A Christmas Kiss II

I do not know the original film. and the Christmas films are always cheese or nice or too predactable for me. in this case, my beliveves are not in error. a nice film, the same love story, few memories about real good romantic films from"40's - "50's. the only mistery for me - why Jenna prefer Cooper and not the perfect, ideal, the best buddy Sebastian ? but each reasonable film must have a fundamental question.

This was my first romantic holiday movie of the year, but even so, I found myself thinking of it as if I had seen several already. And I was thinking if I had, I would be tired of these movies and wouldn't enjoy this.

And while Jenna is quite appealing and someone I want to succeed, certain details don't make sense. For one thing, the ending would never happen. But that's why they make these movies. And why would an intelligent, confident girl do what she did on the elevator? She is pretty enough, I suppose, but does she need that much makeup to look good?

Cooper is a completely unlikable character and not someone we would want Jenna to end up with. However, the actor convincingly makes us think something has changed him, and that something is Jenna. I suppose such a thing is possible. In movies.

Sebastian is the guy next door that we all want Jenna to end up with. Very appealing. Looks kind of familiar but I don't know any of these actors. Who would root for Cooper? Well, maybe later.

Mia is sort of a Scrooge but doesn't overdo it. She can be persuaded to have a warm personality.

Helmut the photographer is appealing and quirky with some kind of accent.

And Brittany? Absolutely terrible. And I mean the acting.

If you've seen a lot of these movies, like I said, maybe this isn't the one to see. By itself, though, I guess it's a nice story.

Cooper comes through as a hopeless playboy with a serious attitude problem. It's very unbelievable that Jenna should fall for him. The only way they could have saved this movie would have been to have Cooper miserably fail and eat humble pie. Only when he'd really changed his ways would this have been salvageable but that doesn't happen.

Meh. I am not a fan of the cheesy, predictable TV Christmas movies but the original however, was well-made, had a rich look production wise and was more than adequately acted. Its' predictability was easily forgiven because the journey to the inevitable end was so charming. This one barely makes it to acceptable. The acting by most is not good. Some is quite bad like the tarty girlfriend and Dad while others do well, ahem - Jonathon Bennett (Sebastian) and Elisabeth Rohm. The boss lady was alright, too. The love interest man (Cooper) carries a dopey smile throughout the whole film and isn't nearly slick enough to be a worldly, charming Lothario. The make-up level for the actors was also set to soap opera level. Overall, it's one to skip.

I expect a certain level of cheesiness and bad acting from Christmas movies, but the entire film I couldn't tell whether to take the lead guy seriously. He has a smirky douchiness to him that makes the entire story fall flat. Then there's the fact that the movie is based on the idea of a hostile work environment being charming. No thank you.