Too much of “Love on the Villa” is off-the-rack rom-com business, not that different from what’s on the Hallmark Channel 24 hours a day.

Sure, it seems basic to the point of self-loathing, but there’s also a reason that Olive Garden is one of the biggest restaurant chains in the country—and it’s the same reason you’ll be watching Love In The Villa: it’s comfort food.

Literally and figuratively, Love in the Villa captures a tourist gift shop – a thing to peruse, maybe enjoy (ironically or earnestly, often both) and then move on.

Love in the Villa is a ridiculously cliched romantic movie, and that’s all you need to keep in mind. It’s unrealistic and heavily conflictless that they barely try to make any attempt to hate each other.