Christmas in Scotland

The Scotish town is, obvious, the main star of this good intentioned Christmas film but bad served by script and by acting.

Cliches and nothing more. That seems be all, not exactly smart used.

The recipe is more than familiar and American - European clash not so inspired used.

But, with some serious indulgence, a pretty easy film about a conservative man - his transformation is jus unrealistic - , a free spirit young woman, a town decorated for a Christmas contest and the so predictable end. And, indeed, a beautiful castle and a good fist of historical informations.

Enough for balls of thoughts about ordinary problems, for nice images of town and for very - very easy entertainment.

The good point, in my case, nice job of Caroline Deyga. Is it enough ?

În fact, can you expect more ?

A beautiful location in Scotland, but it can't make up for another garbage script from Reel One Entertainment. Their motto is "Quantity over Quality", they just keep churning them out from January to December. A good movie starts with a good script, but that's not a priority for Reel One.

If their writers want to learn something, 2021's movie "A Castle for Christmas" starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes worked because the script was good, along with the acting. It was funny and had some dramatic moments. Hallmark's 2023 "A Merry Scottish Christmas" didn't work as well, but it's still better than this Reel One disaster.

There were some good actors like Lewis Howden, among the leads Watters was much better than Winternitz.

Scottish person here. Unfortunately this nonsense is just a load of hokey drivel. The storyline is the usual - woman meets guy from a posh family then changes the (long ignored) local Christmas celebrations into something 'new and exciting'....except they're not. Unfortunately the two lead actors aren't particularly charismatic. I doubt anyone cared whether they fell in love, or not.

You can't just film a few old fashioned locations and pretend they're interesting. I suppose the Americans who made this guff think it's quaint. It's not. It's just boring. There's no warmth or excitement. All very predictable.

I watched the whole movie, and found it partly good and partly bad. Of the acting, only one actor was truly terrible. A couple were not great, but passable, and most were fully believable. The two leads were pretty good, he better than she. The story, as with most others like this, was predictable. But so what!

The film had a certain charm, and if you could overlook the over-obvious reactions of the laird to just about everything, the story was very affirming. A feel good movie.

I have a few quibbles with some of the direction and decisions, like the male lead's hair was always a mess. The young girl (the laird's granddaughter) was sweet and a good actor to boot. Anyway, overall, it was definitely better than some reviewers thought.

I'm always very apprehensive about US movie makers doing UK-set movies as they are never very accurate. This one does have some British actors, which makes a real difference. There could be more use of Scottish landscape / locations to have better impact. Whilst I have some niggles with the detail, I totally empathise with the multi-generation juggle - there's a good mix of ages, and it's nice to have the young niece rather than yet another bereaved kid and widow(er) situation. With several characters over 50, I won't grow out it like others so would watch again. If you want more about Lairds, watch the UK-made Monarch of the Glen.