A Perfect Christmas Pairing

I always look forward to Christmas movies on hallmark, but this is the third movie in 2023 I have tried to watch and had to abort because it was so bad. To be honest (and take up the limit of characters required now) I did not watch the whole movie. That being said...wow, what the heck is going on hallmark??? The lead female was annoying and not likable at all, neither was the lead male, the writing is bad the acting is bad and the sound was horrible and it's not my tv, it was the movie. The kitchen and critic scens was bad but the library scene was worse. I was doing errands while watching and just had to stop. Do not waste your time, if you want to see a good one watch A Biltmore Christmas!

It could have been a watchable Christmas rom-com had the script been revised a few more times -- we got the most laughs from the huge plot holes and nonsensical leaps from scene to scene. The second most laughs were from the poorly done props. The cookbook with the title "Fondue" at the top of the page and then recipies for swan's down gingerbread and a cake was hilarious, especially with the exact same recipes on the facing page. Then the letters to Father Christmas were clearly already written -- and it is so clear that these actors have no idea how to handle cookie dough or how to cut out cookies.

The two leads were okay with acceptable chemistry, but the giggles and extra smiles got old. The aunt and uncle were sweet, but the land-grabbing realtor was ridiculously over the top. Overall it is watchable, but had potential to be more.

This was terrible. Poor story, with bad actors and no chemistry between cast. Most of the story didn't make sense. Many parts of the story I am unsure what they had to do with the story and the issues that arose were resolved in matters of minutes. Nothing pressed the story forward. Worst of all, the a story about finding oneself in the old family traditions and the family traditions were glossed over and really lame. Like tossing corks in a bucket to bingo. Tradition says you get to do something first but they never showed them doing any of those prizes. It was just flat out bad. I do not recommend.

Outstanding movie, or shall I say perfect? I wish I had seen this movie before Christmas but it is now definitely my new favorite. The actors were so much better than Netflix Christmas movies. The beginning started with an upbeat song that was an instant mood catcher. The love story of Ashers parent's had a meaningful addition. I thought it was well written and well played by the actors. They all had tons of great expression. The heartwarming cookbook that brought to the table more than sentiment, so inspirational!! It is also enlightening that they brought in a travel writer Romeo instead of a CEO of a corporation. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a bad movie, really bad, but fun bad in a lot of ways. I'm only writing this review to point out this movie was not made by Hallmark, and is not distributed by Hallmark, many reviewers are saying that it is, even though it is not. I'm not trying to defend this movie in any way, although I give it 2 stars because even though its terrible it has some laugh out loud funny moment. This movie proves how much effort hallmark actually does put into their movies. This makes hallmark movies look well thought out and polished. I only watched this film because it was filmed in my community and there's no other reason to watch it.