hawk_moondance
Joined May 2011
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Like a lot of other reviewers, I found the love story hard to buy. Like one other reviewer I saw, I was pretty convinced that the actual couple was Tom and Assan.
BUT, I love seeing a love of doing all of the holiday things with kids. This movie caught all of the family rituals of Christmas without being overbearing and just stressful like it was depicted in Bad Mom's Christmas. There was a joy in sharing all of those rituals with the kid that made it believable.
In the end, I really liked the message of the movie. I liked all of the reasons to believe and all of the reasons not to steal that from your children. For me, this movie was all about Ella, the little girl even though she was supposed to be playing the minor role.
I couldn't buy the love story--my apologies to the married actors. But, I didn't need to in order to buy into the powerful Christmas message of this movie. I was prepared to hate it and was pleasantly surprised.
BUT, I love seeing a love of doing all of the holiday things with kids. This movie caught all of the family rituals of Christmas without being overbearing and just stressful like it was depicted in Bad Mom's Christmas. There was a joy in sharing all of those rituals with the kid that made it believable.
In the end, I really liked the message of the movie. I liked all of the reasons to believe and all of the reasons not to steal that from your children. For me, this movie was all about Ella, the little girl even though she was supposed to be playing the minor role.
I couldn't buy the love story--my apologies to the married actors. But, I didn't need to in order to buy into the powerful Christmas message of this movie. I was prepared to hate it and was pleasantly surprised.
I usually reserve the under 5 star ratings for movies I couldn't even finish, but this one started at an OK 6-7 and went downhill!
I find that I hate kissing scenes in most movies, but there was just no chemistry here which made it worse. The couple they forced together didn't work at all.
The background story that was supposed to drive the emotions was somehow dropped. It was still a thread throughout the movie; it just lacked conviction. One of the 'I hate Christmas because...' storylines was even partially reinforced!
The ending doesn't just feel forced. It felt like they tried to put a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit into that spot with a sledge hammer. They made it work only to notice the final piece belongs in a different puzzle.
My rating slipped in the last 1/2 hour of the movie. There's just nothing here to love, in my opinion.
I find that I hate kissing scenes in most movies, but there was just no chemistry here which made it worse. The couple they forced together didn't work at all.
The background story that was supposed to drive the emotions was somehow dropped. It was still a thread throughout the movie; it just lacked conviction. One of the 'I hate Christmas because...' storylines was even partially reinforced!
The ending doesn't just feel forced. It felt like they tried to put a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit into that spot with a sledge hammer. They made it work only to notice the final piece belongs in a different puzzle.
My rating slipped in the last 1/2 hour of the movie. There's just nothing here to love, in my opinion.
Others have already told all in spoilers, so I'll just say a smart, capable woman who's very good at her job and has a cop for a boyfriend decides to throw her brain away and act incredibly dumb for the last 20 minutes of the movie. I was riveted until then.
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