A New Lease on Christmas

If you want to feel the ultimate in Christmas spirit and all that is merry and bright, watch this movie! If you do not want to feel merry and bright, go watch something about a creepy elf and Santa on HBO. Two enthusiastic thumbs up and Five Christmas Trees for "A New Lease On Christmas"!! 👍👍 🎄🎄🌲🎄🎄

The premise of this movie has potential, which is why I decided to watch it. But this is the worst thing I've watched on TV. HONEST question? Was this a high school project that got greenlit? The acting and writing is HORRENDOUS!!!! I'm convinced the people who are singing this movie's praises are relatives and friends of the so-called actors. So-called actors because there is no way these people are making a decent living doing what they're doing. I sincerely hope they have day jobs that sustain their livelihoods because acting "ain't" it for them. Absolutely horrible movie. HORRIBLE!!!!! But, if you need a good laugh or background white noise, this is the movie for you.

Becky gets hired by her roommate's dad to evict coffee shop owner Jake but she's falling for him. The confrontation over the secret occurs earlier than most movies, a little over half way. Up until then the story is pretty tame. The only exception I'll get to. After the confrontation things go a little crazy. The ending makes no sense in so many ways.

The Santa who rings his bell outside the coffee shop thinks he is the real thing. And he knows a lot of things about people that he should have no way of knowing and this from early in the movie.

Chemistry between the leads? Maybe. Problem is they didn't do that much together.

A New Lease on Christmas is another really unique take on an age-old format.

The actor who played Santa provided a brand-new take on the cinematic character. He grows on you throughout the movie.

There are very real relationships in the film, by realistic actors.

Everything was nicely wrapped up by director Scott, who has yet to disappoint to anyone who loves movies.

A new holiday staple!

The storyline was good, but the audio was terrible. Who ever the sound engineer was should never be used on another film until they learn that music is supposed to be included in the background and not drown out what the actors are saying. I would have thought that before releasing it for public viewing, someone would have watched it and noticed the audio problem. Not enjoyable when you watch a movie and need to have your remote control in your hand to constantly lower and increase the volume throughout the entire movie. I am sure that other viewers must have noticed that this was a problem. Other than the audio fiasco, the film was good.