A Biltmore Christmas

I know time travel has been done a few times in Hallmark Christmas movies but never has it been so refreshing and heartwarming! First Bethany Joy and Kristopher are two of my faves and their chemistry is such a good match. The writing of the script gets a huge A+ as the quips they exchanged and the whole storyline was all so beautiful.

The location and costumes and words all combined to give us such a modern take on the old movies including the slightly over the top acting that is reminiscent of the movie era.

They knocked it out of the park with this one. You come away with your heart filled with Christmas spirit. Great movie!

A really lovely movie. Beautifully filmed and acted. The pace was perfection, the costumes were wonderful. The leads had great chemistry, indeed, the whole cast was amazing. Hallmark seems to do very well with time related and/or historic venue movies. The settings and ambience add something very special. A Timeless Christmas, Christmas at the Ritz, and Jolly Good Christmas are some of my favorites. These movies have a sense of magic and beauty that a lot of the silly, semi-romantic comedies seem to gloss over. Even if moments are predictable., I still wanted to see them acted out. Thank you, Hallmark, for Christmas Magic.

I have been waiting for this movie since the first trailer I saw for it. I love the Biltmore. I love Bethany Lenz. I love Kristoffer Polaha. But I could not have imagined the absolute magic that they would create in this movie. The writing far surpasses any Christmas Hallmark movie I've ever seen (and I've seen them all.) The device for the time travel is ingenious and used with both humor and pathos. The 1947 sets and costumes are gorgeous. The acting feels like a major release movie instead of tv. I laughed and cried. I can't wait to watch again to catch more - there's so much to absorb in every scene. Thank you and congratulations to Hallmark for creating a new Christmas classic.

As a Hallmark superfan, I've seen a LOT of their Christmas offerings. Some good, a lot mediocre, others bad, some I didn't even finish! But there are very few that I call masterpieces.

This. Is. A. Masterpiece.

The old Hollywood fan in me was so thrilled to see the little references here and there to the stars of the day, and even some recreations of scenes from popular films (Jack moving in sync with the elevator door once he sees Lucy again is an homage to the impeccable Cary Grant in My Favorite Wife!). I think what made this film so utterly sweet, charming and captivating, and miles above what we're usually treated to by Hallmark, is the amount of HEART it has.

Joy Lenz and Polaha have so much chemistry as Lucy and Jack; nothing feels forced. The supporting cast is funny and witty, and a perfect compliment to the leads. Above all, there are no gimmicks...no Christmas parades, no paper-thin reasons for giving up on the relationship, no overzealous, Christmas crazed townsfolk...just what feels like real people, fated to be together and deserving of a happy ending. The end made me weep openly, and I had no shame about it.

Thank you Hallmark for doing this film, and please do many more like this! Because you've got yourselves a hit.

Call me crazy, call this hyperbole, but, this is one of the finest if not THE finest Hallmark Christmas Movies I have ever seen. Clever and creative and oozing with charm and real romance and Christmas joy that does not feel forced or a pale carbon copy of a movie they have already made six dozen times. The two leads give outstanding performances and have sensational chemistry and all of the supporting players have a great time playing with the 1940s parlance and style. In an abstract way, one could almost think of this as a riff of the weepy romantic classic Somewhere in Time, but, with the genders reversed. This is the third movie Hallmark has put out in 2023 that has surpassed my expectations. This is really interfering with my annual holiday tradition of Hate Watching the mediocre ones! Highly recommended, even if you think you don't like Hallmark Christmas Movies!