 Friday: Flora and Son (2023)

    Flora is a young single mother. She struggles to get along with her 14 year old son Max. Her ex, who used to be in a band, is little help. Max is constantly getting in trouble. He has a case manager who is running out of options from keeping him out of jail. One day Flora finds a guitar. She gives it to Max thinking music will be a way to keep him occupied and off the streets. He rejects it. So Flora decides to take guitar lessons herself. She finds an American man, Jeff, who does lessons online. Flora starts to really get into her lessons. Then she learns that her son it making music on his computer. He is really good. They finally have a connection and their relationship gets better. I thought this movie was good.

Saturday: Dumb Money (2023)

      This is based on a true story. Keith is a financial analyst. He has a youtube channel where he talks about the stalk market and things like that. He notices the stock in the store GameStop is low and the billionaires who have stock in it are under estimating it. So he buys a lot of stock in GameStop and others follow him in doing so. Soon the stock starts to rise and he's making a lot of money. Meanwhile the billionaires are losing money. It all becomes very complicated but in the end the underdogs win. This movie was alright. There was a lot of crass and raunchy humor that I didn't like. I didn't really understand a lot of the stock terminology and all that. But it is an interesting story and it was well done.

Sunday: Love Sarah (2020)

      The day Isabella and her best friend Sarah were going to start work on their new bakery in London, Sarah gets in a fatal car accident. Sarah's daughter, Clarissa, struggles to keep up at her dance school. Then her boyfriend breaks up with her and she is left with no where to live. As a last resort she goes to her grandmother, Mimi. Mimi and Sarah had a strained relationship. Mimi takes Clarissa in. Soon after Clarissa decides she wants to open the bakery with Isabella. Mimi comes in as an investor. Only problem is they need a baker. After many failed interviews Mathew shows up. He went to cooking school with Isabella and Sarah. There is bad blood between them but he is an amazing cook so they hire them. The bakery struggles in the beginning. Then Mimi comes up with an idea. They ask people who live in London who are from different countries what bakes goods they miss from home. Then that's what they will make in the shop. Soon they are making desserts from all over the world. I thought this movie was good.

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