Christmas Beneath the Stars

Where to start? Alaska right before Christmas. Where's the snow, it looks like a few pieces of cotton laying around. It looks like the sun shines many hours a day? I thought Alaska only has about 6 hours of sunlight in winter.

The girl is out a night with a light jacket, unzipped. Did anyone review this before it went on TV?

Oh my word! No words can describe how unimpressed I was with the scenery. The movie is supposedly set in Alaska. I could be wrong but have always assumed most if not all of Alaska has snow on the ground during the Christmas season. I am almost certain the trees, unless evergreens, do not have green leaves. In the movie, there was minimal snow, fake or otherwise, no pretense of the weather being cold and green leaves on trees. The actual story line was very similar to most "romantic" movies ... girl meets boy, girl is not interested in boy, boy likes girl, girl and boy have misunderstanding and in the end, after only a few days / weeks, girl and boy are madly in love.

Setting is all-important when supposedly in the bush of Alaska. Where's the darkness? When there is light, there is no Aurora. I loved how the horse tripped over the cotton blob of snow. I feel for the actors having to pretend it's winter when there's obviously no signs of winter, but then again, the acting was as mediocre as the fake Alaska. Oh yeah, open windows in winter while they're sitting around a table? And who drinks hot chocolate when it's warm? Someone should have actually visited Alaska before releasing this sad and laughable movie. Hannah and her aunt should have stayed in Sacramento.

Supposedly set in Alaska, around Christmas. Where's the cold? Snow? Darkness? And what's with the green leaves on maple trees? It's all just too much to take. The 'B' list Canadian cast tries, but the direction and script make that an uphill battle. This film is filler for holiday cable schedules.

This movie was extraordinarily painful to watch. Worse than any of the bad Hallmark movies I've seen. Its the combination of a bad script and very poor acting. The lack of feeling in the delivery of some of the lines made me cringe! The actors certainly didn't believe the script anymore than I did. Also, the budget was too tight to make the drab hotel, they were trying to transform, into anything families would want to spend their holidays at. Skip this one!