A Winter Getaway

Not for acting, not for story itself , not for the too sweet end it is not bad to see this film but for details, from curling, art gallery, beer and old game of apparences. And, off course, for landscapes. It is just a correct Hallmark film, predictable, nice and reduced at theoretical chemistry between main characters.

I never realized there was such a thing as a personal travel concierge, but I guess the premise isn't that much different than say a party planner. Can't say that switching an average Joe for a billionaire is that common for a premise, but still the whole thing wasn't that unusual. Then there is what I call "the hanging lie" or "hanging secret". That always goes the same way - you know what's going to happen. There were no great highs or lows or big surprises.

Nazneen Contractor and Brooks Darnell were both new to me this past Christmas season and I can't say either one impressed me in the combined four previous movies I've seen with one or the other. But something connected for me in this movie. I guess that's what chemistry is between the leads. I also enjoyed Erik Athavale's part as Gabe. (Interesting that he's reunited with Darnell.)

I just plain enjoyed the movie. I enjoyed going along for the ride.

Hallmark often has great winter scenery which is true again.

I found the music to be so annoying. In several scenes I could not hear what the actors were saying over the VERY LOUD music!

Courtney works as a VIP concierge (is that even a thing? if so, where can I drop my CV?) and is given a job to go to the mountains with a guy named Joe Franklin. However, there is something Joe is hiding from her: who he really is.

It literally took me 24hs to watch this (I kept being distracted by you know, real life, sleep, work, and even a Turkish show, seriously). I did pay attention (mostly) but... honestly? It bored me a little bit. I liked the leads, they had good chemistry and enough scenes to make the romance believable.

(It's funny how her professionalism flew out the window as soon as he asked her to come with him. It didn't took much convincing. That being said, he is so charming, I would probably go with him as soon as he asked too.)

I love winter movies, we saw curling, we saw the leads skiing, we saw dog sledding and the views were pretty.

The plot was okay. I understand why Joe hesitated to tell her the truth and it's a forgivable excuse, and I think Courtney took it quite well, while it was a problem, it wasn't something serious.

And most reviewers are right, the music, specially in the final scene, was too loud, I could barely hear what they said.

Eh...could tell from the beginning we were not going to be excited about this movie, but we hung in there. Everything flowed right off the pages of the script. I was multi-tasking as the movie went progressed. I didn't really feel any chemistry. The two leads were OK, but there was no pop.

Watch it, enjoy the scenery and make up your own minds.