![]() ![]() Recovering from a bad relationship, Holly is definitely not out looking for a man. Her target is Holly (Yasmine Bleeth), a secretary whom Harrison sees, but as yet to break the ice with, everyday at an outdoor cafe. Jenny, a teenager trapped in a 6 year old’s body, sets herself up as Harrison’s matchmaker. She leaves her daughter with a man she hasn’t seen in 7 years, not telling either one that they are father and daughter and runs off to another country definitely not mom of the year material. Straight away, you can get a feel for the kind of mother Melissa is. The little girl, Jenny (Emily Mæ Young you may remember her from Welch’s grape juice commercials), a precocious and cavity-causing-sweet little “angel” stays with Harrison while mom is off to Canada to set up a new life. Let’s see, ex-girlfriend who you haven’t seen in seven years, with six year old daughter shows up at your door nightmare right? Well you can pretty much guess who the father turns out to be, but that’s not revealed until the later in the film. Strangely enough, Harrison hasn’t seen this old flame, Melissa (Lorraine Ansell) in seven years. As he toils away in obscurity, barely getting by, who should show up at his door but an ex-girlfriend in need of a favor to babysit her 6 year old daughter for a couple of weeks. Harrison (Dean Winters) can’t seem to break into the publishing world with his Noir detective novels. If you’re into romantic, touching films starring beautiful women and impossibly cute kids then Undercover Angel has got you covered. Along the way he discovers love and the strength to continue on with his writing. However, in the end, the experience is less satisfying than it could have been.A struggling writer babysits for an ex-girlfriend, only to find out the child is his. The little girl turns out to be very charming and does a wonderful job with her part. For me, the story had a lot of potential, but the romantic aspects are obscured by other factors and the poor beginning and end prevent the story from reaching its full potential. The viewer is rooting for the father to win out, but there is no obvious reason to cheer for the mother to lose custody. It is uncomfortable to see a woman drop off her daughter with a complete stranger in the beginning and it is equally uncomfortable to see the custody battle at the end. Unfortunately, while the whole middle of the movie involves a lot of cute scenes with a lot of chemistry between the little girl and her father, the beginning and end of the movie are bit too creepy for my taste, at least in a movie of this type. ![]() The end of the movie involves a custody battle but ends up happily, at least for the girl and her father. Eventually, the guy discovers that the little girl is actually his daughter. ![]() The little girl turns out to be very precocious and wise for her age and is the catalyst for a romantic meeting between the two adults as well as the unexpected success of the guy she is staying with. At the same time, the girl befriends a woman who lives nearby. At first, the guy doesn't know what to do, but he and the girl quickly begin to bond. It is his former girlfriend who announces that she needs to drop off her daughter for two weeks while she goes on a business trip. Out of the blue, a woman appears at his door. At the beginning of the movie, we meet a struggling writer who lives alone. ![]() Unfortunately, it misses in a couple of big ways. ![]()
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