There is no spoiler here because this made for TV film was spoiled before it even hit the TV audience. I always feel cheated when producers deliberately place "Christmas" in the film title in hopes of sucking in people like myself to watch the film only to be very disappointed with the outcome.
Actor Beau Bridges is tasked with playing a traditional Italian American farmer who is rapidly declining with the paralyzing memory disease of dementia and one of his daughters is trying hopelessly to restore some of his fondest memories with his deceased wife's recipe for the families spaghetti sauce.
Siblings are not on the same page as to what to do with their fathers family farm, sell it or keep it going. The two sisters and one brother are all stressed out with personal matters and on top of it they are having to deal with their fathers failing memory and how to move forward with his health care. The issues raised in the film are real which many families can relate to, but I would suggest that the Director and the Producer must be victims of dementia in some form as well, because simply decorating a house with Christmas lights and ribbons does not make a film a Christmas themed movie.
Sadly, I will forget about this film rather quickly and suggest you forget about it as well otherwise you will be wasting your valuable time not watching a Christmas themed film at all.
I give this film a rather poor 4 out of 10 IMDb rating.
Actor Beau Bridges is tasked with playing a traditional Italian American farmer who is rapidly declining with the paralyzing memory disease of dementia and one of his daughters is trying hopelessly to restore some of his fondest memories with his deceased wife's recipe for the families spaghetti sauce.
Siblings are not on the same page as to what to do with their fathers family farm, sell it or keep it going. The two sisters and one brother are all stressed out with personal matters and on top of it they are having to deal with their fathers failing memory and how to move forward with his health care. The issues raised in the film are real which many families can relate to, but I would suggest that the Director and the Producer must be victims of dementia in some form as well, because simply decorating a house with Christmas lights and ribbons does not make a film a Christmas themed movie.
Sadly, I will forget about this film rather quickly and suggest you forget about it as well otherwise you will be wasting your valuable time not watching a Christmas themed film at all.
I give this film a rather poor 4 out of 10 IMDb rating.