Whilst definitely not an original plot device (two people pretend they are in a relationship to resist family pressure and/or ex partners), Corey Sevier and Julianna Guill are very good as Brady and Nina, two pilots who are grounded in Cleveland in the lead-up to Christmas, thanks to Winter Storm Meghan.
As fate would have it, Nina's family leave in the Cleveland suburbs, and she goes to wait out the storm delay with them, instead of leaving for her avoid-family-Christmas vacation to Turks and Caicos. Realising that her entire family and ex boyfriend are there, she convinces Brady, who is with her because all the hotels are closed, to pretend they are an item.
As I said, not an original plot, but it is done well here. The two leads have a good, easy and believable chemistry as they navigate the holiday season with Nina's family, and that is what elevates this film from ordinary to pretty good.
You expect a roadblock which arrives near the final quarter of the film, and a resolution, which arrives at the end. All very cliched, but that's Hallmark/GAC/Lifetime movies for you, and I don't mind it.
This is good Christmas entertainment.
As fate would have it, Nina's family leave in the Cleveland suburbs, and she goes to wait out the storm delay with them, instead of leaving for her avoid-family-Christmas vacation to Turks and Caicos. Realising that her entire family and ex boyfriend are there, she convinces Brady, who is with her because all the hotels are closed, to pretend they are an item.
As I said, not an original plot, but it is done well here. The two leads have a good, easy and believable chemistry as they navigate the holiday season with Nina's family, and that is what elevates this film from ordinary to pretty good.
You expect a roadblock which arrives near the final quarter of the film, and a resolution, which arrives at the end. All very cliched, but that's Hallmark/GAC/Lifetime movies for you, and I don't mind it.
This is good Christmas entertainment.