The chemistry between Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hynes is great. The characters are clearly in love. Lenz is great as an energetic Emily who has a big hole in her heart the size of Jamie. Jamie loves Emily, but is internally confused and that results in some poor decisions even going into the backstory.
The movie is fun and mostly upbeat. Family love saturates the story. And the story is unique in some ways, although at its roots, it is basically old-flames-work-together-to-make-a-Christmas-festival.
Jamie is a speech writer for the governor of Illinois. If the governor really ran her staff the way this one runs, it's no wonder all our governments are messed up. I've said many times that you can't expect much reality from these movies, but this one pushes that sentiment way too far. In fairness, I think the movie is meant to be silly for comedic effect and sometimes it is funny.
The movie is fun and mostly upbeat. Family love saturates the story. And the story is unique in some ways, although at its roots, it is basically old-flames-work-together-to-make-a-Christmas-festival.
Jamie is a speech writer for the governor of Illinois. If the governor really ran her staff the way this one runs, it's no wonder all our governments are messed up. I've said many times that you can't expect much reality from these movies, but this one pushes that sentiment way too far. In fairness, I think the movie is meant to be silly for comedic effect and sometimes it is funny.