Christmas Cupcakes

I am not fan of Christmas films. For many reasons, from cliches to the cheesy romance. But this film represents an exception. First - for the performances of Diana - Mary Stolz and Greg Lawson. For Italian veil , from the curse to the bread. For the seductive irony about cooking contests and for the cpooking ideas. Short, just a beautiful film. About family and cupcakes and about the small joys defining us. So, a "I like it! " with nuances to "I love it !".

Or to use a metaphor more appropriate to this movie - not my flavor of cupcake.

This movie hit all my negative buttons, so take my review with a grain of salt. I hate cooking contest shows. I hate the premise where where the protagonists have to win a contest to save the bakery. (It's a little like counting on the lottery.) I don't care for this style of humor which heavily uses vicious sniping and melodrama. It's a matter of personal preference.

Is this a Christmas romance movie? It barely touches on Christmas. And if you measure by screen time, the main romance is with the bakery rather than between Gina and Nick. Even the sisters' relationship takes up more than Nick and Gina.

I anticipated the ending to the contest, if only by a bit. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Who doesn't love tv christmas movies? We just seen it as a family and we loved it. Good acting, quality production and the ending was perfect. A solid christmas movie, would recommend.

It is silly and unbelievable - but I watch it every Christmas! A great bit of escapism. The Uncle is probably the best actor and the nasty baker is a fun character.

In the second round, Remo Bakery got 10-8-8 and they showed 29, when it is really 26. When the announcer was wrapping up the competition round, he said Bake It Til You Make It got all 9s, which would be 27, but they showed 29. This time they got Remo Bakery correct with 26. Bad editing job!