ijeomas

I've lost an hour and a half of my life of a movie that was a Christmas disgrace. Christmas movies should be about family, friends, love, joy, overcoming odds...you know all the things that make you want to be happy. This movie is about a poor excuse for a mother that has raised a delusional, spoiled, enlightened brat that she can't even have a real conversation with. The mom basically forces a good man into her delusional parenting because he fell in love with her. On a weirder note, the kid can't even tell the difference between a paper decoration and a cookie...this turned into a make it make sense moment! Ugh!!!! Then suddenly, the brat of a child turns into a responsible young lady mid movie...again, make it make sense. I'm all for fantasy holiday movies that take you away for a moment but this movie is not supportive of single mom life or realistic expectations of a partner.

I kept watching waiting for the main character to grow up and do something with her life. Needless to say she never does. She is a sporadic, spoiled, disorganized mess of a person with no focus and no goals in life. I wish the movie had focused on the other characters or maybe the turmoil during that time. Her uncles for example were on opposite sides of the political fence, would have been a lot better if they were more than supporting roles. The entire story focuses on Gülseren who is just lost and out of order with no potential at all. She thinks everything is a joke or tries to make serious situations a joke with her poor idea of comedy. My guess is the writer wanted to present a person with mental health issues that were never identified nor treated.