Rock and Roll Christmas

Where did this title come from? How do you get rock and roll Christmas out of a country singing, Judds wannabe duo???? The acting is awful!! The writing is awful!!! The idea train for these so called Christmas movies have rolled off unattended!! A Christmas movie is supposed to be about CHRISTMAS, not singing or romance!! 98% of these TV "Christmas movies" only have the setting at Christmas!! How is a country duo Christmas when they are having spats with each other?? Christmas Vacation, Miracle On 34th Street, A Christmas Story are all focused on CHRISTMAS/SANTA!! It's time to head to the drawing board & give us actual Christmas movies!!

This movie was super cute, . There was a lot of bickering between Mom and Daughter. There was a little sadness but overall this movie was upbeat and ended up with a beautiful with a message of friendship, loyalty, and hope. LOVED IT James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 12/14/2020

Whether it is easy to not take 'Rock and Roll Christmas' (love anything music related so the premise appealed) and similar films seriously is dependent on whether the good things outweigh the bad and vice versa. Dependent on how many flaws there are and how big they are. And dependent on how well the film executed its good things. In some cases it is easy to not take it too seriously. In other cases it is very distracting when there are so many annoyances and done to an incompetent level.

'Rock and Roll Christmas' is not one of those films. It does have things wrong with it, then again when has a Hallmark, UPTV or Lifetime festive film (or similar) been perfect, and the flaws are a few of the usual ones. 'Rock and Roll Christmas' does achieve its aims though at being undemanding light-hearted entertainment that has charm and heart. It doesn't quite rock, but it doesn't roll with a thud at the same time. Anybody who loves anything to do with music and who relates to the premise should check it out.

It is not flawless. It is agreed that the bickering is too much, there is too much of it and a lot of it came over as too forced and over-heated. Also didn't buy the sudden out of nowhere 180 that happens with the two lead characters, going from self-absorbed and hurting people around them to being the complete opposite very late on with little build up and like what happened before did not happen felt far too rushed and far too neat.

The story is very slight and very predictable, everything that happens happening exactly what was expected and being obvious well in advance. Beverly Mitchell did have some stiff moments early on.

She does relax though and gives a deeply felt performance that saw her having fun at other points too. She has great and easy to relate to chemistry between Catherine Mary Stuart, who brings pretty much the same while being more comfortable. The best performance comes from charming and honest Kelaiah Giuel as the most likeable character in the film and her chemistry with the two is very natural and genuine.

It looks good too, especially the scenery, and the soundtrack is catchy and puts one in a good festive mood (wish though there were more renditions done in full). The writing is not great to begin with, but is very well meaning and with a heart of gold while also not being over-serious. The story is predictable and is not believable at the end, but is mostly charming, sincere and heart-warming with some nice light-hearted-ness when necessary. The characters on the whole feel real once the bickering dies down and Mitchell's character relaxes.

Overall, above average film if not a great one. 6/10.

Yes I know Beverley Mitchell has long since moved on from 7th Heaven, but that doesn't change the fact that I always loved her and in later years she was probably the reason I kept watching.

I wish I could say I thought she did a marvelous job on this movie, but I thought her acting was fair, maybe not even that. But even so, to me, she was Lucy grown up. She sings several times with her on-screen mother and is passable as a country music star.

I enjoyed this movie because it is peppered with performances of several Christmas classics and one original song which was a little catchy. I have said in other Christmas reviews that I would like to see more movies with extended singing and this is exactly what I mean.

The story is different from the dozens of others airing on several 24/7 Christmas stations. It's not unique, but the mother/daughter aspect helps it stand out a little from the few other singing-star-come-back movies.

There is plenty of conflict and chaos since both of the older Rose women are stubborn and each clings to the hurts of the past. The granddaughter Riley is central as she attempts to make peace.

There's a romance aspect as both of the older Rose women have men interested in them.

This is UpTV and so there is a good deal of cheesiness. For me, that is a plus to a point and this movie stayed below the negative threshold for schmaltz. The main theme seems to be the value of family at Christmas. The ending tweaked my tear ducts a little even though I was sure of what I expected to happen.

Because I enjoy the whole cringe secondhand embarrassment effect that these kinds of movies bring. It was okay. It was just so hard to watch. The acting, the story, the characters. If I lived in a world with people like this, I might have to jump in front of a train. But it was entertaining. Which was my point, kind of like watching a Ron Popiel infomercial in the middle of the night with the "set it and forget it" audience ooooh's and ahhhhh's haha paid programming. Used to make me want to kick my tv in a good way. These movies are just always cringe and unrealistic which is great when that's what you're going for, otherwise I don't see why anyone would bother since they are so bad!