Baking Spirits Bright

Excellent movie. It's so refreshing to see a Christmas movie with a South Asian family and lead. Loved the family dynamic. They were funny, playful, irreverent without being stereotypical--felt like my family. Also loved all the cultural references and learning about the Kerala cake. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, I don't agree that the couple did not have chemistry. It's just a different stage of life kind of love--which I enjoyed. It's a more mature kind of love, where you appreciate that they are stable as much as the fact that they are cute. Frankly, I found it refreshing to see them fall in love in the small details and quiet moments. So refreshing. Great job cast! Watched it again for the 2nd year in a row.

This movie was hard to watch because they lack chemistry. She kept disrespecting this grown man who was simply hired to do a job. The fruitcake idea is kinda lame too. I wish they had a better storyline.

It was not bad my issue us with a review being allowed to stay up when it is homophobic. Other reviews made by same reviewer indicate the same thing. Thus is not acceptable.

Rekha Sharma is just not an actor able to represent change and growth in a character without coming across as grating and obnoxious. No chemistry with Dion Johnstone at all and I just could not get into this film. Representing women in this fashion is beyond insulting and irritating.....

The Christmas cake theme could have been fun instead it was irritating to the max.

The concept of trying to make Christmas fruitcake cool again is a terrific script concept, and they make the most of it, but the minor characters are minor and unidimensional and make the storyline thin, and Miss Sharma (who tries really hard) has no chemistry with the male lead. Her comment about what she'd teach her child - when that happens - seems a bit odd for a woman who is at least in her mid-40s. While the film has some original aspects, execution is often contrived and awkward, and Miss Sharma's talent is wasted.