Everything Christmas

I watched this movie the other day, and I have to admit I was not impressed.

Part of the problem may be that we watch so many of them, there is a natural tendency to compare them to others. If they were just stand alone movies, we might like them fine.

Part of the problem may be that it was a Cindy Busby movie. She's never been one of my favorites.

But I think the biggest problem for me was reducing Cory Sevier, so brilliant as the grinchy stroke victim in Noel Next Door, into a guy who just grins and says "Me too!" about 40 times.

The story about a road trip where two girls keep running into the same two guys and maybe Santa Claus was a little flimsy to say the least. Supporting cast was so-so, although the Santa and the pastor were good.

Others may enjoy this, I'm sure I'll get thumbs down, but for me it's a pass.

Cindy Busby's character was so over the top that I didn't know how she functioned. Like she wasn't believable as an actual person. I know she's not usually most viewers cup of tea, but I've always liked her. I didn't like her in this. She couldn't pull off this type of character. She works better as a downbeat character with a touch surliness. Other annoyances: Her disruptive singing while at work and then encouraging her friend to quit her job just because she had was awful.

I also found the movie so boring. The only thing that made it bearable was Katherine Barrell who will always be Officer Nicole Haught to me.

Here we have two girls on a road trip who keep running into ..... Santa Claus? Well, Kris Kringle, anyway.

He continues to detour the two girls in a way that might have been creepy if you didn't have the comfort of knowing you're in a Hallmark movie.

The two girls keep running into and traveling with the same two guys, one of whom, Cory Sevier, was in one of our favorites from last year, Noel Next Door. He was great in that movie, but was given much less to work with here.

Separately, each of the parts of this movie are charming and friendly. Placed end to end, they don't make a compelling story.

The basic virtue - it is a fairy tale. The significant error - the try to define the identity of Santa.

A film with serious virtues , from portraits of small comunities to the miracles , accidents, gifts and their meaning, the purpose of travel of young woman and pills of lessons about life. All- more than seductive and it is just a good point the try of Hallmark to propose something different - in some measure than you expect.

Sure, unrealism and large spoons of magic. But each of them works more than well in this mix and, not ignoring the virtues of performances, the story suggest a nice air of nostalgia, like each fairy tale, and this is the best thing, in fact.

Lori Jo's love for Christmas takes her on a road trip to Yuletide Springs, where Christmas is celebrated year-round. Her roommate and friend, Tory, joins her to participate in a longstanding town tradition to honor her late grandmother. Along the way they meet a mysterious guy named Kris who seems to make miraculous circumstances come their way. Stars... Cindy Busby, Corey Sevier

If your looking for romance this is not the movie for you. Although the two female friends do meet a couple of guys , its more about the coincidences of how they keep running into them on their journey rather than detailed romantic interactions with each other. You sense an interest, but no more than that.

But overall it's a cute movie, something a little different from the save the business, store, farm storylines. I thought Cindy Busby, while a little old for the part, her portrayal of the positive bubbly character, Lori Jo, was spot on, and contrasted nicely with her more practical friend, Tory, (Katherine Barrell). Of course, Corey Sevier is always excellent, and George Masswohl, (Kris) is perfect in his role.