Christmas in Pine Valley

Christmas In Pine Valley (2022) -

Andrew Biernat was very handsome, but alas he was not enough to keep me watching this film for that long.

I found it hard to believe that an article on a small family run farm business would take days to achieve or that any magazine would pay the costs to have him stay for a week at Christmas to write it, regardless of the previous errors in his writing. I'd be surprised if an article like that took more than an hour for interviewing and a few hours to write and it would have been written months in advance anyway.

The panic that ensued after leading lady Kristina Cole as Natalie realised that they weren't actually the family business that she had been suggesting online, but a rag tag bunch (Who would undoubtedly have considered themselves a family by the end of the film if I could have watched it that far) was farcical and these deceitful films are really getting tedious, because they lack any imagination and are more predictable than ever, having been done so many times and none of them that successfully in my opinion.

I also hate dishonesty and the ridiculousness that followed to maintain the lie when the truth would work just as well. So when it got to the lie about Natalie getting married I had to turn it off. It was just another deception on top of what was already too much.

And it may seem picky, but some of the decorations were very basic and tatty and it was incredibly obvious that they hadn't put much time or thought in to the set dressings or for that matter the film as a whole.

Natalie was over the top and Josh was quite boring and not played by the best actor. It was a good job he was so pretty and that was the only reason I made it as far as I did with this one.

Unscored as unfinished.

This had potential with a fun cast of characters running the business. However, the actor playing the reporter ruined this for us. He was not only a poor actor but also offensive and gruff. In what should have been a fun interview of how the older "couple" met, he kept on asking "and then?" which was annoying since they already answered his question. If he wanted more details, he should have asked follow-up questions like, "that must have taken you by surprise, or what did your family think? The female lead chose to stay in character with her overacting, phony, fast-talking bit which was completely devoid of humor and charm. Lies are always tricky and they have to be executed in a way that is not only funny but endearing. Again, this missed both marks. Instead of telling the truth to the distributor, the female coworker stepped on the lead's foot, then she kept hitting her in the side. Nothing funny about that, it actually made me wish the lead hit her back since she was being annoying. All this within the first 20 minutes before we turned it off.

This movie had so much wrong with it I wouldn't know where to start. Awful acting by leading lady, she seemed so fake and overacting every scene and line you just can't find yourself caring about her at all. There was ridiculously corny, terrible dialogue and even the filming left a lot to be desired ....I kept hoping it would get better. I can't imagine this channel will last long with this kind of production garbage. The supporting characters storylines should have been developed more as they were more interesting and their acting was much better. Save yourself the agony and find some paint to watch dry. It will be more entertaining.

I love Christmas movies and I'm one who will watch a movie to the end no matter how bad it is. But I just couldn't with this one! I couldn't get past the stiff acting of Andrew Biernat. I'm not an actor and I know everyone needs to start somewhere but he's just not ready for movies. I forced myself to watch 30 minutes but it seemed like 3 hours.

The premise of this movie could have been really fun but the dialog wasn't clever and many scenes were awkward. The lead actress tried but couldn't hold her own. The best friend should have played the lead. I love Christmas movies, even the corny ones but I just couldn't get passed everything that's wrong with this one.

Do yourself a favor and forget about this Christmas movie.

I write my reviews as if I'm talking to my grandmother, so I always try to find something nice to say.

I think I would have to tell her to watch Gilligan instead.

The plot involves a small company selling hand made products from a farm who inadvertently create the impression they are a family, and are forced to carry out the deception in order to obtain the big order that will save them from foreclosure.

The lead actress is ok, she has her moments, but the leading man is basically a male model type who has yet to learn the acting craft.

I did enjoy the "sister" character, and some of the scenes involving wood-chopping and jealousy were almost amusing, but the plot was trite and the ending illogical and forced.

I can understand why GAC buried this one in mid-November.

Sorry, that's as nice as I can be.