A Timeless Christmas

This was the best Hallmark Christmas movie this year so far! It was enjoyable watching this movie with great casting, acting, writing, makeup, costumes/wardrobe, location/scenery, production and direction. I feel like they had to move through the events too fast in the last 30 minutes or so. This movie should've been a two-parter primiering on Saturday and Sunday night this weekend. Applause to Hallmark :)

In the spirit of the holiday season, I sat down to watch the 2020 Hallmark Christmas movie titled "A Timeless Christmas", believing it to going to be just another super cheesy and sappy romantic Christmas movie that Hallmark spews out by the dozens. And with Ryan Paevey on the cast list, I must admit that I definitely believed it was going to be one of those archetypical Hallmark movies.

But still, as I hadn't already seen "A Timeless Christmas" from writers Duane Poole and Ron Oliver, I sat down to watch it and give it a fair chance.

And I have to say that since December 1st, I have sat through more than twenty Christmas movies and "A Timeless Christmas" definitely ranks among the top three of most enjoyable and entertaining of Christmas movies thus far.

I really liked the storyline in "A Timeless Christmas", so writers Duane Poole and Ron Oliver definitely managed to put together a very wholesome and entertaining story.

They had cast some nice talents for the movie, and it was refreshing to see Ryan Paevey (playing Charles Whitley) to rise up and shed the mantle of a dime a dozen Hallmark Christmas movies, because he was so well-cast for this movie and carried the movie quite nicely along with his co-star Erin Cahill (playing Megan).

"A Timeless Christmas" was so much more than the archetypical romantic sap and cheese that Hallmark tends to push out there during the holiday seasons. And if you enjoy Christmas movies, then you must certainly should take the time to sit down and watch "A Timeless Christmas" from director Ron Oliver.

My rating of "A Timeless Christmas" lands on a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.

I really enjoyed this Christmas movie. The time travel storyline along with some quality acting made this one (which is my 15th) my favorite thus far this 2020 Hallmark Christmas movie season. The script was pretty good too. Some nice heartwarming dialogue, which I liked (Charles Whitley speech, e.g., at the Christmas party). The acting was good. Erin Cahill had a strong performance; I have always thought she performed well in such roles. Ryan Paevey, the other lead, also had a good performance on the screen. And the chemistry between the two was fairly good, though I think we could have gotten a bit more from the male lead (Ryan) here. The props, dress, scenery and sets were beautiful. It was well done. I also enjoyed the Christmas atmosphere and feel of the movie, which is one of the things I like about Hallmark films. Overall, a very good Christmas movie by Hallmark this year. It is worth a watch.

A different story for the Hallmark universe. The directing was nearly flawless.... The " family" feel of the cast as it seamlessly blended to tell a story both imagined and real. Paevey is lead and as should be, steals it , makes it believable with Cahill's support. Excellent, subtle, and totally interactive chemistry-between the two and the cast, and director himself make this movie real. Loved every bit of it... please more of this total package.

I expected a take on Kate and Leopold. It is that only in the main premise and maybe some other minor ways. It really is an unusual Christmas premise.

Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill have a very comfortable chemistry. They have plenty of screen time together and watching them interact is enjoyable.

I really didn't know what to expect. There are some things that it is obvious are going to be important to the story. How or to what ultimate end was never certain in my mind. In fact the climax went differently than my guess. The last shot is interesting.

Funny total aside: my sister and I joke about enumerating all the little devices that appear in many of these movies. One of them is that in almost every romance movie, the leading lady comes down a set of stairs dressed beautifully and the leading male looks on in awe. Watch for the switcheroo on this.