Christmas at the Chateau

This has some of the most laughably bad lighting and editing I've ever seen in a commercially released movie. In more than one scene the light completely changes from one POV to the next. One scene in particular stands out as a clunker: the bank guy and his fat buddy are in his office. The one guy is sitting. Then it cuts to show the guy walking to the chair they just showed him seated in! And the other guy is doing something like they didn't even know they had started rolling.!!! Just laughably bad and edited by someone who apparently had no concept of what editing involved or apparently had never seen a film before.

This movie was not good. The writing was atrocious, the editing was awful, and the story line was choppy. Things were happening but not explained. I'm not a Banker or Hedge-fund manager so I didn't understand exactly what happened to her money except that it was stolen.

The acting in this is so over the top and hammy, or should be criminal.

The story line is a good one, where a family owned B&B is threatened with foreclosure just before Christmas. The family works to save it in time and there's the evil blanket eh doesn't want them to. All the banker lacks is the moustache he twirls as he's plotting against Moose and Squirrel.

The lead actress.. Did she take acting lessons from "Over Emote Inc."? Is she related to someone involved in the writing or producing if this movie? Is that how she got the gig?

The script is weak and predictable.

The filming isn't as clean as it could have been. The lens seems to have a light film of Vaseline over it.

The editing is hilarious when people talk and their lips aren't moving, and vice versa.

I watched to the end only because I wanted to know I was right.

If this was made to be a parody of Christmas movies then it did well. I honestly believe this is the worst movie I have ever seen made unless showtime is doing some charity thing where they take submissions for films made by junior high kids on an iPhone. I am sure the people who made it care for it greatly but my friends and I will now make a Christmas tradition to watch and laugh at this "film." Plot is all over the place and makes so little sense.

There is nothing good to say about this movie - poor writing, stilted acting, unlikable characters and muddled direction - I could not stand to watch it to the end.