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In this film The dysfunctional Montgomery family go to their cabin for Christmas where a blizzard traps them inside. When the Tucker family arrives needing shelter, they are welcomed inside and remind the Montgomery family how to love each other.

The performance in this are fine. The little girl is cute. There is some very nice scenes in this film but the film in general isn't that great but it is worth watching.

The message in this film is "Communication" and "Life is meant to be enjoyed" I like the general message of the film which makes me recommend "Slightly".

Family safe but small children will be bored.

Only irritating part is the youngest girl. She must have been on helium before this film....the director should have took her aside and explained. I know she's in a lot of these films but she puts you off the film. The other actors play their parts well.

The story had huge potential but the execution was terrible.

The major characters of the Montgomery family were overplayed. My major impression of Judith was hiding in the background, if not in her bedroom, whining. We could have gotten the point that Charles was feeling the pressure with half the phone calls and running out the door. Jaeda Lily Miller is way cute, but even she overplayed the cute a little.

Scenes with the blue screen were clumsy and obvious. A scene where the family is walking in snow shoes is also clumsy. Among other things, the whole family walks a straight line, then turns a right angle and walks toward the camera, all of this in a totally open and flat field of snow.

The message at the heart of the movie was a good one especially for the holiday season. There are touching moments as a result. There was nice twist at the end, but even that is executed clumsily. It was good that the movie provided foreshadowed clues for the twist. I'm not sure if they provided too many clues.

This was a cute movie except for the little girl whose voice ruined the movie. Why she was the center of it I have no idea.

Such a heartwarming movie, a movie you want to watch with the whole family

This movie is clearly a B movie. And it is as good as a B movie now is.

Judith comes across as unfair towards Charles. They're both to blame for their faulty marriage but Judith gives Charles all the blame. This makes her come across as a bit of an annoyance.

And then we have Emily. She serves as the narrator in a way and we see the movie from her perspective. I can not comprehend how it's possible to make a character that annoying. I really wish she wasn't the one narrating but eh it's okay if you're fine with loud attention-seeking kids.

Regardless of the sometimes annoying characters this story really had potential. And it's even fairly enjoyable. It would probably have been better if they did not absolutely over explain the ending as if this movie was intended for 2 year olds AND drop massive hints that reveals it pretty much right away. But still it's a rather cute family Christmas movie that is worth a watch... Maybe.

The ending of this movie was obvious from the title. Throughout the movie, the acting was kind of cringy and the Montgomery family was concerning. The mother was very self-absorbed and there were some points during the movie were I actually felt bad for Joe, the father. Alexander and Jennifer were fine characters, but they had absolutely no storyline. The best character was definitely Judith. The message was really sweet, but poorly executed.

Wow this movie sucked. It was so awful I could not turn away. Bad acting, worse script yet highly compelling. Characters are soooo fake. Merry Cringemas everyone!

I don't know if it was the writers or the director that killed the storyline. The little girl was the only endearing character.

The Tucker's show up at the cabin in the woods wrapped in their personal blankets trying to stay warm and say it took them 2 hours to walk in the snow to reach the cabin. They followed the lights in the house to get there. Now when they go to leave, they don't have their blankets with them and the oh so loving reformed dad doesn't offer his new found saviors a freakin' ride to their car! It was a 2 hour walk! My take away from the movie is never be like the Montgomery family.

Other review said Montgomery meant Tuckers they are amazing what a wonderful family . Chris Potter and Kristy Swanson the Montgomerys are so distant but the cabin brought them all together

A family on the verge of a break up have their lives turned around when they take in another family for Christmas.

Unfortunately, I found this Christmas offering to be way too cheesy even for this genre. The writing is lazy, trite and predictable and the acting from all concerned leaves something to be desired. Rather than leave me with a warm glow this just made me feel intensely irritated.

The only plus points are the scenery at the very beginning and the cabin they stay in looks great. Apart from that there was nothing appealing about this film at all. I kept hoping it would improve but if anything it just got worse especially with the ridiculously over the top music at the moments of 'high drama'. Just when you think it can't get worse you have the most pathetic and dishonest endings I've ever seen.

There are hundreds of Christmas TV movies and every one of them is better than this garbage. Even for fans of the genre this one is going to be harder to swallow than a stale Turkey sandwich. Do yourself a favour and skip this one.

The Tuckers should have had a better ending, this movie was disappointing.

I'm a die-hard, bleeding heart, gullible sucker for the entire season of Christmas movies. But this one? This one made me take the time to sign into IMDb (hardly ever do), in case "telling my story can save one other person from making the same mistake I did".

Do yourself a favor, and I dislike being so negative and mean spirited towards those who made this film, but give this one a pass. Even the Folgers Coffee shots in that insipid Mariah Carey Christmas movie can't hold a candle to this vapid production. So many obvious errors/goofs, so corny, so bad...

On a positive note, the actor who plays Joe is handsome and sexy.

I don't like Chris Potter as an actor in anything especially in one of my favorite shows, HEARTLAND. This here is a great movie though. Anybody who watches this movie should really pay attention to this movie. In this day and age the life lessons in this movie centered on family really needs to be focused on. Especially to the younger generations and children these days. People seem to have forgotten what family is all about and what it should be. I'm only 44 and I was born in 1974 so growing up in the late 70s and 80s and early 90s seems to be the last generation(s) that cared about what family is all about and how family should treat each other.

I really enjoy Christmas tales and even enjoy some of them when they get a bit gloopy but in my opinion through the entire movie I failed to be moved in any sympathetic way whatsoever towards the Montgomery parents (Kristy Swanson and Chris Potter) and thought that her character was blubby to say the least when she should have taken hold of the situation just as a mum for the sake of the kids and he came over as a guy that was selfish to the extreme and showed his children no emotion whatsoever. Then the Tucker family turned up at the door to the cottage with their entourage of kids and they were allowed entry as total strangers through the door with no questions asked as to who they were or what they were doing. It got better when pa Montgomery went out to the car in the middle of a raging storm and got hit by a tree. I thought he'd gone to the car to try and charge his cell phone but it turned out to be otherwise. I'm not going to put any spoilers in as seeing this movie is beyond belief to the extreme and you have to watch it for yourselves but I suspect that the ending was thrown in as an afterthought to cut it all off abruptly and stop any further money being spent on filming. I could go on for ages because I really enjoy movies of all genres but this was dross even for a TV Movie and bore no relationship to real life behaviour in my life experience

19 November 2017. It's not often one comes across a made for television Christmas show that really hits home, but Angels in the Snow manages to do just that. The emotional turmoil is well portrayed in more subtle tones than the typical melodramatic distraught family. Chris Potter as the father and husband does a superb job of inwardly directing his portrayal as well as presenting an outward persona of both insolence and personal pain. Just one example is a brief shot of his expression of concerned anticipation waiting to see his wife's reaction when they reach the huge cabin he had built. There is seemingly as feeling of magic in this movie along with a valuable message of the importance of the Christmas spirit. The storyline is tight, the interactions between family members and strangers are full of meaning and even the critical dramatic highlights are believable and explained satisfactorily. Even coming in at a short 90 minutes, the movie seemed to extend itself comfortably much longer. A movie not to be missed.

A decent movie ruined and destroyed by a horrible last 10 minutes absolutely ludicrous and downbeat ending.