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A cynical workaholic gets suspicious of her banker father's sudden departure from his career and city life to move to a small town with unusually strong ties to Christmas.A cynical workaholic gets suspicious of her banker father's sudden departure from his career and city life to move to a small town with unusually strong ties to Christmas.A cynical workaholic gets suspicious of her banker father's sudden departure from his career and city life to move to a small town with unusually strong ties to Christmas.
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Jocelyne Loewen
- Alison Kay
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I don't know where to start. There's so many wrong things with this movie.
The worst Christmas movie EVER.
Everything is forced.
The characters, the situations, the plot.
A woman meets a man and someone puts a mistletoe above their heads and almost forced her to kiss him!? WTF?!
The kid is SO rude!
I didn't like it at all and I LOVE Christmas movies!!
Of course they end up together!
Nothing is believable.
Low budget but that's not an excuse for the bad script, acting, photography, music and so many etceteras.
It's a pity, because it ruins the spirit of Christmas.
Please don't watch it. It's a waste of time.
The worst Christmas movie EVER.
Everything is forced.
The characters, the situations, the plot.
A woman meets a man and someone puts a mistletoe above their heads and almost forced her to kiss him!? WTF?!
The kid is SO rude!
I didn't like it at all and I LOVE Christmas movies!!
Of course they end up together!
Nothing is believable.
Low budget but that's not an excuse for the bad script, acting, photography, music and so many etceteras.
It's a pity, because it ruins the spirit of Christmas.
Please don't watch it. It's a waste of time.
I love this movie. An overworked Mom trying to raise her son alone finds the Christas spirit and a new life after seeing the results of the same life change on her previously workaholic father. What could be better? A little escape from reality :) The only thing that bugs me is the son in this picture. He doesn't mind his Mom! I think the creators of this movie felt it was cute for him to ignore his Mom and create havoc but I think it is a bad example. Kids get lost and hurt this way. Other than that, it is a very cute movie :)
I didn't get a chance to watch the whole movie but from what I saw was good. What I wanted to say is where I live, there is a lake in our town called Allouette Lake that everyone knows about and has been too. When i was on my way down to the boat launch at the beginning of the summer this year, we were stopped due to a movie being filmed. When we asked the traffic control officer what was going on they told us they are shooting a Christmas movie and there is a reindeer up in the bushes. So, at the point in the movie when they are in the car driving down the road and eventually stop because the kid see's something in the bush, that is the Allouette Lake boat launch. About a 2 minute walk from where they stop on either side are just a bunch of people from my town waiting to either launch their boat or pick one up!
The leads who are supposed to fall for each other have NO chemistry at all. The lead actor looks craggy and sloppy like he was dragged backwards through a knothole and had the most unlikeable pushy "get onboard the Christmas Town cult" schtick I wanted to smack him. I'd be concerned about the Hot Cocoa they keep pushing. Cranky lead actress never gets more charming and I cannot understand why anyone would fall for her romantically. Unless it's the cocoa psychedelic effect. This is supposed to be such a Christmassy town and it looks like it is mid-July. I understand that Christmas happens in California but this had no Christmas feeling at all. The boy was an insufferable brat who was far too old to be still believing in Santa. But the terrible parenting probably caused this child to overcompensate. Just an overall unfun Christmas movie. What is what all these good reviews???
Do to a limited budget the special effects in this film are "Terrible" which spoils the overall film however the story does deliver.
What this is about is that a woman (Nicole de Boer) discovers the spirit of Christmas while visiting her estranged father in a town that is decked out for the holidays.
While in town her son discovers the town secret and try's to convince his mom that "All is Not What It Seems".
Now the last shot in this film is laughable. It looks like they spent $5 on a fake Santa Sleigh but the film is still one of those you will enjoy watching with your small children.
Now many people hate this film but I think they just "Hate Christmas Movies".
What this is about is that a woman (Nicole de Boer) discovers the spirit of Christmas while visiting her estranged father in a town that is decked out for the holidays.
While in town her son discovers the town secret and try's to convince his mom that "All is Not What It Seems".
Now the last shot in this film is laughable. It looks like they spent $5 on a fake Santa Sleigh but the film is still one of those you will enjoy watching with your small children.
Now many people hate this film but I think they just "Hate Christmas Movies".
Did you know
- GoofsThe mechanic's name is spelled Roxy on the side of her work truck and business garage. In the end credits, her name is spelled Roxie.
- Quotes
Alison Kay: You don't have any... Christmas spirit at all, do you?
Elizabeth 'Liz' McCann: Ugh. It's an inconvenient holiday.
- ConnectionsReferences The Twilight Zone (1959)
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