A Christmas Duet

This is a pretty average story with no real highs or lows. I stayed with it hoping for more singing. The two do a pretty nice job on one song, but it also didn't bowl me over. A day later, I'm not still carrying the tune around in my head as in some cases.

Chaley Rose and Rome Flynn have a natural familiarity that you'd expect from old flames. I was surprised by how little animosity there was given their breakup. Chiara Zanni plays an interesting Susie. Some people will hate her, but I enjoyed her. Some of my reviews rave about "quirky" characters. I've always liked Teryl Rothery in her supporting roles, but she disappointed me in this one. I thought her character was too inconsistent. I think the actress felt that and it seeped through to her performance.

6.4 stars.

Compared to many Christmas films, 'A Christmas Duet' is more along the lines of picture perfect. This is only because of the great cinematography, lighting, and sets. For drama and humor and entertainment value, however, it falls severely short of the mark for me. The dialogue is the same old stuff. I will say the music was decent, but there wasn't enough. There is only a couple of songs worth of good material with our leads singing a duet in one of them, and the male lead (if he was even a lead) mainly singing his other material. Back to my little side remark, is there a male lead in this? No. Three males share virtually the same screen time.

The lead female is a bit wooden, which is the best word I have to describe her personality for this character. She is not expressive and has zero emotion. She was never happy, sad, angry, or anything, except disappointed. I think if that's an emotion, she has that one figured out. There is no zest to the love story at all. The best part was possibly the pregnant co-owner woman who is expecting at any time, yet her character is very emotional and too silly. If she might be the best aspect of 'A Christmas Duet', that tells you how unsatisfactory it is.

Wow! Rome Flynn is gorgeous! What a smile!

I like this film, I'm not sure it's possible to achieve all that they do in just 6 days, but it's got an upbeat vibe and the song is a positive one for a change.

They manage to incorporate a lot of characters without compromising on the leading romance and how it builds and it's also full of the great things that make Christmas special.

6/10 - fun inn-set and music-filled holiday flick to watch with some hot chocolate and warm under the covers

Beautiful scenery and a good, enjoyable story.

This is one that I could watch again during the winter holidays Rating scaled for the genre and category.