A Newport Christmas

This movie has strong echoes of Hallmark's A Timeless Christmas. Instead of the rich gentleman it is an heiress that travels forward. Both have houses turned into museums and the main characters of the future in each are involved in keeping visitors who visit said museum entertained. The instrument of the magical time travel is a comet in Newport and a clock combined with a Blue Moon in Timeless. There is a major difference. That is technically a spoiler but I saw it coming for about half the movie.

Personally, I find it hard for any duo to beat Erin Cahill and Ryan Pavey, but Nell Bichler and Wes Brown do an excellent job.

Brown and Bichler have good chemistry and they spend a lot of screentime together which is enjoyable.

This movie minimized something I find annoying in stories where a character is transported to another time or reality. Some amount of confusion is necessary, but many movies overdo that aspect and you think the characters are idiots for not putting the traveler in a loony bin because (s)he certainly appears crazy. In this story, the characters finding Ella figure it out very quickly and commit to helping her.

Ginna's character is awesome in this movie. She sells her character 100%. A strong willed turn of the century women who wants to do more for those less fortunate. She dreams big and learns not only that she will succeed but she also learns that she can fall in love and be loved.

Wes plays a that feels like love has passed him by. And that he may never find love. But in a short time he finds Ginnas character amazing. And soon admits she's amazing. It's not long these two obviously fall for each other.

Talia Robinson in her supporting role is wonderful. She really plays her character in a way so that she comes to life.

I don't want to get into the story as not knowing lets the script unwind naturally. It's well written for a Hallmark movie and one of the better scripts of the 2025 Christmas movie line up. 1 hour:20 minutes of fun.

By my count, this was Hallmark's fifth Christmas time travel movie, and was very similar to the one where the magic clock caused a businessman to leap forward in time and become a tour guide in his own home ... but a home he disappeared from decades before.

This movie followed the same storyline, and I'm not sure the ending followed its own logic, but we enjoyed it anyway. We'd certainly recommend watching it, and we'll probably watch it again.

However, similar to Candace Cameron Bure's time traveling nurse, this time a comet was the time-travel mechanism.

The lead actress played the "young Ann Margret;s character in "A Holiday Spectacular" a few years ago.

I love Wes Brown and always look forward to any movie he is in but had a difficult time with this one! The lead actress takes away from the movie and there is NO chemistry between her and "Nick"! I am sure I will watch the movie again just to watch Wes Brown and my opinion may change but I doubt it will!

I've watched many Hallmark movies over the past five years, and one thing I've learned is that ratings don't always reflect how personally meaningful a movie can be. This particular film stood out to me. Both main characters delivered strong performances-the male lead, whom I've seen in other roles, brought a refreshing and distinct energy to this character. I truly appreciated seeing this different side of his acting. The female lead was equally convincing and brought real heart to the story.

The time-travel element was handled thoughtfully, and the writing felt both creative and engaging. I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys well-crafted fiction. Personally, I'd like to imagine that maybe, just maybe-it isn't fiction after all.