A Very Country Christmas

It's what "Pure Country" would have been as a Christmas film. A very enjoyable film.

Generally i would see imdb reciews before watching a movie i am glad i did not before seeing this one. It was really nice to see such beautiful, simple romantic movie after a long time.Its a gr8 soothing experience for one n half hour. No flashy screenplay or over the top twists and turns.Just a simple sweet love story highly recommend.

First, I'm just going to touch base on my feelings about Deann's acting as Jolene. I've never seen her act before, but she really stole the show! Maybe because the part was so much like her in real life, I don't know, but she just blew me AWAY!!! She is just as sweet as the peach pie my Gran used to make, still as naturally beautiful as The Land Between The Lakes in Kentucky near where my folks are from, with a voice still as clear and fresh as "Strawberry Wine," and as poised and graceful as any Southern Bell EVER WAS!!! She as the heart of the film! That aside, they picked a REALLY great cast, they all seemed quite natural in the parts (except for maybe the mom/grandma & the Asian girl who kept breaking things while set dressing, I could see she was pushing it so hard that it became over acting, because she was uncomfortable,) and they really seemed to have chemistry! Even the little girl, she wasn't one of those annoying child actors who don't know what they're doing, won't take direction, and so the crew just gives up and uses them as little as possible, this little girl was a DOLL!! And I could totally see them as a family going forward! That's a lot of credit for her being so young!

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.

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.