Two Turtle Doves

7/10 - surprisingly captivating and refreshing holiday flick

In essence, I love it for few details: the Christmas ornaments, the portrait of grandmother Vera and her notebooks, for Heidi Fielek, Zach Tinker,John B. Lowe and BJ Harrison, for the young Michaela Russell and for the silhouette of Misses Taylor. The recipe is familiar, the cook is far to be surprising and the dish not extraordinary. But the spices , from cinnamon cookies to the little turtle doves from the box from basement of Taylors are just beautiful. So, I admitt, just I love it.

Dr Sharon Harper is going back home, after her grandma passed away, with one purpose: the house she left behind. There, she meets Sam, the lawyer responsable for her grandma's final affairs and also, her neighbour. There, Sharon discovers that she was left a final to-do list during Christmas time. For every one she crosses of her list, she hangs one of the 12 stockings from the 12 days of Christmas song. Enter, Sam, his daughter and his brother who help Sharon with this list.

I loved this story so much. The plot was beautiful. Nikki and Michael are superb together, they have amazing chemistry. The supporting cast was great (The girl who plays Mikayla worked with them in "Love to the rescue" earlier this year as Nikki's character' daughter). Sam and Mikayla are also grivieng, they lost their wife/mother not long ago and the three of them coming together it's heartwarming, there is a scene in particular between them that is beautiful, I had a lump in my throat the whole time.

My only problem was the typical cliche of having the female lead choose between her professional career and her new found family/love, but I was satifsfied with the ending. I hope Nikki Deloach and Michael Rady make more movies together, both from this year are among my favorites.

I love Nikki but in this one with the 2019 theme of a dead relative she seemed so sad and it made me just sad. I also got bored.

Nikki deLoach and Michael Rady make a nice TV couple as they have in other Hallmark movies. So their romance is believable. But the story isn't about very much. She moves back to settle her grandma's stuff and falls for a widower with a kid. Some fussing about the kid. Totally predictable.