Christmas Truce

A friend of mine, who is a romantic, recommended this movie. Luckily, ION showed it one more time, and I was totally engrossed. The theme of the story is humanity, even in time of war. The movie illustrates how love can come in many forms--romance, brotherhood, family, compassion, etc. I loved the quotes by famous writers, especially the one about tomorrow by John Wayne. When I googled the Duke, I discovered several of his quotes. Although I read that there were errors in the film, I easily overlooked them for the sake of the story. As a writer myself, I've sometimes used artistic license as needed. If this movie comes out in DVD, I'll definitely buy it!

I did not plan on watching this movie. I had just turned off my work laptop after dealing with over stress. I turned on the TV and ended up at the beginning of this movie and I am so glad I did. It had me forget everything else but the movie and for that alone I appreciate the movie. For me, the movie was perfect. A good story, good acting, good camera work. There may have been a detail or two that was historically incorrect but I did not notice and I didn't care. I highly recommend this movie if you want a good story and sit back and relax in the Christmas spirit. It will become one of my favorite Christmas movies right up there with 'A Christmas Carol' which also had an inaccuracy (cameraman in glass). Best enjoyable time out I have had all season.

It's nice to see a Christmas movie that doesn't involve silly premises. World War II has been a forgotten war and I'd rather see a romance in that era than the same-old same-old Christmas formula set in LA or NYC.

Everybody makes fun of the Hallmark Christmas movies genre but this one takes a different tack. It is well acted and quite touching.

If you want historical or technical accuracy, apparently this isn't your movie. Watch the history channel. Over and above the technical inaccuracies, I did find the Captain's distractions from duty to be annoying. The story circumstances also seem completely unbelievable, but this is a Christmas movie, so go with it.

This movie is a different approach to Christmas romance. The romance is sweet. As to story, there is more conflict than the dozens of Christmas movies on the main Christmas movie channels, and it includies war violence. There is drama.

At certain points, the dialogue is a little high-brow or esoteric.

The ending? What can I say that's not a spoiler. I guess I can say it has the same good characteristics and bad as the rest of the movie.

Set behind the German lines in the Second World War, this is a story of a romance that blossoms in the build up to Christmas in 1944.

The very handsome Captain (Craig Olejnik) leads his troops to a remote house, where they are offered refuge and aid by a beautiful girl and her Mother.

The acting isn't always on form, but once again it is nice to see a seasonal film that doesn't follow the trend of many others. I actually think they could have made it longer and included more interaction with the rest of the platoon -their girls at home, etc, but as it is, it's just fine.

Sweet and simple, just like me.