Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses

A combination of home renovation and a Christmas movie is a good idea but there isn't much of a decor reveal here. Good to see Matt Davis out of the Vampire Diaries universe. He's convincing as the big CEO. Jill Wagner is a pleasant and an intelligent looking actress. A nice change from the over perkiness of some Hallmark Christmas movies. Donna Mills looks science fiction young. Didn't quite see them falling in love before the end.

Okay watch.

Enjoyed it but of course we had: 1) Interrupted kisses 2)precocious kid 3)snow right on cue at the end 4)2 interested guys Enjoyed the leads, need to see more of them and less Lacey, Candace and Danica.

Abby is a designer who hasn't designed in a while and Nick is a business man who needs a decorator. His mother suggests Abby for the job, and she gets it. Now, all Abby needs is Nick's help: to know what he likes, what he doesn't, what budget she has to work with, etc. And you know who this thing goes, this ice-cold successful man starts spending time with the cheery female lead and turns his world upside down.

I liked it. Jill Wagner is becoming one of my favorite Hallmark ladies, she shines in every movie. I wasn't sure about watching this at first because the title sounded SO corny but I'm glad I did. The child is adorable. I wasn't convinced at first by Matthew but he grew on me by the end. Chemistry? Yes. Not the best in my opinion, but Jill somehow always makes it work.

The plot made sense. Not major plot holes to complain about. There were cute scenes between the leads, not maybe as much as I'd like it to...

Anyway (I'm writing this in a rush, honestly) watch it. Jill Wagner is great. Maybe not THE Christmas movie of the year, but definitely worth it.

You feel it different. Sure, it is pure Halmark but its predactibility is well used, the chemistry between main actors works, the kid is just perfect and Donna Mills gives good portrait of mother anf friend , D. Hinton is the dreamed wise father and Jill Wagner is there in admirable form. So , more than the expected nice.

Matthew Davis' role calls for a drab, joyless character. Unfortunately, he does too well in meeting this requirement.

Jill Wagner has been popular in a string of these Hallmark Christmas movies, and got her own movie series this year (2019) in Murder 101. We like her better in that series than her Christmas roles. The director only allows her one scene of real life here, where she becomes angry when she thinks her time has been wasted in preparing for a meeting where she felt it was preordained that she be turned down for the job.

Darby Hinton, who played Daniel Boone's son as a child in the 60s, and later played the humorous Cody Abilene in the racy Malibu Express, is present more as a curiosity than a major player, though he has a long career on stage and screen to draw from.

This won't be on our rewatch list.