"Flirting w/Forty" Review: Fun In the Sun

Robert Buckley is a lucky actor…

First, he got all hot and sweaty with Kim Raver on “Lipstick Jungle.” And now, he’s getting all hot and sweaty with none other than Heather Locklear in the new Lifetime movie, “Flirting w/Forty.”

See what I mean?

But if you’re thinking “Forty” is some cougar pounces on a young guy story, you’d be wrong; because this isn’t Locklear the vixen. This is Locklear the single mother struggling to find her way. But she plays that part just as well as the vixen parts we’ve come to know and love her for…

Locklear is Jackie, a divorced mother of two who is just days away from her 40th birthday. To cheer her up, her best friend, Kristine (Vanessa Williams) plans to take her to Hawaii for her birthday. But when a family emergency comes up, Kristine has to cancel and Jackie ends up going alone.

But she’s not alone for long…

Buckley is Kyle, a surf instructor who takes an interest in Jackie. He starts out teaching her to surf, but it, of course, leads to more.

Jackie thinks their fling is over just as soon as she leaves the island, but Kyle has other ideas and Jackie must decide if she wants to continue her newfound life or go back to her old ways…

The first 45 minutes or so is a real treat as we get to see the romance blossom between Jackie and Kyle. And because it’s in Hawaii, we get to see Kyle with his shirt off a lot, and—let’s face it—Buckley is not hard on the eyes…

But the movie starts to drag a little when Jackie gets back to the mainland and her life intrudes on her happiness.

However, this is Lifetime, so the movie finds its way again just in time for the ending…

“Forty” is a fun movie with an actress completely in her element (who still looks great in a bikini by the way). And Buckley is a talented (not to mention hot) young actor who is totally believable as someone a woman 13 years his senior would fall in love with.

I know I did…

“Flirting With Forty” premieres Saturday, December 6th at 9 p.m. on Lifetime. If you miss it then, you can catch an encore Monday, December 8th at 9 p.m.

Photo Credit: Mario Perez/Lifetime