Arrogance
The arrogance of both Amelia and Vic was so strong that I could barely stand the first part of the movie. If I encountered either of these people acting like this, I would do anything to avoid them. One quarter of the movie led up to clumsily contrived premise - the two rivals being thrown together to organize the decoration of Main Street for the purpose of impressing Elder. And the ugly arguing continued well after that goal was established.Was it funny? I actually laughed a few times when I wasn't cringing over all the meanness.
Then we meet the towns people. More arguing, arrogance and judgmentalism. We're about half way through the movie, and except for a few laughs inspired mostly by physical comedy, everything about it is a downer.
In most of these movies, all the animosity between the leads disappears suddenly and this movie is no exception. It's too bad they extended the negative so long. Finally, Vanessa Lachey and Ryan McPartlin can start to develop chemistry and they quickly do.
The story follows the usual lines and is predictable. The viewer can see the things that are coming as soon as they are set up. Even so I still needed some kleenex for at least one development. The conflict was predictable too, but a bit unusual as a plot device.
This was like two different movies envisioned by different people. I could easily FF through most of the first half, but the second half is worth the wait.
score 7/10
Jackbv123 30 November 2020
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6325579/34941
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