Sealed with a List

From the start, I liked this Hallmark romantic comedy set at Christmastime because the female lead was different. Katie Findlay plays Carley Kincaid. Carley is not glamorous but cute and bright and likeable. Her best friend is leaving the country, and makes Carley promise to make a list of things she is going to do to change her life for the better. Almost a year later, Carley finds herself still stuck without having made the changes on her list.

Evan Roderick plays Wyatt Redmond, Carley's coworker. He is a spoiled rich kid, son of the owner of the company, and also feeling stuck and unfulfilled. He wakes up late and is late to work every day. He puts zero effort into doing his job. Carley does not like or respect him. Then something happens that requires the two of them to help each other and work as a team.

The movie draws the viewer in because of the likeable, relatable characters. Refreshingly, it does not follow the traditional pattern of a Hallmark romantic comedy. The only thing that I didn't like about it, is that it was too short. I would like to see more develop between Carley and Wyatt. Perhaps Hallmark can make us a sequel?

I really enjoyed this movie. These two new actors to hallmark are great together. It was incredibly refreshing to see a new young couple with a nice genuine chemistry together. From the beginning of the movie you feel instantly connected to both characters because they truly seem to get along in a good way. It's really hard to not like Wyatt because he is adorable! The storyline was also new and different from most Christmas movies seen so far. Unfortunately, hallmark doesn't make enough sequel movies to there Christmas movies that are actually good. A must see Christmas movie for 2023. Hope to see this couple again soon.

I, too, am a husband that unwittingly gets involved in watching these Hallmark type rom-coms. While I try to occupy my attention elsewhere, some of these movies actually attract my attention. For the third time this season I have found another entertaining holiday movie (this one goes through the month of December to the new year). Also, the characters look different. This time the main characters didn't involve a tall, handsome man and a perfectly made up blonde leading lady (no disrespect to blonde actresses but that's all that seem to show up most times). There was a short haired brunette with a cute , quirky smile and laugh and a male lead that wasn't so big that he took up the whole scene. And they could act! It was one of the more fun movies to watch this season for sure.

As a husband who is held hostage to Hallmark Christmas movies for the entire month (yes she even has a clipboard), I liked this movie.

A company's owner installs his spoiled slacker son Wyatt in a recently vacated executive position, and instructs Carley (who should have gotten the job) to show him the ropes. Wyatt soon screws up big time, and Carley falls on the sword and gets fired to force herself to start checking off items on her self improvement list. She then tells Wyatt she expects him to help with her list. He teaches her to take more chances, while she teaches him to survive on his own after his dad forces him to live without a trust fund.

New actors with a newer premise that didn't include a baking contest or fake royalty... Minimal voice overdubs and very few obviously empty coffee cups.

It definitely didn't follow the rulebook of cliches and details that usually drive husbands crazy. I would actually watch this one again.

Evan Roderick and Katie Findlay are wonderful in this romantic Hallmark Holiday film in which Katie's character Carley makes some New Year's Eve resolutions to change her life and then proceeds to not follow them until her best friend calls to say she is coming for Christmas and wants to know how many she has checked off her list. With limited time to do the items on her list, Carley enlists Wyatt...the boss's undeserving son who was given the job as Carley's boss...the job she should have been promoted too. Carley begins by quitting her job and Wyatt, who does know how to have a good time slowly gets Carley to loosen up as she gets him to wake up early to an alarm and read the analysis reports that make it on his desk.

This film was fun and not your typical Hallmark film. It was nice that both characters had something to offer the other...but what really made this a must see Hallmark Holiday film for 2023 was Katie Findlay and Evan Roderick. Somehow these two suited one another in the best way possible and their interactions were very natural, including their comic delivery. This is recommendation from me and one of the better Hallmark holiday films of 2023.