A Nashville Christmas Carol

You can't really go wrong with retalings of Christmas Carol. And the Nashville version was not bad. It had a sass to it and it was fun to watch. Sure, it is cliche and predictable, but the spirit is there at least. However, there must be said that the main couple had luke warm chemistry.

I liked this movie, it was a cute, feel good,movie for the holidays and to get you in the mood for them! I thought it was a nice movie to enjoy, Thank you!

A new take on the Christmas carol. Half on target and the rest flies off into fluff land. Good music numbers but not as fun as the best alternate version take Scrooge.

It felt kind off sappy and syrupy watching this alternate version.

Okay,but not really inspiring.

I haven't been a fan of the Nashville/Graceland types of movies. They are a mashup of a typical Hallmark type script, which let's face it, aren't Oscar winners to start with, then they try and shoehorn every bit of Nashville they can into it. This one is no different. I'm a big fan of Jessy Schram, but neither her nor Wes Brown could help this sloppy, Dickens inspired story line. There are cute parts played by Kix Brooks and Kimberley Williams-Paisley, and for some reason they chose Wynonna Judd, even though she wasn't likeable when she was at the top of her game, let alone now. The best part is by far the singing. Sara Evans blows the roof off the place out of the gate, then does a couple of fantastic duets with Raelynn towards the end that sound that these two were born to sing together. Not a musical peep out of Schram however, what a missed opportunity.

Most of us have seen many takes on the Christmas Carol originally by Dickens. There is nothing that unusual about this one except possibly that it is definitely a romance story.

There are some good songs performed in this mainly by Sara Evans and RaeLynn, including two duets. I think at least one is an original.

Jessy Schram and Wes Brown have chemistry.

Unfortunately for me, I am a huge fan of the energetic and cheerful Jessy Schram. I just couldn't buy into her as a Scrooge. The efforts to make her look like one seemed weak to me. She is just too likeable. Schram has a varied resume, so it is probably just me and my perception. I'm disappointed that she didn't get a chance to feature her singing because she is talented there as well.

This is a pleasant enough rendition of the Christmas Carol but lacking any real tension nor surprises, highs, or lows.