30 Day Movie Challenge: Day 2- Mayor Cupcake (2011)

It is day two of the real 30 day film challenge that everyone should do if they want a real challenge and the agenda for today was to watch a film from my favorite actress. My favorite actress currently in Hollywood and if you haven't told from a lot of my selections is Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures) as 2011's Mayor Cupcake not only signifies her first ever film, but it's also the 10TH film I have seen with her. The always beautiful Lea Thompson (The Year Of Spectacular Men) stars as small town cupcake maker Mary Maroni who thanks to her daughter (Zoey) is elected mayor of the town after the Incumbent dies and she was the runner up. Unfortunately for her, there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the town, but she is just the one to do it. The film also stars Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club) as Donald Maroni, Madelyn Deutch (The Year Of Spectacular Men) as Anita Maroni, Dorian Harewood (Full Metal Jacket) as Albert Peach, Frankie Faison (Coming To America) as Lenny Davis, Peter Patrikios (21 Bridges) as Greg Grundle, Michael Petted (American Horror Story) as Quail, Lexy Rutt (Soul Harvest) as Tanya Maroni, Peter Schmitz (Fargo) as Black Bart, and the film was written and directed by Alex Pires in his directorial debut.

Now I am not sure if this film ever made it to theaters because it had no business debuting anywhere but on television. It had the workings of a made for TV film from the minute it started to the minute it finished almost like you would see this on Lifetime. I love Lea Thompson who definitely kept the film together as she was the glue, but she couldn't save it from itself. Judd Nelson looked like he was just phoning it in the whole entire time like I was the bad ass in The Breakfast Club to playing a small town Delaware cop whose wife seems to wear the pants in that family. The only cheesy nostalgic moment that I liked was when Nelson show up to the club to watch his daughter perform, she busts out with Don't You (Forget About Me) from The Breakfast Club Soundtrack. Other than that, there was not enough Zoey Deutch in the whole film, she does play alongside her sister and mom for the first time (and as we know, it's not the last). There are some funny moments here and there, but I had to wipe the made for TV cheese off first just to get to those. This is definitely a watch at your own risk kind of film and if you like Lifetime movies then this is the perfect film for you. It just has that Lifetime formula which we will be visiting later on in the challenge and I can't wait for that. I am going to go ahead and give the film an C+/B- (it's somewhere in that range) for a final grade. I'm indecisive because it's structurally sound story wise, but just cheesy.