Review by Uriah43

This film essentially begins in New York City with a young woman by the name of "Brooke Miller" (Brittany Bristow) being told by her boyfriend "Ethan Reinhart" (Edward Ruttle) that he thinks their relationship is moving too fast and, because of that, he has decided against meeting her parents during the Christmas holidays as initially planned. Not only that, but he also informs her that he wants to break up with her as well. Needless to say, this stuns Brooke who now has to go back to her small hometown to her parents all alone. However, as luck would have it, she just happens to meet a young actor named "Joel Parker" (Matt Cohen) who has been advised by his agent that it would help him land a part in a movie if he had some experience living in a small town. So, having just learned about Brooke's unfortunate breakup, he volunteers to impersonate Ethan in order to acquire the necessary hometown experience, and bail out Brooke at the same time. After quickly giving the matter some thought, she finally agrees and the two of them drive to Pennsylvania to meet her parents. The problem, however, is that Brooke had already told her parents that Ethan was a skilled architect--and since Joel doesn't have any knowledge in this field, he is put at a huge disadvantage from the very start. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, although I thought this film started off well enough, I became rather disappointed with it after the first 20 minutes or so due, in large part, to the complete lack of chemistry between the two lead actors. Absolutely no chemistry at all. Likewise, the blending of Christmas with Hanukkah seemed as if it was orchestrated to achieve a politically correct objective of some kind and made everything appear to be somewhat inauthentic. Be that as it may, I was rather disappointed with this movie, and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.