The Road Home for Christmas

This is the first time in years a Christmas movie has truly moved me to tearing up and tightness in my chest. I went in thinking, ah well, time for yet another holiday road trip and was pleasantly surprised.

Absolutely worth a watch. The male lead did a really great job. Gonna save this one on the DVR to watch with my daughter at Christmas.

This movie was a surprising delight. For starters, this is one of the more unusual stories. The leads are great together.. The movie is cute and funny and lively but has touching moments as well.

This movie also has a lot of music, mostly Christmas songs, even in different styles, but mostly upbeat. Marie Osmond performs a couple great songs and the leads do some great renditions also.

There is a beautiful montage toward the end that, intentionally or not, is a sort of tribute to the true meaning of Christmas.

Even Lifetime has optimistic heartwarming endings.

I have watched and reviewed literally several hundred Christmas movies and this is a definite must watch that will be watched over and over in years to come.

Hey people! This is a Lifetime movie - not Hallmark. It IS in the spirit of Hallmark Christmas movies ... it's called competition!

NOW for the movie ...

It's a cute movie - but been done many times before . "Friends" trying to get home for Christmas - and the story of their trip ... getting to know each other along the way. FALLING IN LOVE. Nice but way over done!

Not a fan of the male lead (Rob Mayes). Marla Sokoloff is, as always, solid - but her makeup is way too much. I've never seen a person "car traveling" with fake eyelashes! Oh well ... it's TV.

Its basic virtue - it is more than the expected Halmark Christmas film. For music and acting. For a story escaping, în smart, nice manner, from the cage of cliches. And for the freedom of performances, source of fresh air . A trip, few places, two musicians, few great scenes. Not the last, the fair dialogue. So, more than nice. Especially for smart plea for family, vocation, love and (self)acceptance, for the carolers and for energy. And, not the least, for great job of Anna Daines.

This is one of the better movies that I have seen in a while. I have been changing the channel from hallmark to life because the movies are better. Rob Mayes is a great actor. Rob and Marla have great chemistry together and I would like to see more of both of them. Would be nice to see a sequel to this movie. It touched my heart, inspirating. Thanks, Karen