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Okay another decent Christmas movie. Dean Cain plays a real hard ass looking for the right ad company for his chocolate line. At the end of the movie though he steps up and shows some humanity by telling Ally, the now nanny, to not make his mistake and to go for it. Ally is a marketing person who makes the mistake of putting the wrong holiday connection between the product and the owner. This leads to her being fired. She catches on as a nanny to another advertising exec and actually excels with the kids but not the uptight mommy. After giving her maybe boyfriend, Justin, the idea that lands the chocolate account from Cain she is found out to be the nanny and not an ad exec. Mommy realizes her errors and changes her behavior, feeding the kids pancakes when she usually goes with something a lot more healthy. So with her change of heart she throws a Christmas party for everyone except for Ally. The kids take care of that by inviting her to the party. She meets up with Justin and they hook back up as boyfriend and girlfriend. Daddy actually shows up for Christmas which surprises the entire family, pleasantly of course. He has realized that family is more important. Mommy realizes she wants to spend more time at home so takes a sabbatical sabbatical for a year. She leaves Justin in charge and promotes Ally from nanny to an ad exec. So as is typical in this type of film all ends well for every one.

Does this movie show that you can lie to your boyfriend and boss, sneak around the bosses house like a spy when she's gone, and break all her rules but still get a big promotion? Also, apparently all you need to be a success and save the company is one good idea. Well, I guess it is an ad agency where ideas are gold.

Ally pushes the envelope a little too much for me. And the ending is just too perfect in a sappy way. Everyone gets everything. Of course that is true in most of these Christmas romcoms, but for me this one was just a little too much. Part of being too much was how quickly and completely mom changed her entire outlook and really so did dad.

The acting was OK and the kids did a good job. Besides the fact that this was another Nanny movie, a lot of the story was at least a little different. For instance Shakespeare and yoga for two kids under 10.

Most people who watch these movies already expect sappiness, so there is still a good chance many will enjoy this movie.

This typical romantic comedy of mis-identification, where the principal character ends up being a nanny instead of an artistic designer for a prestigious ad agency also has a huge false pretense of promoting Dean Cain as a principal role in the movie. Really, if one is to even approach to enjoying this movie, it's helpful to be upfront and describe more accurately that Dean Cain has more of an extended cameo role in this fun but run of the mill Christmas romance movie. The plot is pretty standard but entertaining and enjoyable for a something to watch during the holiday season. The nanny role is also quite nicely done without the overly stylized dramatics of most nanny-tinged comedic movies.

Picked this up on a lark at a thrift store for $1.

By the end of watching it, I had a migraine so bad from trying to understand where they were going, if they were following the 'nanny-not-nanny dates the bigwig of company (or companies)', or is this to end up a 2-guys-likes-1-gal scenario in the end, and 'why is the side guy the lead and the lead name on the cover in a throwaway role??'.

The only thing that is likable in this movie are the kids, only because they play the naive intelligents.

You expect them to follow the 'be nice in front of mommy but be total arses to the nanny' role, but end up being darlings to someone they know within 2 seconds isn't an actual nanny. Sure, let's go with that, as if how their parents has been neglecting them physically, mentally, and emotionally for years is not going to affect them negatively.

What kid eats flax smoothie bowls that cheerfully? I'm looking at you boy!

This is supposed to be a Christmas romance movie, but with so many potential unanswered subplots that could have been the main plot of other films casually tossed in as teased one-line answers to unasked questions within the first 20 minutes, and over-the-top acting in the only 4 2-minute scenes he had by the person set up as the main draw of this movie (Hello, 90s TV Superman, we're looking at you!) that, if they followed the cover, should have been either the single dad or the uncle that leaves his would be relationship for the accidental nanny he hurriedly hired.

I am in need those Tylenol and bottle of rum for that shot of eggnog now.