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This movie covers an important subject and I wholeheartedly disagree with the 3-star rating titled " Lacks depth or passion" I'm guessing, like others, giving it a 10-star isn't because it's a 10-star movie on how we normally rate movies but because of how much passion and accuracy it had on the subject matter and how close to home it hit. I'm still feeling quite overwhelmed as it brought back so many memories about the depth of emotions I felt on the subject matter, the search, and the results. Happily for me, in the end, positive results.

If I was just rating it for the movie itself it would probably be six star and I commonly will give one more star if a movie really stirs me. I'm giving 10 because 2 stars For how much it stirred me and 2 more because I think the thr 3-star review really needs to be balanced out as I don't typically watch movies that are under six star. I almost missed this because it's sitting at 5.8

As somebody who chose to search for a parent Because they didn't feel whole the movie struck home for me. Including bribing somebody to get information that you weren't supposed to have access to.

I very rarely find movies that draw me in, keep my attention 100% and make me feel so many emotions so deeply. I'm often frustrated by formula movies that have the over the top unrealistic drama in the last half hour. The drama in this movie felt real as I've experienced it.

To me, this movie had depth and passion. I felt like the writer(s) had a clear emotional connection with the subject matter and the emotions and trials that go with it. If they didn't go through it they certainly had enough sources to help them understand what it's like.

I identified with what she was feeling as she sought out who she was. I thought the lines for her soon to be fiance were wonderful as they were things that I wish somebody would have been around to point out to me.

Do I get tired of movies that seem to have to throw in the gay person - Yes. But it was done tactfully and didn't bother me. It showed another depth of the movie of how we all want to keep parts of our lives secret until we're ready to be open.

Since there's only one review I'm adding my two cents. The one reviewer commented "There wasn't a lot of tension or surprises and no great highs or lows." It's because there wasn't a lot of angst and what was there seemed more genuine than a lot of movie similar to this that I actually am giving it a six star rating instead of five.

For heaven's sakes, it's a Christmas movie I don't need to be stressed by drama watching a low-key Christmas movie. For that matter I get frustrated with the formula writing of a lot of shows that contain this. I try to live my life drama free. I certainly don't need to watch it on TV.

I don't like that IMDb doesn't allow .5 star ratings because I'd give this 5.5 stars as a movie. I found it enjoyable enough to go up to six versus down to five

I almost didn't watch this because: I'm not a fan of Stephen Huszar (Jake). However; I actually liked him more in this movie than most I've seen him in.

The other reason is the picture of Trish Stratus on the movie cover I saw, for some reason, was putting me off. Looking at her IMDb profile it's obvious she's more WWE than a movie actor so I thought I'll watch a enough to confirm I don't like it and mark it off my list. To my surprise I liked it enough to watch the whole movie. And given she doesn't appear to have much movie acting experience I was surprised that she did a decent job. Better than other actors I've seen that have done a whole lot of movies.

The actor who I felt stood out the most, In a positive way, is Sherry Miller who played Trish Stratus' (Alyssa) mom/agent.

Since I really like Paul Jared I was able to get past the beginning. Honestly, I had a hard time looking at Brooklyn's (Mckenzie Westmore) bleach blonde bad hair dye job. With it's yellowing streak where it met the black roots. The hair and her, in your face, black eyebrows & lips that look Botox plumped were just too much. The only reason I say her lips look like they had Botox is in her IMDb profile picture, she looks quite lovely and her lips and face don't look all puffy. I apologize if she's had something medical causing these issues. It was the hair & full black eyebrows that was the most difficult making it difficult to overlook the average acting on her part.

Paul Jared's acting, as normal, was terrific so I left the movie on. It was also interesting seeing Lorenzo Lamas In a Hallmark movie.