Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned is a 2014 American Christian-themed romance film written and directed by Rik Swartzwelder, who also stars opposite Elizabeth Ann Roberts. The film had a limited release in just three markets on February 6, 2015, with its major release over the Valentine's weekend that followed (on 224 screens). Despite being heavily panned by both critics and audiences, and appearing in many worst lists of 2015, it managed to be a box office success, grossing $1.9 million on a $600,000 budget. Plot Clay Walsh owns an antique shop in a small Midwestern college town where he repairs and restores furniture, and where he meets Amber, a free-spirited young woman who rents the apartment above Clay's shop. Amber is struck by the fact that Clay will not enter the apartment to show her around. He tells her he has made a vow not be alone with a woman who is not his wife. Amber finds this odd, and odder still when she learns he is not married. Amber takes a job at a local shop, and takes an interest in getting to know Clay. This proves to be difficult, as Clay does not date. He believes dating a poor preparation for marriage. He will only come up to see Amber when something in her apartment needs repair. In response, Amber begins sabotaging appliances so she can speak with Clay. Eventually, Clay agrees to take her out, but the dates he plans are odd and unusual. Amber discloses her past of being in a number of relationships, many of which were superficial and at times abusive, leading her to move to a new town each time. Clay's past is even more checkered; in his college days, he knew a large number of women, and shot exploitation films in the manner of Girls Gone Wild. At some point in the past, Clay came to the sharp realization that his life choices were causing pain to those around him. He turned away from that life style, walked away from the money, withdrew from the world around him, and confined himself to working in the antique shop.