Looks Like Christmas

All of the Hallmark movies are boring. They are the same plot over and over and over..,,,

The real bad thing is the absence of romance. No one drop/crumb of romantic clue and the sentimental conection between the lead characters sounds real fake. The good thing - Anne Heche and Dylan Neal. In rest, same Halmark recipe and not just an inspired story.

The only thing good about this movie are the young actors. There is no chemistry between the main characters. They were stiff and the characters were unbelievable. Ann Heche looked old and tired. I missed this when it was released and wish I had missed it today. Don't waste your time unless you like lousy movies.

This is airing in the UK as A Christmas Carol, though I think Looks Like Christmas sounds better: Maybe the studio are wanting viewers to watch thinking it is a version of Charles Dickens' classic tale.

This comes nowhere near the classic tale.

I have always liked Anne Heche, though it looks like she's slumped from the bigger budget movies into B-movie and Sci-Fi series, which is great for them to be able to have a great actress... unfortunately, they just don't use her to her fullest in this picture. The same can be said for Dylan Neal. I've seen them both do much better, maybe their hearts weren't in it, or it could've been the direction they were given, which is more likely.

The direction is pretty average and keeps the film at a steady pace, though it was a little too slow for me at times.

The story too is your stable fair for a Christmas Love story with no real twists to keep you engaged.

One handicap of the writing and direction was Dylan Neals character, Terry, who could be downright rude to Anne Heche (Carol) to the point that I wondered why were these two people destined to be together.

This is smack on the borderline of recommendation - do I or don't I recommend it? I just don't know.

If you do choose to watch it and find you're not getting on with it for some reason, turn it off because it doesn't really change much throughout the film.

The movie is OK, follows the Halmark/RomCom formula. Farryn VanHumbeck is the reason to watch this movie.