Love Is in the Air (2023 film)

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Love Is in the Air
Love Is in the Air (2023 film) poster.jpg
Official promotional poster
Directed byAdrian Powers
Screenplay by
  • Adrian Powers
  • Caera Bradshaw
  • Katharine E. McPhee
Produced by
  • Steve Jaggi
  • Kelly Son Hing
  • Kylie Pascoe
Starring
CinematographyTony O'Loughlan
Edited byAhmad Halimi
Production
company
The Steve Jaggi Company
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 28 September 2023 (2023-09-28)(Netflix)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Love Is in the Air is a 2023 Australian romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Adrian Powers. Starring Delta Goodrem as a seaplane pilot flying in the north Australian tropics who falls in love with the man sent to shut down her business. [1]

Contents

The film became available for streaming on Netflix from 28 September 2023. [2]

A Cessna 206 similar to the one in the movie Cessna T206H Turbo Stationair II AN2132887.jpg
A Cessna 206 similar to the one in the movie

Plot

Dana Randall is the pilot for the tiny Queensland company which aids people in the remote area, both for the people living there and for visiting tourists. Her dad Jeff chides her for blowing off high-paying visitors to transport a resident's dog to the vet, as their bills are mounting.

William Mitchell is sent all the way from London by ITCM Financial, his father Duncan's UK investment firm, to the tropics of Australia to shut down Fullerton Airways. He'd researched companies they have been backing, and pinpoints the small, flailing, family-run seaplane business as ideal for liquidation as it lacks income. He's given a week to visit the company, go over their financials in person and return to the board meeting to shut them down, proving to his father he's ready to move up in the company.

Nikki, Fullerton's airplane mechanic, pushes Dana to find time to date but she insists she's too busy. The next morning, Jeff warns them a rep from ITCM Financial is coming for an inspection. Dana is asked to pick up Will from the ferry, and initially they have a testy relationship. She is quick to defend their remote air support, although Jeff tries to downplay it.

Dana whizzes Will around to a community off the coast of far-north Queensland to deliver parcels to people in need, which she visits every two weeks as otherwise they'd be totally cut off. Again they convince him to accompany her on her rounds a second day. This time the engine kicks out, but luckily Dana manages to keep her cool and she fixes the problem.

Afterwards, having drinks in Fullerton, Dana's ex Heath sees her chemistry with Will and both he and Nikki encourage her to pursue him. So, they spend time together while crossing the tarmac, star-gazing and sharing.

A third day of helping Dana, and Will's father loses patience with him. Will tries to convince Duncan that they were wrong to want to write off the small aeronautical company, but Nikki overhears. Dana is chewing him out over the news when confirmation of an impending cyclone reaches them.

Will helps Dana find an injured Jeff, who'd been trying to help others seek safety against the cyclone. The three-person staff of Fullerton Airways hole up with Will in the hangar's storage room to wait out the storm. He pledges to fight for their company at his headquarters, as he cares about Dana.

The next morning, after the storm has passed, Will helps Dana deliver emergency supplies to many remote locations. Working hard all day, by nightfall she has made peace with him. However, as they're closing up the hanger for the night, Jeff announces that ITCM Financial has sent an e-mail, shutting them down immediately.

William has returned to London and has been unsuccessful in swaying the board. Dana arrives unannounced, armed with a plan to revamp and expand Fullerton Airways. In response to Duncan's negative response, Will resigns and offers himself to Dana to aid them in their expansion.

ITCM Financial backs their endeavour, and Fullerton Airways is shown to have expanded and now has a more professional look, with Will happily installed there with the company and Dana, as the two have fallen for each other.

Cast

Production

Produced by Brisbane-based Jaggi Entertainment and directed by Adrian Powers, the film was shot in Queensland's Whitsundays, supported by the Queensland Government via Screen Queensland. [4] [5] In a statement producer Steve Jaggi said, "Shot entirely on location, we pushed the boundaries by shooting in glorious 8K Vista Vision." [6]

Release

Netflix made the film available globally for streaming on 28 September 2023. [7] In its first two weeks, the movie has been streamed 20 million times. [8]

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 25% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. [9]

Luke Buckmaster reviewing for The Guardian criticised the screenplay describing it as predictable. Commenting on Goodrem’s performance, Buckmaster said, "it is far from great, but delivering lines like that without blushing does require some talent." Buckmaster rated the film with 1 stars out of 5, describing "a very corny and saccharine romance: a galumphing heffalump of a movie that is best – and perhaps only – enjoyed by devotees of the Sydney-born performer (Delta Goodrem)." [10] Lori C. writing in Ready Steady Cut graded the film 2.5/5, describing "how soothingly predictable the script is," with viewers remaining far from "the edge of your seat. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing." [11]

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