Christmas in Maple Hills

Good actors. Poor script which makes the story line fall way short. The movie plods along in a mundane plot line with no side plots, distractors, MacGuffins or anything to add some character to the movie. Each scene is quite sterile with minimal characters, action and emotion. It seems as if the producers limited cost by avoiding extras and scenery. Without interesting dialogue, the writers easily whipped out some lines and left it at that.

The female lead supposedly grew up on a ranch but comes across as a city girl. I could not believe she was a country girl who loved the outdoors and farm life. A basic plot is the determination of who actually owns the land. However, from the beginning, I never had any emotional tie to idea of the lead losing her family land and being evicted. No suspense at all as to how the ending would play out.

Good story line that falls way short in entertaining. So much potential. So little result.