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Entertaining Christmas

  • TV Movie
  • 2018
  • TV-G
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.3K
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Brendan Fehr and Jodie Sweetin in Entertaining Christmas (2018)
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Candace has never lived up to her mom's standards. She's sent in her place to plan a Christmas party.Candace has never lived up to her mom's standards. She's sent in her place to plan a Christmas party.Candace has never lived up to her mom's standards. She's sent in her place to plan a Christmas party.

  • Director
    • Robin Dunne
  • Writer
    • Marcy Holland
  • Stars
    • Jodie Sweetin
    • Brendan Fehr
    • Jane Moffat
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  • IMDb RATING
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    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Robin Dunne
    • Writer
      • Marcy Holland
    • Stars
      • Jodie Sweetin
      • Brendan Fehr
      • Jane Moffat
    • 26User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Jodie Sweetin
    Jodie Sweetin
    • Candace Livingstone
    Brendan Fehr
    Brendan Fehr
    • John Ryan
    Jane Moffat
    Jane Moffat
    • Liz Livingstone
    Ana Araujo
    Ana Araujo
    • Harper Ryan
    Tamara Almeida
    Tamara Almeida
    • Anna
    Marcia Bennett
    Marcia Bennett
    • Mrs Deevers
    Howard Hoover
    • James Carlisle
    Elizabeth Whitmere
    Elizabeth Whitmere
    • Jane Ryan
    Elva Mai Hoover
    Elva Mai Hoover
    • Martha Ryan
    Nneka Elliott
    • Dana
    Tova Epp
    Tova Epp
    • Brenda
    Michael Hanrahan
    Michael Hanrahan
    • Ben
    Lindsay Leese
    Lindsay Leese
    • Mayor Walsh
    Diana Coatsworth
    • Mary
    Drew Nelson
    Drew Nelson
    • Steve Ryan
    Alison J. Palmer
    • Karen
    • (as Alison Palmer)
    Eileen Sword
    • Little Old Lady
    Emily Stranges
    Emily Stranges
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      • Robin Dunne
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      • Marcy Holland
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    7GavWaskett

    Christmas at Roswell

    Jodie Sweetin plays Candace Livingston, the daughter of an American cooking/author/crafting legend - Liz Livingston. She is due to take overt he family business and as a little introduction to it, goes to a small town(it is always a small town) to help a young girl prepare to welcome her father home from his tour of duty(there is always a father or mother in the army). The only problem is Candace is pretty rubbish at all the things her mother is brilliant at, she takes after her father and is good with finance and organisation and being a really good person, kind of everything you need to run a business that doesn't involve cookery or crafting!

    The little girl's Uncle has escaped from Roswell, sorry is Roswell's Brendan Fehr, and his day job, when he is not being an awesome Uncle is the town's news reporter. A reporter who is suddenly close to an pretending to be someone she is not, I do not know where this could be heading! Oh of course we do, but Hallmark is not there to shock or surprise us, it is there to give us nice Christmas films and this one looks good, Jodie Sweetin is a charismatic heroine, who is extremely likeable, just like her character. Brendan Fehr is still Michael from Roswell, but we all want Michael to have a happy ending don't we!

    A cheery and happy Hallmark movie as our star tries to not be found out and our reporter faces a mini crisis when he finds out. But seriously, like he is going to ruin his loves future! That wouldn't be a Hallmark film, it is more Christmas Hammer Horror if he does that!
    6JoBloTheMovieCritic

    Entertaining Christmas

    6/10 - cute, but not overly memorable Christmas fun with Hallmark
    5parksidedrive

    Not Entertaining

    Sorry to deliver a not so favorable reveiw during the holiday season.

    However-No chemistry between main actors. Secondary cast save the production. They were great. A good story wasted on actors that could not carry the story.

    Hallmark please make better casting choices.
    9jonathanrspalding

    best of 2018

    In what I believe has been a rather lackluster season of Halmark Christmas, this movie was my favorit. I have three reasons that make it stand out.

    First, the plot was deeper than most. The real issue in this matter is the female lead finding her relationship with what was expected of her. The best Halmark movies are those were the romance is part of the plot and not the whole story. It was more of a regular movie than a set piece Halmark Christmas Story

    Two, it helps to have a little larcency in the heart of the story to make it funny. See Snow Bride for an example.

    Three, it had good supporting actors and roles who rounded out the movie.

    I would agree with some of the criticisms to the movie that the romance seemed forced to a point, but I see this movie more of the lead finding herself than finding love which is probably why I thought it stood out among the Halmark fare this year.
    8single_in_in

    Ok so movie good effects awful

    What was up with the carelessness of the snow and lighting. Why use cgi tree lights ? Why use all the fake snow it can not snow during December ya know. Acting was good I liked the story line and etc other wise.

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      Street scenes filmed on Queen Street, Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
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      Jingle Bells
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      Written by James Pierpont

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zabavni Božič
    • Filming locations
      • Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Chesler/Perlmutter Productions
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      • 1h 25m(85 min)
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      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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