Noël entre nous

It could be better. It is the first conclusion about this decent Christmas movie out of real romance , nice for girls and for the fight of main actors against their roles. Some nice moments, few references to old fashion comedies, good use of cliches and Christmas.

And , sure, a too unrealistic love story and an end not very inspired but forced.

A good point - the supporting actors. And some gentle crumbs of humor.

The start point is so familiar than just seduce. And the two lead actors are so isolated than their work becomes amusing in effort of connection between characters. So, nothing good, nothing bad. Only.. . Christmas.

Snowed In For Christmas/Christmas Au Pair (2021) -

I've seen this story done before, so I was a bit annoyed that the writers hadn't come up with anything new or done something to improve on the others, but it was a better version of the same tale, without a lot of farce and daftness.

I'm also getting really tired of the overly busy executive trope. No one can be or at the very least should be that overworked. In my mind it shows a lack of skill to manage one's workload, but maybe that's just me?

As for the actors, initially I felt that Jeremy Guibaut was only fine as a goofy brother type and I didn't really think of him as a charming leading man with his depiction of Ethan. Perhaps he was just directed to be too comedic to believe that he was a serious businessman or human even, but he did feel like a secondary character in some ways. He was sort of cute though and actually as the film moved on I did grow to like him and appreciate the difference to the norm, although he should still have had a larger presence.

I didn't think that Ethan would ever make it as an artist though, based on what the props team had created for him to claim as his own.

Kayla Wallace as Kaley was alright for the most part, but towards the end she definitely started to get a bit frustrating with her overactive imagination and fretting over nothing, because it was like she was deliberately trying to push him away, but not to actually protect herself, but more because she was a bit clueless. She was so presumptuous about their budding relationship and about Ethan's ex.

The kids were not the best unfortunately, because a decent child actor can be the difference in a film about the festive season and the joy that it can bring to a young heart. Sadly their performances were quite poor and they were a tad too well behaved as characters too.

In general the film had plenty of Christmas going on, if a bit obviously tick list-y, but there weren't any specific issues with the production elements that I could see. It just didn't win any points for originality.

6.39/10.

Every time Kayla Wallace is filmed in full profile, showing off her bubble butt, everyone takes a drink. The director should be ashamed of himself, it was so clearly shot that way intentionally.

Kayla is awfully cute in the role though and does a good job in this. Hope to see her in more movies like this. The kids were not overly obnoxious as is typical in romance movies. A very watchable feel-good movie.

Overall it was fun 90 minutes and we will watch it again next Christmas. With drinks, of course.

The movie was ok , but I swear it was ruined by how many times they said the words "uncle Ethan ", 100 maybe more ? Damn. Uncle Ethan uncle Ethan , uncle Ethan , uncle Ethan , uncle Ethan.

I thoroughly enjoyed Snowed in for Christmas. The story was sweet, and I liked the lead actors. I'm a fan of Jeremy Guilbaut. However, some other reviewers hated this movie, and I can't figure out why! Maybe they are Hallmark employees who hate that UPTV can put out an endearing and well-acted film. Give this movie a try.