A Christmas... Present

First half of the movie is a little irritating and frantic. Candace Cameron bure's character works so hard at making happiness that it does kind of grade on your nerves a little bit. The second half of the movie is thoughtful and has a very nice story. I think I like the movie because it wasn't your typical cookie cutter movie this is truly about an entire family. Not just two people falling in love at Christmas time. That was very refreshing and loved hearing about the true meaning of Christmas and how if you don't have God at your core then life's going to be a struggle. My husband enjoyed the movie also and he typically doesn't care for any of them because they're so cookie cutter.

I had never loved a movie and raged with it as hard as I did with this one I am obsessed with christmas, I always love the decorations, the general cheer and family reunions, but never really plan, I let it all happen naturally, and this woman's obsession with planning every minute detail SHE wanted without being considerate of others, plus the two selfish teenagers that need to practically be coerced into doing stuff drove me crazy and made me laugh at the same time

As I said in the title, this movie is all about understanding that we need to be considerate and we can love the season, but we need to look out and not turn into monsters thinking we do what is best without considering other's wishes

All in all the message is good, and for christmas movies, you know that you can't go wrong with Candace C Bure, she is like the trademark christmas actress lol.

I do not get the GAC Family Network as I refuse to pay any more $$ for additional TV channels, and I'm glad I kept my $$. I was able to watch this on youtube and was so excited to see it as I had only heard it was an absolutely wonderful and faith-filled movie. In my opinion, it was not. Let's start with CCB's character--a total control freak who got mad at her busy attorney husband and teenage children because they did not want to participate in her crazy calendar of Christmas activities. If the kids were under the age of 13, sure, but not at this stage of their lives. Then, she's not even in touch with her brother who just lost his wife? Then, she somehow corrals her family into spending 10 days, unannounced, at her brother's house? It was all too much, and I felt the faith part was very forced. God bless Marc Blucas (the reason for the three stars) for staring in his because he's wasted. There was no chemistry between him and CCB, and no chemistry with CCB and the actors who portrayed her kids. The brother character, in my opinion, was taking the loss of his wife a little to well (baking cookies, and the house is decorated to the hilt). I think it got such positive reviews because of it's "faith" but that doesn't come to the end, and it's very awkward. Hopefully, the content of GAC will improve, but I watched a couple of others and they were duds. Sorry CCB and GAC!

It was so nice to watch a quality family move that had a great message too! So much more depth than most Christmas movies! I loved that if felt real, Candace Cameron Bure's relationship with her husband and their issues were something that happens to real couples. The teenagers just pretending to like the activities. But mostly how her and her brother, were both trying to fix each other but realized how much they need each other. Love that the Christmas activities were a little different than the typical snowman building, cookie making, gingerbread house contest, etc. I really loved this movie. Heartfelt, real, emotional and just a great movie!

I've always loved Candace Cameron. Bure in any movies she appeared in. This movie was a real disservice to the persona she has built into all of her characters-optimism, consideration of others and attentiveness. Her character in this movie was oblivious to the needs of anyone but herself. Her family seemed like it was just an extension of her own need for control. She claimed she wanted to help her brother and niece through their grief yet she consistently ignored everything they wanted. It was painful watching how dysfunctional she made her entire family. I'm not sure what the writers were trying to achieve. She didn't seem to have a genuine epiphany and her family just grudgingly went along for the hellish ride she put them on. I finally turned it off three quarters of the way through. It felt like it took three hours just to get that far. I'm sure they finished the movie with some sort of personal revelation but it just wasn't worth it to me.