Christmas on Chestnut Street

This is a fun (and funny) Christmas TV movie. There are not a ton of comedy Christmas films out there (tons of rom-coms but those Hallmark type movies are way more drama than comedy in my opinion) but this was a pretty good one. I'm surprised there is not more love out there for this little TV movie, it's charming!

If the boring plot and bad acting isn't bad enough. The poor camera work is. It is always visible that the camera man is walking and at one point even trips up. The story is boring and dull and there is no exciting twists or turns throughout the film. It is advertised as a family comedy but i did not once laugh. The music played in the background whilst the characters are speaking does not match at all which gets annoying. The actors are poor and do not work well with the story. This is by far the worst film to watch on Christmas with the family, you will be bored and wish you had watched something else, like Santa Claus. I hope you have found this advise useful and that you choose to use it.

Please be aware if you have small kids that this middling background noise worthy TV movie asserts the ridiculous notion that there is absolutely no such thing as Santa Claus. Besides that, it's fairly typical for its genre.

I honestly really loved this movie, and I am disappointed to see so many awful reviews! Although there are parts that display poor camera work and acting, as a whole, I thought the story was very well done and the message was quite touching! This movie has a bit of a Hallmark feel to it, but overall it was a great family film! There are bits of comedy and romance, and the ending made a great point about the true reason for the season, the birth of Jesus! I will definitely be watching this movie for many Christmases to come! I'm so thankful I stumbled across this one! You should definitely give it a chance, and I hope it blesses your heart just as it blessed mine!

This movie relies heavily on physical comedy, especially people fighting over the contest. It also uses a lot of exaggeration, sarcasm, and innuendo. It's satirical in part. This kind of movie must be judged differently than romance or drama, especially the acting.

I'm not a fan of this type of movie, but I stuck to it to see if it was as bad, or as good, as some of the other reviewers. I think this movie is somewhere in between. It was more annoying at times than funny, but it did have a certain kind of humor. Especially annoying is the constant tender music as background to the arguing and fighting. It was like fingernails raking and old fashioned blackboard.

Even the antagonism between the leads, leading to romantic tension, was a little too exaggerated. But there is some romance.

BTW: the obvious fire hazard of the open candles right on top of the hay was so ridiculous it was funny.

In short, I think that so many things were overdone, too much. The constant negativity took away from the humor. Besides that, the dad's Alzheimer's was exploited.