Sammi's holiday at the cabin is interrupted when Seth unexpectedly arrives. Despite the interruption, they find themselves falling for each other with help from the Christmas season.Sammi's holiday at the cabin is interrupted when Seth unexpectedly arrives. Despite the interruption, they find themselves falling for each other with help from the Christmas season.Sammi's holiday at the cabin is interrupted when Seth unexpectedly arrives. Despite the interruption, they find themselves falling for each other with help from the Christmas season.
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This movie should be a wonderful addition to the seasonal lineup.
The script is no worse than many. It has all the necessary elements: a handsom, driven businessman, a fit and pretty woman, incredible mountain scenery, enforced isolation, and a legal situation guaranteed to produce very real conflict.
Sadly, the actors were stiff, the dialogue trite, and the deep conflict at the heart of the story just flattened out under the combination of the two. These two actors simply aren't leading-light quality at this point in their careers.
Lesson all filmmakers should know from the time they pick up their first camera: if there are only two people in a the majority of scenes in a movie, they need to have very strong acting skills to carry the emotional arc through every moment, whether they're speaking, reacting, or just walking across a room.
The script is no worse than many. It has all the necessary elements: a handsom, driven businessman, a fit and pretty woman, incredible mountain scenery, enforced isolation, and a legal situation guaranteed to produce very real conflict.
Sadly, the actors were stiff, the dialogue trite, and the deep conflict at the heart of the story just flattened out under the combination of the two. These two actors simply aren't leading-light quality at this point in their careers.
Lesson all filmmakers should know from the time they pick up their first camera: if there are only two people in a the majority of scenes in a movie, they need to have very strong acting skills to carry the emotional arc through every moment, whether they're speaking, reacting, or just walking across a room.
Good. That's an hour and a half i'll never get back. I didn't expect much and yet I was disappointed. A woman, in a cabin, during the holidays trying to do some "work", who claims that time of the year is to be with family, yet she is not. How hypocrite. Secondly, a bussiness man who inherited said cabin, half of it, actually.
He arrives at the cabin, there is snowtorm announced, and you have the two leads sharing said cabin. At first they don't get along, she is mad about him being a Walker (the man is living relative of one of the co-owners, she is the great grand daughter of the other co-owner. She didn't know that she only owned 50%). Things DO NOT start to get excited as it should : leads sharing time together, developing a relationship. (One hike and a game are not enough). There was no chemistry. The actors were not good enough, specially the actress playing Sammy. It was infuriating. She was grumpy, stomping her feet like a child. The lead actor was slightly better.
I'm so mad at the storyline and how Sammy behaved: at first she was kicking him out, then asking him to stay, and finally when he had to get back, because he had overstayed, she was again behaving like a child. She may not have anything urgent, but he had importance bussiness (Christmas or not, doesn't matter) just because she was avoiding the rest of her life, doesn't mean he also has to. Also, how do they have electricity, gas...?
I love Lifetime/Hallmark, and i'm used to their quality, their overused plots, but this was pathetic.
The views were nice.
He arrives at the cabin, there is snowtorm announced, and you have the two leads sharing said cabin. At first they don't get along, she is mad about him being a Walker (the man is living relative of one of the co-owners, she is the great grand daughter of the other co-owner. She didn't know that she only owned 50%). Things DO NOT start to get excited as it should : leads sharing time together, developing a relationship. (One hike and a game are not enough). There was no chemistry. The actors were not good enough, specially the actress playing Sammy. It was infuriating. She was grumpy, stomping her feet like a child. The lead actor was slightly better.
I'm so mad at the storyline and how Sammy behaved: at first she was kicking him out, then asking him to stay, and finally when he had to get back, because he had overstayed, she was again behaving like a child. She may not have anything urgent, but he had importance bussiness (Christmas or not, doesn't matter) just because she was avoiding the rest of her life, doesn't mean he also has to. Also, how do they have electricity, gas...?
I love Lifetime/Hallmark, and i'm used to their quality, their overused plots, but this was pathetic.
The views were nice.
Ok, so all these Christmas movies are predictable and full of acting hopefuls, right? And come November there is a need to saturate the airways and streaming services because some people like to play these movies 24/7 for the season.
I can't say as my expectations are all that high, but at the same time, it is insulting they're not even trying. No one is trying to make a classic, no one seems to care if you ever watch the movie again, which is evident in the lame, plotless 90 minutes (I need to go, ok I won't, ok I will, ok I won't, end movie). No one cares to create a setting that's coherent with the story (i.e. this literally brand new cabin their greats supposedly built a hundred years ago (or so)).
No action, no drama, and of course the actors aren't really tv-movie ready.
Eh, it's something to play in the background while you bake, but no need to pause while you use the restroom.
Worst Christmas movie ever! It will actually take you out of the Christmas spirit with the bad direction and the extremely unpleasant acting by the lead female. However, it's not totally her fault, the actors had a piece of crap script. I guess this was supposed to be like a Hallmark Christmas special filled with joy, but instead it turned out to be a Christmas nightmare.
Who was the knucklehead that approved this boring script?! There are student films out there that are far superior. The production company should never hire the casting director ever again, apparently he doesn't know what poor talent is when it's in front of him. Overall, this film rates a -D !
Who was the knucklehead that approved this boring script?! There are student films out there that are far superior. The production company should never hire the casting director ever again, apparently he doesn't know what poor talent is when it's in front of him. Overall, this film rates a -D !
The premise - two people with conflicting interests stuck together in a cabin in the mountains - sounded intriguing, but the execution fell flat. There's no chemistry between the leads, and the woman character overreacted in almost every situation and was just plain annoying. And the actress wasn't any better. Since about 90% of the screentime, it's just the leads, it was kinda painful to watch.
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- Das Weihnachtsglück - Liebe ist das schönste Geschenk
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- St. George, Utah, USA(Filming City)
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- 1h 25m(85 min)
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