I’ve watched three Christmas movies so far this holiday season. Here is a quick review of each of them (in order that I watched them). Two ratings on two different scales of 1-10
Holidate (2020)Moving rating: 3/10 Christmas movie rating: 4/10 Reccomended: No Age Rating: TV-MA, not family-friendly Genres: romance, comedy Summary: “Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way,” (Netflix). My Commentary: The idea of the movie was funnier than the movie itself. A lot of the humor depended on the cringe-factor which isn’t my favorite kind of humor. But, it made me laugh plenty. The romantic speech at the end almost made the rest of the movie forgivable (and forgettable), but that’s might just be me. It’s not the worst movie I’ve ever watched and I don’t regret watching it, but I wouldn’t watch it again and don’t really recommend it. That is, of course, unless you enjoy bad Christmas movies. Then this might just be up your alley. Starring: Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey Other actors I enjoyed in this film were Manish Dayal and Kristin Chenoweth. Director: John Whitesell Screenplay: Tiffany Paulsen Producers: McG, Mary Viola Christmas Catch (2018)Moving rating: 5/10 Christmas movie rating: 5/10 Reccomended: Sure Age Rating: TV-PG Genres: romance, drama, crime thriller (sort of) Summary: “A cop working undercover to trail a possible diamond thief gets caught in a tricky spot when she finds new clues — and new feelings — for the suspect,” (Netflix). “Detective Mackenzie Bennett is hot on the trail of Carson, a suspected diamond thief, and goes undercover to catch him in the act. While working, Mack not only falls for Carson but begins to suspect that he's been framed,” (Google knowledge panel, unclaimed). My Commentary: Definitely cute and a little different from other Christmas movies I’ve seen. Then again, it wasn’t particularly Christmasy. It took place in December and the MCs loved Christmas, but that is about it. One thing I loved is that both main characters loved Christmas to a ridiculous extent, the spirit of it, and especially decorations. I found it a nice reprieve from the characters (especially female-leads) who want Christmas to die until they meet Santa or something. I recommend it more as a sweet romance and light mystery than a Christmas movie™. It’s not going to win any awards, but there are things like that the female-lead is supposed to flirt and is so bad it had me in stitches. As if that wasn’t good enough, her mother (also her captain) and her (cop) partner KNOW she’s terrible at it and tease her pretty mercilessly. It’s hilarious. Starring: Emily Alatalo, Lauren Holly, Yanic Truesdale Director: Justin G. Dyck Screenplay: Patrick McBrearty Producer: Myles Milne Christmas Chronicles (2018)Note: A sequel came out this year.
Moving rating: 8/10 Christmas movie rating: 10/10, it had Santa, kids, decorations, reindeer, music, everything Reccomended: Absolutely! Age Rating: TV-PG, family-friendly Genres: comedy Summary: “After accidentally crashing Santa’s sleigh, a brother and sister pull an all-nighter to save Christmas with a savvy, straight-talking St. Nick,” (Netflix). My Commentary: Even though this is the movie I liked best on this list, I don’t know what to say about it. It was super sweet, funny, and fun. It had the most original Santa (character) I’ve seen. I did not stop laughing the whole movie, I don’t know where to start. The kids, Santa, the elves, the normal people they interacted with and their reactions to Santa- all priceless. Everytime you think you know what is going to happen next- you are wrong, haha. I definitely recommend this movie for the whole family! Starring: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis Director: Chris Columbus Screenplay: Chris Columbus, Matt Lieberman Producers: Kurt Russell, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan
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