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‘The Green Oak Guardian’ is A Romance You Can Really Love (Movie Review)

Mike Szymanski
5 min readMar 31, 2023

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The Green Oak Guardian

Rating: 9/10

Director: Lana Read

Writer: Duane Abel

Style: Romantic Comedy

Time: 92 minutes

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/unitedffilms/the-green-oak-guardian-tease

Abi Van Andel plays Joanne McSween, a closeted comic creator

Review by Mike Szymanski

Every great romance story involves two unlikely lovers who somehow end up falling for each other against all odds. Since Romeo and Juliet, it’s the same plot, whether you’re talking bout “You’ve Got Mail,” “Casablanca,” or my favorite (and widely underrated) romantic comedy “Romancing the Stone.” All these have two complete opposites who can never see themselves together, but somehow end up falling in love.

It’s not the outcome that is the story: that’s predictable. It’s the journey on how they get there that’s the fun.

In this romantic comedy “The Green Oak Guardian,” it’s impossible to believe that these characters will ever fall for each other. It’s that unlikelihood, along with a solid cast of actors and believable…

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Mike Szymanski
Mike Szymanski

Written by Mike Szymanski

Journalist, writer, activist and bisexual, living with Multiple Sclerosis and Dachshunds in Hollywood.

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