A Furry Little Christmas

The sound was so bad, it was very distracting. The levels were off, there was random echoing, some random mic bangs, loud music, low dialogue, etc. Also the story dragged a bit. About halfway through i was looking at my watch thinking "how could there be more".

The snow is very foamy, ha. Which is fair enough, gotta do what you gotta do, it was more amusing than distracting.

Good acting though at least. And cute kid.

Its decent for background watching while doing something else.

I feel bad giving it a rating. Mostly because it wouldnt be very high. And its cute enough for what it is.

Always happy to see pups as well.

The lead actress had the most annoying voice which grated all the way through the film. The worst was Alice who was working at the theatre when the lead characters went to see the Nutcracker. It sounded like it was playing at speed. Apart from that the film was ok.

The story is another one where a woman who is a veterinarian with a kid goes home to Vermont for the first time in years. She meets a doctor. They hang out. The story is pretty average with no great highs or lows or surprises. The only tension is how far away she lives.

There are some cute animals.

I wasn't impressed, but there was nothing really wrong with it.

I have a five minute rule for rubbish movies; if it has annoyed me within 5 minutes, I dump it. However I found plot sweet, the female vet delightfully upbeat despite a tragic past and the support cast didn't jar at all.

So much going wrong for it to be enjoyable - and I have no issue with low-budget movies.

• the music was so loud you couldn't hear most of the dialogue
• there were bizarre editing choices during conversations (the scene where they meet the grandfather made me feel unwell)
• there's a "small town" setting with the largest, most garish cabins I've seen and people pretending they're "rural"
• the male lead kept squinting like he was either high on set or told to do his best Zoolander impression
• the plot a) tells instead of shows and b) has the female lead to succumb to the pressure of her father and new boyfriend

We enjoy wholesome, cheesy movies, but this was actually just bad in too many ways to excuse.