12 Gifts of Christmas

A fine film to watch around the holidays, with two strong leads. But something bothered me. I mean, really bothered me. I'm not hating on Donna Mills, but she played the main character's mother. The young man is in his late twenties, no older. Donna Mills is made up/lit/diffused/whatever to look thirty years old. The woman in seventy-five. Women that age should not look thirty! She looked more like the character's sister than his mother. That distracted me so much, that's pretty much all I have to say in this review. Good film. Good lead actors. But, damn. Don't make a seventy five year old woman look thirty. It took me right out of the movie.

Good acting and storyline. I enjoyed this movie for a number of reasons but mostly because of the two leads who complimented one another. However, it felt like she was "cheating" on the character, Ben Tannenhill from another Hallmark movie, Snow Bride. (Just kidding...sort of). Loved that coupling.

12 Gifts of Christmas is enjoyable. It's definitely one of the better Hallmark movies. The Christmas magic is there and the chemistry is nice between Katrina Law and Aaron O' Connell. I adored all the Christmas decorations and the paintings Anna made. This movie is pretty good, just not the best.

This is a really by-the-books romantic Christmas comedy, right down to an 80s dressing montage, I kid you not.

But what makes it stand out is how sweet and cute the main characters are.

There's no cringe pandering or mean spirited antagonism as in most rom coms, this one is just very nice and uplifting. Highly recommended. Trust me, you need this.

Honestly this is one of the more fun laugh at watches I've had this xmas season! Watching Utah try to mascarade as New York offers a handful of laughs, the wonderfully acted overreactions Are delightful, our two leads have some potential chops if the material was better, they commit to some insane lines with incredible results! Finally the first family portrait had me in stitches! Awkward writing, met with descent acting and editing makes for an enjoyable laugh watch!