As country-music star Laney Blu spends more time in her hometown, it becomes less and less like she remembered it.As country-music star Laney Blu spends more time in her hometown, it becomes less and less like she remembered it.As country-music star Laney Blu spends more time in her hometown, it becomes less and less like she remembered it.
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This one was cute, had heart and good music. I'd watch it again!!!
Enjoyed this movie as a holiday indulgence. Typical Lifetime feel good made for TV movie but a great story with a wholesome holiday message....................................................
Thanks for the positive feedback on our song that Laney sings at the end~ you can find "Mistletoe" by Sky Wyatt featuring Karen Lee Batten wherever you find your music. Happy Holidays!
Big city girl comes home and runs into old flame that she once abandoned (but maybe not totally one-sided). Like so many Lifetime movies this year, storm Meghan strands her and she can't get where she needs to be for her fading career. Meanwhile she remembers what she loved about home. Almost all of this has been done dozens of times, if not over a hundred times.
So what makes this different. Not much beyond a few songs by Hilty. I can't say the personalities were that appealing. Laney starts out totally self-centered, a little rude, and almost mean at times. Her relationship with Robby has no spark and is frankly boring. I didn't really care about that, or about her career developments either.
Teryl Rothery put in her usual great supporting role.
I'm glad that this movie takes advantage of the people with good voices and gives us some Christmas music. I wish more Christmas movies would do it and that the ones that do a little would do more.
The movie ends with several minutes of professional quality singing performances including a Christmas song that I was not previously familiar with.
So what makes this different. Not much beyond a few songs by Hilty. I can't say the personalities were that appealing. Laney starts out totally self-centered, a little rude, and almost mean at times. Her relationship with Robby has no spark and is frankly boring. I didn't really care about that, or about her career developments either.
Teryl Rothery put in her usual great supporting role.
I'm glad that this movie takes advantage of the people with good voices and gives us some Christmas music. I wish more Christmas movies would do it and that the ones that do a little would do more.
The movie ends with several minutes of professional quality singing performances including a Christmas song that I was not previously familiar with.
As soon as I watched this movie, I wanted to immediately watch it again. The music was great and it was nice to see the main actress actually know how to really sing and sing great! I googled her and found out she played the Patsy Cline part in the movie Patsy and Loretta. I had to watch that too. What a voice!! There actually was chemistry between her and the main man character. What a nice change for Hallmark movies. I have now watched this movie three times in three days and replayed the last part of the movie at least four more times. Love the two songs at the end.
Did you know
- TriviaThe mother's house was also a set in Hallmark's Father Christmas series. In some shots the beam with a painted phrase used as a plot point in the Father Christmas movies can be seen.
- Who played the mom in this movie? It looks like Teryl Rothery, but she's not listed in the cast nor is this movie listed on her filmography. None of the actresses listed on the cast list seem to be candidates for the character.
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