Where Are You, Christmas?

Addy is going home for Christmas after his brother asked for it. She usually doesn't go back during this season so this is quite exciting for everyone. While having problems with her car she meets Hunter, a mechanic who is dealing with stuff of his own. She accidentally wishes Christmas doesn't exist and he is the only one who can help her. Funny.

Such a imaginative plot, one that I wasn't expecting but quite liked. Michael Rady never fails (at least for me) and I think Lyndsy Fonseca is quite funny and I hope she gets to make more movies.

Something I really like is that this movie kind of mocked Hallmark with two lines: one about the NYE's movies starting in June and at the end about someone falling in love and kissing like in those movies. Nothing bad just the truth.

For once, the actors playing the parents could actually be the leads parents. They always are so young. I felt this movie wasn't so much about romance but the Christmas spirit. In my opinion, the leads had few scenes for them to fall in love.

Not a favorite regarding the romance but overall, nice Christmas movie.

First of all, don't expect strict realism from this movie; it's more of a fantasy.

Once you accept that, I think it's really well done. There are a few sketchy and unexplained parts, such as how an app can grant a wish and erase the memory of Christmas from the entire world, but as I said, it's a fantasy. Lyndsy Fonseca, I think, was a great choice for this movie and I felt a great deal of sympathy and affinity for her character. When she first meets up with her romantic interest (Hunter), you can tell he is quite taken by her. And I can understand why.

I was impressed with the merging of color and black-and-white portions in the scenes, and I think it added a great deal to the film. It was also interesting to see how the normally good-hearted characters could be so easily portrayed as not so pleasant with the change in circumstances, particularly the father. The ending could probably have been written a little better, but overall it was an enjoyable movie and I'd probably watch it again.

This movie was, obviously, planned with great ambitions and its theme is perfect for Christmas. Addy, played by Lyndsy Fonseca, has lost proper balance in her life, focusing on material goals, and forgotten her Christmas spirit. Back to her hometown, once the epitome of Christmas yuletide, she finds her family and friends struggling with real life constraints that mar the seasonal joy. She wishes a life without Christmas and wakes up in a black and white world. The story leads us to understand that only finding real joy and love can bring (back) color to a drab life. In this production, the huge metaphor is carried far, perhaps too far. Situations are somewhat overblown and characters feel stereotyped, a bit empty. The love connection of Andy with the somber town mechanic, played by Michael Rady, is poorly developed and unconvincing, with minimal chemistry between the two. Essentially, the movie fails in the attempt to create the magic that could have resulted from the premises, with a more insightful script.

The wonderful metaphor of gray vs color life could have been a winning point, if it had not been stolen, and not so well played, from the successful 1998 movie 'Pleasantville'. In summary, I feel this film is watchable, family-friendly, great on intent, yet weakened by a less than inspired execution. Accepted that real sentiments and emotions provide color to our life, where are the colors in this movie?

Lynsy Fonseca has a future in Christmas movies and this outing shows that 2021's Next Stop, Christmas was not a fluke for her. That was one of the best outings of the year and I have a feeling this will be one of the best if this year.

The casting of the leads was spot on. While they're wasn't a crazy connection where they looked like they wanted to jump into bed, the connection they did have appeared genuine and was very sweet. He played the recluse well.

Obviously some lines were overly cheesy but the script seemed to be of a high quality, there were funny parts, endearing parts, realistic parts.

Some parts the production quality were really. Really bad. But it happens.

This is one I will likely watch again in future years.

First, nice story, very typical Hallmark (with can be a good thing). The two leads had great chem and were nice to watch together. Lyndsy was funny on her own and a better actor than some of the other Hallmark Heroines.

But there were too many problems to overcome for me to like this more.

1) Dad's constant passive aggressiveness toward his daughter. No wonder she doesn't come back more often. I know I wouldn't if I had face that barrage of attacks.

2) The green screen effects for a bunch of the fake backgrounds (in color or BW) were so cheap, I thought they were done with an iPhone. I guess if they had to blow their budget on the BW -> Color stuff, something else was going to suffer

3) Dad DOESN'T get his color after the heartfelt convo with daughter, but only when the rest of the town sings his praises... self-centered much?

4) Too much of a rip off of Pleasantville. My wife and I often play the "guess the movie it's based on", but this wasn't even subtle.

Good people in a less than good movie.