thecanadian-23317
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I'm shocked at how much I ended up enjoying this movie. I had to let the ending sink in a little, and I'm sure it's a movie that demands repeat viewings where you can catch things that you wouldn't have noticed before. But it's a really solid movie. The acting is pretty good, the movie looks decent for being made on the tiny budget that it had. And the story really is terrific, although the ending does leave things open to interpretation. So if you like movies with clearly defined endings, you might be a little let down. It's fairly definitive, but it does leave a couple of dangling questions that you don't get answers to.
My only real issue with the movie is that due to being made in 2003, you get some early 2000s movie silliness. It's hard to spell out exactly what it is, but it just has this feel to the way that things are filmed and presented that can feel dated at times. I'm also not sure how much of the movie is meant to be a comedy, but there's a couple of scenes that get pretty wacky. And I think of those had been toned down and played more straight that it would have been an improvement.
Overall though, I think the movie is definitely worth watching. If you give it a chance, I think there's a lot to enjoy! You just have to do so with the context that it had a very small budget, and it's very early 2000s.
My only real issue with the movie is that due to being made in 2003, you get some early 2000s movie silliness. It's hard to spell out exactly what it is, but it just has this feel to the way that things are filmed and presented that can feel dated at times. I'm also not sure how much of the movie is meant to be a comedy, but there's a couple of scenes that get pretty wacky. And I think of those had been toned down and played more straight that it would have been an improvement.
Overall though, I think the movie is definitely worth watching. If you give it a chance, I think there's a lot to enjoy! You just have to do so with the context that it had a very small budget, and it's very early 2000s.
This is a movie where you know exactly how it will end. It follows a very traditional Hallmark-ish formula, so don't expect to have your mind blown. But what makes it stand out is the Italian-American angle, and the likable actors. Doing a Christmas movie centered around the Feast of 7 Fishes is a unique spin that I liked, and I found all of the performances to be really fun. There's some good family drama from the big boisterous Italian family. I do think that the relationship-y side of the drama is undercooked though. In the pattern for this kind of movie, there's always some event that disrupts the main romance of the movie and this one is no different, but that could have been further developed.
Overall it's very cute though, and definitely worth watching.
Overall it's very cute though, and definitely worth watching.