A New Lease on Christmas

Becky gets hired by her roommate's dad to evict coffee shop owner Jake but she's falling for him. The confrontation over the secret occurs earlier than most movies, a little over half way. Up until then the story is pretty tame. The only exception I'll get to. After the confrontation things go a little crazy. The ending makes no sense in so many ways.

The Santa who rings his bell outside the coffee shop thinks he is the real thing. And he knows a lot of things about people that he should have no way of knowing and this from early in the movie.

Chemistry between the leads? Maybe. Problem is they didn't do that much together.

I saw this mess on ION TV yesterday while feeding my invalid mother her Christmas lunch. I don't believe how many people are singing the praises of this clumsy, awkward, deeply-cheesy-and-not-in-a-good-way awfulness.

I've watched a lot of Christmas movies over the years, and this is one of the worst I've seen.

The storyline was good, but the audio was terrible. Who ever the sound engineer was should never be used on another film until they learn that music is supposed to be included in the background and not drown out what the actors are saying. I would have thought that before releasing it for public viewing, someone would have watched it and noticed the audio problem. Not enjoyable when you watch a movie and need to have your remote control in your hand to constantly lower and increase the volume throughout the entire movie. I am sure that other viewers must have noticed that this was a problem. Other than the audio fiasco, the film was good.

Leigh Scott does it again producing a much needed film that's masterfully combines comedy, romance with the holiday season. Add this wonderful movie to your Christmas list. Highly recommended and our entire family gives it 10 stars!!!

Wanted to hate this movie as I'm not a fan of the formula plot. However, this one has just enough naughty in it to make it fun. The roommate and her shenanigans were like real life. I did end up really liking it but was devastated to learn that Santa passed after making this movie. He was the best part of it for me because I still believe in him!