
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion-dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down... until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day to an unforgettable experience.... (Full plot summary below)
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An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion-dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down... until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day to an unforgettable experience.
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| culturevulture.netBeverly BerningBella is a (...) parable of remorse and redemption, a tale of two damaged souls who end up helping each other find release from their tragic pasts. |
| Orlando WeeklyCynthia ConlinWhere a typical love story is often fantastical, the characters and situations in Bella are penetratingly real, with the grit, glare and sorrow that so often invades reality. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Bella expends so much effort hiding its agenda that it doesn't have time to give us a story until the very end. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreAn engaging failure, an inversion of some New York movie clichés, a sweet if incomplete movie about love with the proper stranger in the city that never sleeps. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertRarely are crowd-pleasers so effortlessly artful. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThe film is nicely shot in New York and subtitled "One moment can change your life forever". There's not a moment here likely to change ours. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelMack BatesThis is, first and foremost, an actors' showcase, and the entire ensemble delivers. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittBella expends so much effort hiding its agenda that it doesn't have time to give us a story until the very end. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongA barely disguised anti-abortion tract, Bella is simple-minded, heavy-handed and as subtle as a gorilla in a tutu. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfBlanchard and Verastegui are the stars of the show here, and their interplay of trust and light flirtation is what keeps Bella out of the death grip of convention. |