Christmas at the Chateau

This has some of the most laughably bad lighting and editing I've ever seen in a commercially released movie. In more than one scene the light completely changes from one POV to the next. One scene in particular stands out as a clunker: the bank guy and his fat buddy are in his office. The one guy is sitting. Then it cuts to show the guy walking to the chair they just showed him seated in! And the other guy is doing something like they didn't even know they had started rolling.!!! Just laughably bad and edited by someone who apparently had no concept of what editing involved or apparently had never seen a film before.

There is nothing good to say about this movie - poor writing, stilted acting, unlikable characters and muddled direction - I could not stand to watch it to the end.

The acting in this is so over the top and hammy, or should be criminal.

The story line is a good one, where a family owned B&B is threatened with foreclosure just before Christmas. The family works to save it in time and there's the evil blanket eh doesn't want them to. All the banker lacks is the moustache he twirls as he's plotting against Moose and Squirrel.

The lead actress.. Did she take acting lessons from "Over Emote Inc."? Is she related to someone involved in the writing or producing if this movie? Is that how she got the gig?

The script is weak and predictable.

The filming isn't as clean as it could have been. The lens seems to have a light film of Vaseline over it.

The editing is hilarious when people talk and their lips aren't moving, and vice versa.

I watched to the end only because I wanted to know I was right.

While there are actors, writers, directors, producers, who are rejected for far better scripts, acting, and production value, these drecks got PAID FOR THIS? And Showtime is paying to air it?

Come on Man! Women are not this stupid and so desperately in need of romance to waste their time on this!

Three Sisters At The Christmas Chateau/Christmas At The Chateau (2019) -

This was a bad film. Honestly I'm not sure why I finished it.

I didn't like the leading couple, even before he found his redemption and neither of them were attractive and I don't mean just physically. Their characters, Grant (Justin Jones) and Brooke (Kinsey Leigh Redmond) were irritating and while he was slimy, she was stupid.

It was so hard to believe them getting together. I certainly couldn't fall for the man taking MY house away. He didn't even really apologise or help her correct things. They also had no idea how to communicate and why would they get together when there was no spark at all. Even their unknown connection by phone wasn't romantic.

Their "Anonymous" texts were a bit weird, because they were deliberately not saying anything that would have moved the story along and it was so obvious that's what was happening.

The supporting actors were awful too and his son and her youngest sister were actually entirely pointless characters.

The whole middle sister thing was odd too. They made a huge fuss about her coming home to start with and then nothing after that. In fact the "Three Sisters" title really made no sense at all, because the other two contributed diddly squat to the plot.

There were so many bits about the film as a whole that were annoying - All of her Shakespeare quotes for one thing and the fact that they asked the public to pay for their financial issues for another. Why should other people donate to their failing B&B just because Brooke doesn't know how to run a business?

It also had no Christmas magic at all and Grant giving her back her own necklace was not a gift.

Really I can't find anything positive to say about it at all. Usually I do at least fancy the leading man, but that did not happen at all with Justin Jones, who was as boring as his banking character.

I should have turned it off when I first thought about it.

2.25/10.