WFG RATING: B+

Vision Films presents an Auteur Vision production in association with Genesis Creative Entertainment Group. Written, lensed, and directed by Terrance McLeod. Produced by Trey Daughtrey, Robert Salone Jr., and Terrance McLeod. Edited by Thomas James Linton and Terrance McLeod. 

Stars Torri Tillman, Danielle Renee Houston, Aleeya Davis, Jonathan Caldwell, Shenee Allen, Keith Williams, and Ife Nellons.

Two workaholics find love with each other in this romantic drama from filmmaker Terrance McLeod.

Sam is a cardiologist who is constantly working. Malik is an aspiring director who is working on his first film and has been feeling the pressure to get it just right. One night, when she is pressured to go out after working a long day, Sam goes with her best friend Nikki to a club. When Sam gets the hookup, she leaves Sami, who then meets Malik. The two strike up a conversation which leads to a moment where they just watch a movie.

Soon enough, Sam and Malik start up a relationship. However, both are faced with complications in their professional lives that begin to complicate their relationship. When Sam is offered a job to work for her father in Washington D.C., she contemplates taking the job when she thinks Malik is cheating on her with his screenwriting partner. However, a series of events soon leads to a decision destined to change their lives in the long run. 

This is quite an interesting film that from the surface, seems like a typical romance film in the vein of Hallmark films. However, when it comes to these romantic comedies or dramas set in an urban environment, they tend to show a sense of more realism and not just the typical fantasy elements of the Hallmark romance film. The realism is what sets it apart and should deserve a bigger fanbase. 

From the surface of the film as well, you may want to feel for our two lead characters, Sam and Malik, played by Danielle Renne Houston and Torri Tillman respectively. Neither were looking for love as they were focusing on their careers. Sam works as a doctor and when we see her, just wants to relax and stay in for the night. However, her desperate best friend needs a winglady to get her the hook-up and ditches her once the trap is hook, line, and sinker. It is then when she meets Malik and you can tell neither really wants to be there. 

As the film progresses, you start to want to root for the two. That is until both begin to show their flaws. Malik is focusing more on his film and it looks kind of shady when he is up in the middle of the night talking to his screenwriting partner Anna. However, in Sam’s case, she ends up with a change destined to affect not only her life, but that of Malik’s as well. And this is where there realism sets in that shows why this is better than some of these recycled Hallmark films.

A Season for Love is actually pretty decent. Despite some hokey acting, it is the realistic story that sets in making it a bit above average. The chemistry between leads Danielle Renee Houston and Torri Tillman saves the film as well.

The film is now available on Digital.