The bakery owner’s luxurious Santa Barbara house seems difficult to afford; her divorce from a lawyer and successful bakery offer possible explanations.
The unrealistic house is defended as wish fulfillment, comparable to impossible John Wick action.
A modern version could make Jane a wealthy bakery mogul with social-media reach and worldwide sales.
Open shelving looks good but creates dust, maintenance and storage problems.
The large vegetable garden would require frequent workers and protection from wildlife.
The original divorce and Jake’s decision to marry Agness seem puzzling given his chemistry with Jane.
Agness’s own affair and Pedro not being Jake’s son make audiences less sympathetic to her and less troubled by Jake leaving.
Harley would probably tell his fiancée immediately about the hotel encounter; disagreement concerns whether he would relish gossip or disclose it sensitively.
Jake ought to notice the open video-chat screen before exposing himself.
The hairless body double is visibly inconsistent with Baldwin’s body hair.
Chocolate croissants are usually square, unlike the rolled pastries here.
Croissant dough normally requires advance preparation rather than immediate late-night baking.
Already-prepared dough could explain the short preparation time.
The dough seems handled too much, which might toughen it; this is qualified as nonexpert opinion.

Reported budget and gross; retained accidental kiss; nude double; New York filming

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A reported $75 million budget returned $219 million .
An unplanned kiss during Jane’s phone call caused a line mistake that was retained.
Baldwin reportedly used a nude double; much of the movie used New York interiors, with Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara-area exteriors.

Rating not yet verified

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The score is rendered as “two and F stars,” leaving the numeral unresolved in this transcript. The quoted review criticizes stale reuse of familiar romantic material.

Unverified Jake candidates: Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks

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Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas and Tom Hanks are reported Jake candidates, but the reliability is explicitly doubted.

Jake’s legal work; Streep’s laugh count; noodle ingredients; ex-spouse affairs

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Jake has a law partnership but implausibly plentiful free time; his actual legal practice remains unspecified.
Could this set a Streep laugh record? The proposed laugh-per-minute tally is comic speculation.
The noodle dish’s contents remain uncertain; a pesto pasta salad is suggested.
An affair with an ex is deemed acceptable only when the current spouse was the original affair partner; a blameless later spouse changes the judgment.

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Something’s Gotta Give is suggested but argued against after a recent back-to-back viewing; Kramer vs. Kramer offers a contrasting divorce double bill.
Julie & Julia pairs same-year Streep, Ephron and Meyers.
Irreconcilable Differences is suggested despite being difficult to find.

Improves on revisiting; food reveals relationships

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The movie improves on revisiting; few later rom-coms match it, and food-centered interactions communicate the relationships.
Jake’s indulgence and entitlement toward Jane’s food contrasts with Adam’s behavior; family leftovers, dinner parties and baking make it a great food movie without food as the plot.