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I live in Austin and this is exactly the kind of cinematic tripe that gives Texas a bad name. Banjos twanging Christmas carols becomes offensive, and the premise that single mothers are easy if you feed them fruitcake and tamales is just stupid. Okay, I may be hanging out with an entirely different crowd.
I have no idea who Ms Bennett is, but in this role she has great hair and gums and spends the entire film whining about her daddy issues. Jeez, we get it. But the good news is she meets this restaurant guy and will live happily ever after. Cool. What I actually found more interesting was Mr Grazzini, apparently I had just seen him the day before in "Christmas Unwrapped." At least he's getting steady work.
If nothing else, "Lonestar Christmas" helps validate my theory the 2020 crop of Lifestyle/Hallmark Christmas fare is really mediocre this year: Why? Covid production hassles? Creative exodus from Canada? No one cares about Christmas movies anymore? We can only hope it gets better in 2021.
score 2/10
emortland 27 December 2020
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6407160/ |
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4-3-2021 12:06:05