Christmas Wedding Planner

Expectations for Christmas movies have to be tempered. They are usually cheesy and cliche but my god this was awful. The main character only seems to own red clothes. The acting is some of the worst I have seen (Joey was the only shining light in this darkness). I took the time to create an account just to warn everyone to not waste their evening on this. The ending almost caused me to break the TV.I would rather punch a baby sea otter than sit through this again...

My sister and I live across the country and we watch these bad Netflix holiday movies "together" as a tradition. This one. Man. She watched it before me and weirdly kept asking if I'd watched it yet. I couldn't figure out why. NOW I know. You really can't watch this one without having someone to debrief with. Like, seriously. You've been warned. Make sure you have a buddy system in place. Just wait until the final 10 minutes. I promise it's worth it. I don't want to ruin the surprises so that's all I'll say about the plot. The down side is it's going to be hard for Netflix to top the awfulness of this one. And that makes me just a little bit sad.

Look, I watch a lot of cheesy Christmas movies. They're not great. I know this. But this was uncomfortable to watch. The lead actress spends 75% of the movie texting the plot to us. If I hear "love you muchly" or "I'm a fierce warrior!" one more time, I might barf.

This movie is bizarre. Like, so so weird. But if you can hang in there until the end, get ready to laugh your head off at the sheer stupidity.

This is not a two star film. I'm adding a star for the ending. It was like watching a train wreck and then a bunch of naked clowns jumping out of the train and making balloon animals for everyone.

I've seen my share of Hallmark/Netflix Christmas movies this month (it's been one of those months) and I have to say, within the genre of Christmas cheese, is this film really that bad? Let's try to be objective: Negatives:

• Very low budget. Everything looks very cheap, like they they used a friend's house to film it. The "dress shop" and "bakery" were all clearly just rooms in someone's house. Everyone looked like they were wearing their own clothes (why was Aunt Olivia always wearing a fascinator? Was she always just about to go to a wedding). That lobster looked fake. The lead actress's hair is the most expensive looking thing here. That's some good hair styling.
• Odd casting - where did they find these actors? The two leads were okay but everyone else looked unsure as to why they were there...maybe they owed the director a favour? The girl who was cast as "young Kelsey" had blue eyes when Kelsey clearly had brown eyes. Did this escape the casting director's notice? Who am I kidding, there was no casting director.
• Terrible acting - everyone from the coffee shop barista to the baker... everyone decided that OVERACTING was the way to go. The direction and editing was so awkward...someone yell cut already!

Positives - The chemistry between the leads was decent. I bought that she found him attractive. The lead actress was fairly endearing. She has some quirky facial expressions and a style of acting which is probably not to everyone's taste. I liked the "plot twist" at the end... but clearly from the reviews I was the only one. In the world. There are worst Christmas films out there. This is not a genre that screams quality, credulity, high production values etc. In conclusion, this movie passes. You could do worse. I give it 4/10.

I can't believe I left that on, it was terrible. I'm in no way a movie critic, but the pacing was terrible, the acting awful, comedic timing was non existent, and it was cheesy at literally every turn. I love me a cheesy Christmas movie but this was really horrible. 0/10 would not recommend.