Jeez, What's up with the 2020 Christmas films?

emortland

Maybe it's a Covid production thing, but this new batch of 2020 Hallmark/Lifestyle Christmas movies I've seen so far have all been pretty lame. I'm not expecting "The Godfather" or "Gone with the Wind," but at least a little chemistry between our couples, and dialogue that seems like an actual conversation between people, not just memorized words waiting for the cue. Are they rushing productions these days?

Two things that fascinated me: There are only three brief scenes in this movie where Ms Shaw isn't smiling or "being giddy," and I still remember the Death Squad scene with Ms Gibb in "Salvador" - and she's so "cool mom" normal in this endeavor. Nice.

Six of one or a half-dozen of the other, boy meets girl, girl hates boy, but he brings her the vanilla extract at the end. That's love. The chef/critic food allusions seem more convenient than premise-worthy. Was this movie released with another name? Christmas Cuisine of Love? They could have used Drive-Thru too.

score 5/10

emortland 26 December 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6402030/