A Christmas Star

My astronomy-loving husband and I both LOVED this movie. It focused on the relationship between the characters and not just a superficial "romance." It also showed realistic problem-solving involving the differences in the characters lives. My favorite 2021 GAC Christmas movie!

This movie is as good or better as typical Hallmark romances. I, too, was initially drawn because of Daniel Lissing, but I found Sara Canning every bit as engaging. (If you liked this movie, you might try "The Christmas Temp" with Canning and Robin Dunne.)

"No chemistry" according to some reviews? Hogwash! The chemistry was palpable (do you not speak " body language").

Weak script? Hey, it is a tradition romance: the plot and outcome were predictable the moment both characters were introduced. We watch it for the personalities and their chemistry. Sloppy astronomy? Very obvious, but I suspend disbelief with these movies anyway, so only a minor irritant.

This movie was a keeper for me.

The premise was a promising one and the setting was quite unique for a Christmas film. Have liked the leads in other things too, with more familiarity with Daniel Lissing. So this average rating and mixed feelings review has not been given as someone who hates Christmas or who had the intent to hate it, actually the complete opposite on both counts. Despite the basic formula story wise being not much new, there was still a lot of promise because of being intrigued by how it would work around the setting.

'A Christmas Star' was one of those mixed feelings sort of films. It is not a terrible film and there are far worse films out there. It is also not particularly good and could have done more with the premise and the setting, it also ends a lot weaker than how it starts. 2021 was a very up and down year for Christmas films, of which this is neither one of the best or worst, and of GAC Family's films of the ones seen it's not near as good as 'Much Ado About Christmas' but is much better than 'The Great Christmas Switch'.

Will start with 'A Christmas Star's' good things. It is nicely photographed and has a quite magical atmosphere in its best parts. Always love nostalgic festive soundtracks, and 'A Christmas Star' is no exception to that. There is nothing mean-spirited about it and there are moments of charm and heart.

Lissing does a nice subtly charismatic amiable job in the male lead role and most of the cast are fine despite having to work with stereotypical roles. The film starts off very well and really liked the setting.

Sarah Canning however came over as very stiff and the chemistry between her and Lissing is very uneven, with it generally needing a lot more spark. The dialogue has its moments but really could have done with more energy and too much is very forced and cheesy. The direction tends to be routine.

Furthermore, the story is the kind that starts off well but the second half is too conventional and silly and then rounded off with an unrealistically over neat cop out passing for an ending.

Concluding, watchable but far from great. 5/10.

GAC Family has put out once again a wonderful Christmas Movie called A Christmas Star. The two stars that were in the movie are Daniel Lissing from When Calls The Heart and Sara Canning from the Vampire Diaries. The Director of the movie is Jessica Harmon. She did such a phenomenal job at directing , picking the location to shoot. Well done Jessica and also picking the BEST actors to star in it.

A Christmas Star is one of Daniel Lissing's best Christmas Movie he has ever done in his career. Sine he movies to GAC Family Network I think his career has skyrocketed. This is the best move that Dan could have ever done. He was o phenomenonal on When Calls the Heart as Jack Thornton, but this by far is the BEST movie and Character he has ever played. He shows the soft side of him and it shows how diverse Dan is. He can play any character good or bad and he makes you love that character. Thank you Dan.

I absolutely love this movie and recommend it to families to watch and get to know Dan. Well done well done.

Sara Canning as Madeline wow this was her BEST work she has ever done in my book. Sara showed us that you can find love in the right place at the right time as Madeline. Sara has a diverse career. I mean she can play any character and you love that character. Sara played on the vampire diaries, Kevel 16, the right kind of wrong etc..

Dan and Sara the BEST work I have seen you do. Thank you.

I recommend you watching the movie.

Most of the reviews here are not helpful. Some of the reviewers don't even know what network produced the film, so how attentive were they? In my opinion this was a decent movie, with two good leading actors. I really like Sara Canning, and will watch anything she stars in. I also like Daniel Lissing, but I confess he was not as good in this one as in, say, A December Bride.

Sure, the plot of this movie could have been better. People have pointed out the technical errors, but these are common in romance movies. Depending on one's vocation or avocation, it is likely someone will spot mistakes in the technical aspects of films like this. But do you really watch romance movies for the technical expertise? I suspect not, and if someone is complaining about that, they are likely just bragging about how much they know about a given subject.

A good romance movie needs two likeable stars, an engaging story, co-stars that are not too irritating, and a happy ending.