Romance With A Twist (2024) air date, plot, full cast, and is the Hallmark movie worth watching

Hudon and Renaud are made for these roles
PUBLISHED JAN 24, 2024
A promo poster for 'Romance With A Twist'
A promo poster for 'Romance With A Twist'

Movie name: Romance With A Twist (2024) aka Love in the Air aka Swinging Into Love

Platform: Hallmark

Country of origin: Canada

Date of Release: January 27, 2024

Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama

Director: Max McGuire

Writer: Uma Incrocci

Full Cast: Jocelyn Hudon, Olivier Renaud, Candice Lidstone, Rebecca Applebaum, Darrin Baker, Jamie Champagne, Tanya Clarke, Naomi Gaskin, Alice Hamid, Stephanie Herrera

What is the plot of 'Romance With A Twist' aka 'Love in the Air' aka 'Swinging Into Love'?

Sometimes love finds you in the strangest of places, like mid-air! 'Romance With A Twist' sees accomplished aerialist (trapeze artist to you and me) Bennet at a bit of a loose end. See, Bennet was supposed to perform at the local arts festival, but now finds himself minus a partner and the clock running down on his performance. Enter former dancer Luna. Luna has the skill and the pizzaz to match Bennet's 'leaping' prowess, but will two strong-willed artistes find enough common ground to put on a worthy performance, or will the sparks erupt into a flame that may consume them both?

'Romance With A Twist' aka 'Love in the Air' aka 'Swinging Into Love' Main Cast

Jocelyn Hudon

Jocelyn Hudon during the Flaunt And Onitsuka Tiger: Spring Fling event on May 12, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Flaunt Magazine)
Jocelyn Hudon during the Flaunt And Onitsuka Tiger: Spring Fling event on May 12, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Flaunt Magazine)

Former ballerina (or is it once a ballerina, always a ballerina?) Jocelyn made her debut in the popular TV series 'Single Ladies', but it was as Abby in 'The Strain' that Jocelyn emerged into the spotlight. She followed that up by playing Willow in the TV series 'Ice' before starring as Grace Bennett in the 'When Calls the Heart' spinoff 'When Hope Calls'. Fans can catch her again playing the leading lady in the upcoming movies 'The Fall' and 'The Sound' opposite William Fichtner.

Olivier Renaud

Olivier Renaud seen here with Rebecca Dalton in the movie 'Christmas in Big Sky Country'
Olivier Renaud seen here with Rebecca Dalton in the movie 'Christmas in Big Sky Country'

So while we are left gobsmacked by Renaud's Bennet spiraling through the air in 'Romance With A Twist', it's in the spirit of full disclosure that we must reveal that Renaud was a member Cirque du Soleil! But when he wasn't spinning through the air with arguably the best acrobatic troupe in the world, he was getting his acting career on track. Roles in the TV series 'The Wedding Planners' and 'Astrid and Lilly Save the World' went side by side with movie roles in 'Christmas in Big Sky Country' and 'Merry Mystery Christmas'. Fans of Renaud's aerial contortions can catch him next in the upcoming French TV series 'Paris Paris' and the movie 'Cecilia'.

Is 'Romance With A Twist' aka 'Love in the Air' aka 'Swinging Into Love' worth watching?

Absolutely, once you figure out what it's actually called. This is the epitome of fine-tuned horses-for-courses casting. Hudon and Renaud are made for these roles and that in turn should deliver some exceptional scenes in what has all the elements of a fine movie. Plus you can always marvel at the beautiful sets that always seem to accompany a Hallmark arts and crafts festival. 

MEAWW Watch ranking

3 out of 5

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