A Very Country Christmas

Celebrity hiding out trope.

I don't know if it was bad acting, poor directing, or lame dialogue, but most of the movie felt clumsy.

The plot was thin but instead there was a lot of screen time for Greyston Holt and Bea Santos together. I just wish that had resulted in great chemistry.

Some of the secondary characters were cliche. I wish the evil threatening boss wasn't soooo one dimensional in so many of these movies, but she wasn't the only one. And the other pathetic characters weren't really funny.

There were a couple of nice Christmas songs, more than just family around the piano.

Who doesn't love a star connecting to their roots? Don't we all really just want to go home and feel the love. Greyston Holt and Bea Santos are adorable together and Deana Carter is a sheer delight to watch on screen.

I end up watching a ton of these Christmas romcoms around the Holidays. They are all pretty schlocky. This one is no different. The story-such as it is-is a predictable trope driven yarn that is a gentler version of A Star is Born ultimately. Yet, the leads are both appealing and the director keeps the proceedings moving. The film feels more high end than a lot of this subgenre. There's enough warm fuzzies and laughs present to recommend this.

Well, Zane and Billy's parents obviously had some good genes. What a fine looking pair of boys they have and Zane, played by Greyston Holt is such a lovely character, but yet again, I don't see why he would fall for the girl. She's really not very nice and far too self absorbed.

The story isn't brilliant because of her character, but it's not a badly put together film. I've seen similar films where both characters have something going for them and it just works better however. She seemed to enjoy the hard knock life to go with her permanently sulking face.

The music Exec is another bee-hatch, the local guy who fancies the lead female is another loser and the Mother is poorly acted, but somehow with all these issues, I quite liked it. The honest part of me thinks that it's due to the bit where Greyston has just exited the shower, but I'm sure it's something more deep and meaningful than that?

Take a look and see what you think?

I have never heard of Greyston Holt before bit I will be watching for him from now on. I have now become a fan of Deanna Carter