My Christmas Family Tree

For someone so young, Aimee Teegarden has a lot of experience in television and film, so it didn't surprise me to see her succeed in this installment for Hallmark. She seems to specialize in characters that are placed in very unlikely situations that require a lot of emotions in need of reconciliation. The trailers pretty much give away the story, but it's an enjoyable ride, nevertheless, and one worth watching more than once. I think a successful Hallmark movie is one with characters worth caring about, and which makes the viewer feel better for having watched; everyone has an opinion that matters to them, but for me, this is a winner.

I had originally skipped over this one, but I caught up to it later. It was very good. It's nice to have a movie hilight the family aspect of Christmas, and I also appreciate the presence of the story of our Lord's birth. That's gone by the wayside in recent years.

I noticed Tyler Hynes had a walk-through role in this, and Paul Walker (one of the stars of this movie) had a walk-through in Hynes' movie, An Unexpected Christmas. That was amusing.

Aimee Teagarden is cute as a button, and I think her acting has improved in the last couple years.

This is a nice, heartwarming Hallmark movie, in the tradition of nice, heartwarming Hallmark movies.

Enjoy.

It was a fun and warming christmas tale. Aimee is a knock-out and the family opened up to her quickly. Who wouldn't. The story took a twist and am not sure i would want to do business with that dna company. You have got to root for the lead actress.

This year the hallmark Christmas movies are actually good and this one is one of the best. What I liked about it the most is it's not all about the romance that's more the secondary story and it actually has a story.

Really did like the premise for 'My Christmas Family Tree', no make that love. It sounded so moving and you know a film does something right when its premise immediately connects with you even before watching like it did with me (more so than most of the 2021 Hallmark Christmas films). It, meaning the premise and the film itself, also connected with some close friends who regularly watch Hallmark, a couple of whom having been in this situation so it hit home for them.

'My Christmas Family Tree' wholly lived up to its premise and the high expectations had (actually did have higher expectations for it than most Hallmark Christmas films). While not a flawless film, it was very well done. Out of a very hit and miss year for Hallmark, 'My Christmas Family Tree' to me is a strong contender for the best Hallmark Christmas film for that year and certainly one of the best acted. Also one of their best Christmas outings in quite some time, as well as one of their most emotional and personal.

Will agree with those that say that it loses its way at the conclusion, which is underdeveloped and not particularly plausible. Due to everything with the DNA not adding up, and also thought that one clue was left too vague.

Everything else though is very good to great. It is very professionally filmed and the locations are simply beautiful. A lot of Hallmark's Christmas films suffer from being over-scored, meaning being too constantly used and too loud. That isn't so big a problem here. The script is a lot less cheesy and schmaltzy than most Hallmark Christmas films and did find it very sincere, very affecting and that it never sounded awkward.

Furthermore, that the story departed from the usual Hallmark Christmas film formula and took on a more serious, a more personal and more true to life situation. There is nothing cheesy or over-sentimental in how this subject is handled either, it came over as truly poignant, lovingly gentle and well meaning and also with a good deal of warmth and charm. Really did connect with the story emotionally. The characters were ones that were easy to care for and relate to. Aimee Teegarden is very charming and moving here and Andrew Walker is a strong sympathetic partner. Their chemistry is gentle and genuine, without being too low key. James Tupper stands out in support.

Summarising, very well done. 8/10.