Christmas Love Letter (2019)-
Tilky Jones as Ian is clearly the best option for her right from the start. Apart from being the hottest of the fellas she had to choose from, he's also the nicest and most normal, but as usual, the female lead character is a bit too shallow and self absorbed to see it (Who keeps writing these women like this?), so who will she end up with?
There is at least a small amount of doubt, which is nice for change and the general story as a whole is at least a different concept from the usual Girl meets boy and then falls out with boy, before he proves that she was a stupid cow to think that he was being anything but genuine with her all the time, but it would be good if the writers could have you guessing who she would end up with all the way along instead, in a kind of dating show way. Who will she eventually give her flower to, Etc. They'd all have potential and it wouldn't be obvious that the one with the dodgy laugh or terrible dress sense isn't going to cut it.
The biggest issue with these Christmas films is that they are so formulaic that you know exactly what is going to go down within the first fifteen minutes. It's time for a rethink in my opinion.
I personally would love to have 3 or 4 men all wanting my attention, but no such luck. Actually at this stage even one would be nice?
The film is well made and it's just a shame that some of the actors are made to be caricatures and a bit over the top. Ashley Newborough as Amalie didn't endear herself to me and the robot dog is a bit ridiculous, but there is a warmth and sweetness about it.
6.5ish?/10.
