A Christmas Snow

Wonderful Christmas movie with a great message about the power of forgiveness. The actors are great and not cheesy. They make the story very real and believable.

Does your dad leaving you and your mom when you were a child justify being mean and rude to just about everyone and acting more of a child than the cute kid you are babysitting? It's a little extreme, but once you get past that, things lighten up and Cameron Ten Napel shines as a precocious, cute, and very wise child. The last half of the movie, especially the ending is very heart warming.

This is a faith based movie with one theological problem that we'll just ignore. There is a strong message about forgiving, faith, and family.

The sappy meter is quite high on this one, so if you don't like sappy, then be warned.

Should I mention that the ground is almost bare of snow except for a few patches on the day after a blizzard shuts down the city so bad that the lady can't even drive to work? Just ignore all that too.

'A Christmas Snow', yet another recently seen Christmas film seen during my favourite holiday, could have gone either way. It could either have been very charming, cute and heart-warming, which is more my idea of what a Christmas film should be like. Or it could have been too schmaltzy and forced with unsubtle moralising. There are quite a number of examples of both extremes around, as well as a fair share of festive films that have elements of both and induce mixed feelings with me.

One Christmas film that fits into both camps and has elements of all the above is 'A Christmas Snow'. It is better than average with a good deal to like, one can see why it would connect with viewers and the effort that was put in. For me though, for all its good intentions and that it had its heart in the right place, it was not a great film and it is not hard to see why there are people that didn't care for it (also understand, and share some of, their reasoning).

It's a good looking film. Nice scenery. Slickly filmed. The music avoids being too constant or over-scored and captures the essence of Christmas quite well. There are thoughtful and moving moments in the script, the direction is visually slick and while far from perfect is not cold in the emotional department.

There is charm here, it gets very heart-warming towards the end, some of the second half is very poignant and the children are cute without being too cutesy. The actors all do quite well, Cameron Ten Napel is very heartfelt and Muse Watson's sincerity really shines through.

However, 'A Christmas Snow' can go too overboard on the sappiness so parts are too sickly sweet. While the film does pick up, it doesn't have the most promising of starts. The first half has a tendency at times to move too slowly and some of the story is very contrived.

Can see where one reviewer is coming from regarding the boyfriend, that did not strike me as realistic and yes she should have behaved tougher. Liked the well intended messaging but it could have been executed with a lot more subtlety.

On the whole, a little above average but for me it wasn't great. 6/10

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A woman unable to separate the joys of the Christmas season from the pain of her family past gets snowed in with two people who help her to realize what it takes to find true happiness. Thirty years ago, Kathleen's father left the house on Christmas Eve, and never came back. Ever since that day, Kathleen (Catherine Mary Stewart) has blamed her mother for breaking up…

This film is slow. The filmmakers could of easily consolidated many scenes or moved things along in a faster pace. This would of served the film better. I don't not fault the actors they are all good. The fault was the approach the director took. The screenplay however has flaws as well.

Now this film could have been better but it is forgettable. If you watch this at night by morning you will forget the basic plot.

That was my experience.

A Christmas Snow is a must see movie that deals with the outward and inward problems we all experience in our daily lives. It is a fantastic story about life's mistakes, forgiveness, self reflection, family and the inner working relationships of each of these areas. Not being a professional movie critic, but, dealing with my own life problems and those of many friends and family, I can honestly say that this is a life changing movie. Whether it changes your life for moments, hours, weeks, months or a lifetime, it WILL change your life.

Take the time to watch and experience the struggles of these characters as you reflect on your own life experiences. If you're not changed by this movie, it will be the only thing that surprises this viewer.

Take the time to watch this, be patient as the movie develops it's plot and let me know if YOU cry in the end, I surely did!! Enjoy