Hometown Holiday

Despite the veritable bevvy of hot guys in this one it really was quite wet. You start off thinking that the heart throb internet sensation is going to be the lead focus, but sadly it turns out to be the guy who not only resembles Zach Braff, but is actually even more awkward than that actors character in Scrubs and without that funny charm. He's just a bit meh (Not Zach, he's awesome).

You feel like it's all building up to something dramatic, but it just flows very generically.

Time either passes really quickly or the two leads go on more dates than we know about before the big finale that just doesn't make sense and seems to just fizzle out and :-p (Blows Raspberry).

The hot, hot, hot Brother-In-Law Darryl is excellent and would have been far better in the lead role. In fact, actually, swap Ryan and Wes and I think it would have been a far better film, because Stephen Huszar (Darryl) made a great expectant Dad. Ryan did not have the strength of character to be a big fancy solicitor, he's actually like what 12?? And still wet behind the ears and Wes was not humble enough to be an internet sensation set up by his son, because he's too modest to believe in his singing abilities. Yeah right whatever? The two sisters were also far too smiley and friendly with each other. My teeth started to rot, because they were so "Sweet".

I did manage to watch it all the way through, so it can't be that bad, but it will be a good few years before I would watch it again.

Terrible. Nothing made sense. Sarah is mad her boyfriend cheated on her yet pursues a man who's in a relationship, lol. So many things wrong with this movie. Don't waste your time, script is awful.

The acting is bad by almost everyone except possibly Sarah Troyer. Mishael Morgan, as the original girlfriend, Amber, is especially bad - so cliche. Bradley Hamilton is pretty timid for a big city lawyer and just doesn't match up well with Troyer.

The story has many silly situations that just don't make sense even if they are supposed to be humorous. Other situations that aren't about humor are clumsy also. Grown adults are acting too much like high schoolers even for this type of movie. There is a bit too much musical montage. The movie covers more than just the Christmas season, but that's OK. On the plus side, the premise isn't completely based on overused tropes.

The ending, though just as ridiculous as anything, is kind of cute and unique.



P.S. I noticed a lot of reviews with either very high or very low ratings and most had very short, generic text - almost all have reviews of no other movies.

I'll keep it brief. Not a convincing performance in the whole film. Poor chemistry between the leads, although their acting was ok. Some support performances were amateurish and clumsy. The script needed a rewrite & then maybe there's a half decent film in there.

How old is Bradley Hamilton (Ryan) ? 15 ? Even on his IMDB there is no age for him, - so that's a bit suspect. Acting? like its his first job, wooden, so a broom handle would have as much romance in it as he did.

As for the rest of the film, I needed subtitles. The young cast need lessons on how to project themselves succinctly, because they sure didn't learn at drama school. All the dialogue was quietly garbled so it was indistinguishable. Its all very well the crew listening through headphones on set, but do any of them actually watch it on a tv ? probably not.