Christmas at the Chateau

Some may claim this is a parody; but, unfortunately, even if that was true, it was a very bad parody. It was uneven with no redeeming qualities at all. The only bright spot was the lovely inn. The only way this dog could have been salvaged is if they made it into a silent film, while showing clips of the inn.

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.

I like pretty much all made for tv romance movies. I've watched 100s but this one was unfortunately sooo bad! The plot was so patchy and unrealistic and bad. Acting was over the top. I'm writing this review to make sure no one else wastes their time.

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.