Christmas Beneath the Stars

Not sure if it was bad writing, or bad acting, or just bad. But got 3 stars for being something that kids could watch without needing to change the channel.

Where to start? Alaska right before Christmas. Where's the snow, it looks like a few pieces of cotton laying around. It looks like the sun shines many hours a day? I thought Alaska only has about 6 hours of sunlight in winter.

The girl is out a night with a light jacket, unzipped. Did anyone review this before it went on TV?

Something must be wrong with me as I actually enjoyed this movie. I guess it's because it doesn't follow the typical holiday movie scenario of beautifully decorated homes, baking cookies, Christmas tree lighting in the town square etc., etc. I'm so bored with all of that. I liked these characters and that's where a lot if my enjoyment comes from.

This movie was extraordinarily painful to watch. Worse than any of the bad Hallmark movies I've seen. Its the combination of a bad script and very poor acting. The lack of feeling in the delivery of some of the lines made me cringe! The actors certainly didn't believe the script anymore than I did. Also, the budget was too tight to make the drab hotel, they were trying to transform, into anything families would want to spend their holidays at. Skip this one!

Setting is all-important when supposedly in the bush of Alaska. Where's the darkness? When there is light, there is no Aurora. I loved how the horse tripped over the cotton blob of snow. I feel for the actors having to pretend it's winter when there's obviously no signs of winter, but then again, the acting was as mediocre as the fake Alaska. Oh yeah, open windows in winter while they're sitting around a table? And who drinks hot chocolate when it's warm? Someone should have actually visited Alaska before releasing this sad and laughable movie. Hannah and her aunt should have stayed in Sacramento.