I'm not the biggest fan of Justin Bruening, so it took a while to warm to him in this, but I have always appreciated Lindy Booth, who gives her usual well rounded performance here.
The storyline is fairly simple and actually it might be time to shake things up a little bit on that front. These Hallmark 'Made For TV' films are all becoming so obvious that it does take some of the pleasure out of it. That said, I do like the fact that they are so jolly and even the sickliest, sweetest ones can put a smile on my face and the odd happy tear to my eye too.
Alas this one wasn't soooo amazing, but it did the job and the Auction House schtick hasn't been done before that I recall.
I did like the secondary story with Mike and Vanessa too, as well as the fact that although they were essentially a forces originated company, they didn't harp on about the absent soldiers as they do in other films. And by that I mean the ones that put it in purely for affect.
Not a bad effort, but nothing special to distinguish it from others really. Those like 'Holiday For Heroes' (2019) and 'Operation Christmas' (2016) do it far better and they have the gorgeous Marc Blucas in them too.
5ish/10?
The storyline is fairly simple and actually it might be time to shake things up a little bit on that front. These Hallmark 'Made For TV' films are all becoming so obvious that it does take some of the pleasure out of it. That said, I do like the fact that they are so jolly and even the sickliest, sweetest ones can put a smile on my face and the odd happy tear to my eye too.
Alas this one wasn't soooo amazing, but it did the job and the Auction House schtick hasn't been done before that I recall.
I did like the secondary story with Mike and Vanessa too, as well as the fact that although they were essentially a forces originated company, they didn't harp on about the absent soldiers as they do in other films. And by that I mean the ones that put it in purely for affect.
Not a bad effort, but nothing special to distinguish it from others really. Those like 'Holiday For Heroes' (2019) and 'Operation Christmas' (2016) do it far better and they have the gorgeous Marc Blucas in them too.
5ish/10?