Title: Maintenance Required
Actors: Madelaine Petsch, Jacob Scipio
Director: Lacey Uhlemeyer
Writers: Erin Falconer, Lacey Uhlemeyer
Genre: Romance:
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

Maintenance Required

Charlie took over the auto repair shop after her father passed away. Now she works there with two of her best friends, and they love what they do—although Charlie has bigger dreams. One day, another auto repair shop opens across the street, and they try to figure out how not to lose any customers to the competition.

At the same time, Charlie hasn’t been on a single date in years. She loves spending time with her car, but she’s also been talking to a guy she met on a forum. Her friends think it might be time for her to meet him in real life.

Review

I had literally zero expectations for this movie. I saw the poster and thought I might like it, but I had absolutely no idea what it was going to be about. And honestly, it wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

The movie kind of reminded me of the popular film You’ve Got Mail, because that movie is also about owning a business and then having a chain store open up across the street. In that film, the main characters also fall in love with the person they’re talking to online. It’s a classic and one of my favorite movies of all time. Maintenance Required wasn’t as good as that movie, but I still think it wasn’t bad at all.

I liked the main characters. Charlie works at the auto repair shop with her two best friends, and they’re all women — I loved that. I recognized Madison Bailey from Outer Banks and Katy O’Brian from The Rookie, and I really enjoyed them together. Beau was sort of likable, even though he made some stupid mistakes along the way. But I forgive him, because he was pretty good-looking and had great chemistry with Madelaine Petsch (Charlie).

The story was fun, and I really enjoyed it. When a movie is boring, I usually start scrolling on my phone, but that didn’t happen this time. The movie was over before I even realized it. It was a good rom-com — definitely entertaining and easy to watch. The actors were pretty good too.

I don’t have a lot of things to complain about, except that it was very obvious this movie was inspired by You’ve Got Mail. I tried not to compare the two, but I still did. Of course, the original is much better, but I think they did a good job with this movie. It’s the perfect choice for a cozy rom-com night.

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