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If I'd just read the previous reviews, I never would have watched this movie. But, the premise sounded interesting and the colorfulness of a Mexican-American Christmas sounded fun. I like how the circumstances brought the two lead characters together and isn't that just how so many love stories begin? They reminded me of a real-life couple I know that have been married for over 40 years and no one would have stereotypically matched them since they were from different heritages and completely different body types. LIfe and love are much more interesting when you let love find you. One criticism is the singing at one of the piano scenes was really flat. I blame that on the director. If the singing is flat in a scene... cut it.

We need Milo in more movies. Milo and Meg make a great pair in every movie they've done so far. It has acts of kindness, some adventure, great dancing and singing, and yes, a little morality lesson showing how everyone has a part in prejudging (as opposed to making one group more guilty than the other). I admit that I don't like that the entertainment industry thinks of itself as morally superior and tries to "enlighten" the masses, but this movie just stuck with teens being teens with a positive spin.

If you want a movie with great dancing and singing a la the teen version, I recommend this movie.

I can watch this movie and it's sequels more than once a year because the dancing and singing is so good. It's a fun movie that's safe for the younger set but I enjoy watching it even when my grandson isn't around.

I see people calling it a preachy, "messagey" movie which I normally don't care for coming from Hollywood, but this one was sweet. Every message about not judging a book by its cover, and accepting people even if they're different, isn't always symbolic of racism. There are lots of ways that people are different from each other besides skin tone. So for all those differences, seen and not seen, this is a great franchise of movies.