Simply A Masterpiece

Sadly Over-hyped

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This movie truly deserves no stars (IMO, that's how terrible it was!), but since I unbelievably forced myself to watch it to the end, I will unbelievably force myself to give it one star! But that's only because I can't give it anything less than that! I really wanted to like this movie since I noticed it had the same similarity as While You Were Sleeping starring Sandra Bullock. While that movie was a little silly at times, at least it held my attention throughout and Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman and the other actors were more believable. This one was just a total train wreck! I found too many of the scenes just so downright ridiculous, I wondered if the writer was half asleep when she wrote the script! The way how Will proposes is stupid and the way how Alice responds is even more stupid! Will never gets Alice's messages after she leaves, yet he somehow manages to get the doctor's! And Alice never once thinks to try calling him when she gets to the house! She makes a total goof out of herself trying to eat a frosted cookie by getting it all over her mouth, and after Matt wipes it off her mouth with his finger and then sucks it off his finger was just really gross! I mean come on, couldn't they have thrown some napkins on the table for the two of them to use? There were plenty more ridiculous or irritating scenes, but I would be here forever telling them and how bad the acting was! And for Alicia Witt's character, they could have/should have made her look a little more presentable. Especially since she was a business women who owned her own store, she could have fixed her hair, wore some make-up, nicer clothing, etc. Yeah, I'll admit I am a sucker for some of the cheesy Hallmark movies and chick flicks but I'm sorry, this one was a complete and total flop!

Enjoyable Hallmark Christmas movie starring the always lovely and likable Alicia Witt as a struggling shop owner who becomes engaged to a jerk real estate agent. She takes a trip to meet his family but, through a series of events, she winds up spending the holidays with the wrong family and falling in love with the guy she thought was her fiancé's brother. It's all very contrived and maybe a little While You Were Sleeping-ish, but it's hard to dislike anything with Alicia Witt in it. Her character here is a bit of a ditz at times and we're never shown what in the world she saw in the jerk fiancé to begin with. How he even got a second date with her boggles the mind. But this is Hallmark and, if we've learned anything from Hallmark over the years, it's that the quickest way to meet your soul mate is to become engaged to a terrible person.As I said, this is as contrived a setup as you'll likely ever see in a movie. All the pieces have to fit together just right and in the right order at all times for this to work. Of course they do and it's fine. I don't watch Hallmark movies for great plots anyway. The characters are nice and the romance between Alicia's character and Mark Wiebe's character is handled well. One thing stood out to me and it's something I've seen before in other Hallmark movies. Wiebe's character builds furniture for a living but the movie makes sure to tell us he has a degree in economics. Why is it that in Hallmark romcoms the men always have to be either rich or "capable of being rich but choosing not to be?" It does seem strange, at least to me. Is there a big cry for pragmatism in romance stories nowadays?

Every year I look forward to the new Hallmark Christmas movies, as they are uplifting and fun. I even look forward to the repeats from years prior and wish Hallmark would bring back the older Christmas classics.I watched this movie for half an hour and then I turned it off. The music is so annoying and louder than the dialogue. It is not the softer kind of music. I call it the "bing-bong" music that is very distracting with sharp, striking notes that rise and fall. You have to try and listen to both the louder music and softer speaking. I wish the producer would call me and I'd play loud music in the background and see if this was not distracting to him. Every word should be able to be heard clearly. This is not a concert.I am not the only one who has complained to Hallmark about this sharp, irritating type of music in the background. Music should only be heard when there is a climatic scene or when people are not speaking. The older Hallmark movies were not like this. You did not have to strain your ears to listen to the dialogue. I just turn the movie off if it is like this. The music ruined the entire movie so it gets a 1 rating. Get on complaintsboard.com or reviewstalk.com and see all the complaints about Hallmark's loud annoying music. This is the majority speaking, not the few on here who like it.

Gave it a nine because I was not immediately sold on the folk tale told by Alice the heroine at the start of the movie. And the chance meeting (lost luggage) that brought the main characters together (introduce Mark Wielbe) was just so-so. But as the story develops once they got to Wielbe's warm-hearted family, it's so christmasy and a joy to watch. Top performance from the leads. Alice Witt and Mark Wielbe have great chemistry. Who can forget grandpa (Laurance Dane) ? These are all wonderful characters. As much as Witt and Wielbe were made for each other, the always business-first, deal maker fiancé, was the anti- hero. He treats her like the properties he trades. What sets this movie apart is the unassuming, wholesome charm of the female lead, Alice Witt, who is endearing to watch. She is complemented by Mark Wielbe who is humble and trusty and said many funny,down-to-earth lines. Thank God for Hallmark. We need to get our fill, especially around the holidays for classic love stories that never get old. I also disagree with previous writer who commented the music was too loud. Quite the contrary the music guides us along nicely. We actually yearns for it in a subliminal way. And I appreciate the subtle drum beats when Alice has to make a big decision. It wouldn't be right without the right notes.