Operation Nutcracker

It's quite tedious to have to hear this over and over again. And when that mantra isn't repeated, it's the ever-present nutcracker that causes quite the stir, but not necessarily in an interesting way .

The beginning of the film is a bit strange, the plot does not flow gracefully and several of the actors lack that little something extra.

Good thing that it is only a TV movie and not the big screen.

Lottie (Ashley Newbrough) is an asset to the movie. The character she plays is however not that interesting, even if Lottie seem to have a bit of unsorted business in her own personal life. Christopher Russell is as usual enjoyable to watch, but is a bit outshined by Ashley's part, which might be intentional.

For some reason I'd love a little more of Rhonda (Cassie Cao). A nice feature in the movie, even if it was for only a few seconds in total.

All together, the TV movie is not bad, not superb, but watchable.