My family and I found the movie held our attention, which many of the Christmas movies of the last 2 yrs failed to do. There are good dozen over the season we attempted to watch and we were unable to get through any of them, even including some with past stalwarts of the Hallmark lineup.
We recognized Andrew from past movies and he was a good fit for this role. We had no familiarity with Peyton List, but she is extremely beautiful and really holds the screen in her moments well. We don't agree with the review that Erica was an unpleasant character and made it a hard watch but a variety of opinions is the spice of life. The character was deliberately a closed and stead in her way type of individual and the movie was about that rigidity being challenged (at least that was one of our takes).
The script was not bad, and I felt the actors made the best of the material they were given. The chemistry was very good between Peyton and Andrew and that gave the movie a good boost. The supporting cast was also good and contributed rather then detracted to the movie. Some sideplots were a bit rushed (that is the writing) but I suppose budget and time were the usual foils for these factors.
We feel most adults will relate to more then a few of the themes in the movie. We rate it a watch. The score of 8 is context of how we feel it stands vs other recent Christmas fare in this niche of Christmas movies.
We recognized Andrew from past movies and he was a good fit for this role. We had no familiarity with Peyton List, but she is extremely beautiful and really holds the screen in her moments well. We don't agree with the review that Erica was an unpleasant character and made it a hard watch but a variety of opinions is the spice of life. The character was deliberately a closed and stead in her way type of individual and the movie was about that rigidity being challenged (at least that was one of our takes).
The script was not bad, and I felt the actors made the best of the material they were given. The chemistry was very good between Peyton and Andrew and that gave the movie a good boost. The supporting cast was also good and contributed rather then detracted to the movie. Some sideplots were a bit rushed (that is the writing) but I suppose budget and time were the usual foils for these factors.
We feel most adults will relate to more then a few of the themes in the movie. We rate it a watch. The score of 8 is context of how we feel it stands vs other recent Christmas fare in this niche of Christmas movies.