Rocky Mountain Christmas

I tend to set my expectations very low for TV movies, and in fact, I rarely watch them. But this one had an interesting premise with a movie star named Graham arriving to a small town ranch to train for his upcoming movie role. I thought at first that he was going to conceal his identity from the female love interest.... But no, that came out right away, and what transpired from there was the typical sweet conversations and scenes of Graham showing that he's really just a good guy not an entitled movie star after all. It was pretty slow without any significant plot twists and story conflict points. Both of the leads have appeal though as actors.

I've been a fan of Kristoffer since first time I saw him on a HM movie...but I also live in Reno NV. He can make any movie great and has such a charm with anyone he stars with. I'm not as familiar with Lindy, but she is awesome as well, perhaps in my top 3 or 4 actresses. Together......these two are great. I really bought into them together and they made just an OK story into a good one. I wanted to really like this movie because of them. Oh yea, Treat Williams, nice to see him in more and more movies.

Cute leads. Good story. Centering on a ranch woman comes home for Christmas to lick her wounds from a break up and be with her uncle and brother after the death of her aunt. Enter heartthrob actor looking to learn ranch skills for his next movie. Flirtation ensues and heavy hearts as her uncle considers selling the ranch. Will this be the last Christmas on the ranch? Will she follow her head or her heart?

Cute movie worth a watch!

Sarah is going back home for the holidays after a public break up. Once there she finds out that the festivities for the season are cancelled, so she volunteers to do it. We also have Graham, an actor preparing for his next role as a farmer. So they help each other out.

Once again, we know this by heart. Honestly, I was kind of bored by this. I like Kristoff. I don't have a strong opinion about Lindy. It's not a bad movie. (location critics aside, i'm from Latin America, I do not know the difference between the soil in Colorado from the one in Wyoming). We also have Treat Williams and Chris McNally (who, without a beard seems like 10 years younger). I didn't care about the rest of the cast.

I felt there were things left unsaid: what happened to Graham's job? Or did I miss it? What about her job? She just gave it up like that? What about their relationship, how are they going to make it work, being in two different states? You know, how at the end of the movie, specially a Hallmark movie, you can feel if the character is sure of their choice or not? I feel like Sarah would get tired very quickly of the ranch life. Anyways, I saw that ending coming since minute 10 and I was not satisfied with it.

This was not a favorite. I got bored about halfway through it. There was something spicy missing.

Some have criticized this movie for sentimentality and lack of tension, but that's exactly what draws us to it. Yes, while there are some roadblocks placed in the way of the romance, they move gently out of the way of their own volition, becoming speedbumps instead.

There are a LOT of these movies made every year, and a lot of them have tension galore. I can use a few which provide a more relaxing watch.

The soundtrack includes "Let it be Christmas" by Alan Jackson, which is well placed and Alan Jackson is always a good listen. :-)

The leads play well together, and we typically very much like Kristopher Polaha's roles. Treat Williams always plays well, and we've liked Lindy Booth since we first saw her in The Librarian.