Christmas with a View

Ya'll. It's bad. And yet, my roommate and I watch it every. Single. Year. We love it.

The strange floating people in the beginning at what seemed like a Top Chef competition but definitely wasn't? Perfection.

Unappetizing food plated poorly by the winner of the competition? Yes.

Deceased moms, non-existent steaks, non existent STAKES, and what seems like a deliberate PR campaign to make sure we the audience are excited by the idea of dating a city planner? I'll take it.

Also, bonus for a very ethnically ambiguous family lead by Vivica A. Fox. I don't know who is related to who, no adoption, foster or "chosen family" storyline to follow. It's perfect.

You ask, every year we watch this? The answer is YES.

There is truly nothing better than the cinematic universe of Christmas MOW's made in Canada, and this one definitely takes the cake.

If you're down to watch a movie to completely laugh at, this is the film for you! The acting is awful the story is nonexistent. The girl is whiny and just wants attention. Make it into a drinking game and this movie is much easier to watch! P.S. Clive is the real hero of the story! He needed more lines!

One of the things that sprang to mind halfway through this film was: they must have wanted a 'big' name attached to this movie (Vivica A. Fox) but it was an absolutely supervacaneous role. In my opinion, this whole film was actually dispensable. There's nothing really right about it, I don't feel. The acting is so so. The story is quite lame and could've pretty much been set at any time of the year so it's not so much a Christmas movie (apart from the fact that they have Christmas trees in it). There's no family feel (a hugely important part when it comes to Christmas flix for me), the girl always wants to get away from her mom (that's why Fox's role is so redundant) to get to work... And honestly, I don't quite get the title either. But that may be me...

I didn't believe in the acting and the story. The movie did not generate any emotion from me. It feels like an amateur movie.

I'm a HUGE fan of these Christmas movies. They're cheesy yet lovely and always have a happy ending. Really for me they're a form of escapism. But this one is so disjointed and awkward. The story line is off and nothing makes much sense and the blatant miscommunication of the two main characters becomes quickly annoying. I won't even start on the best friend. I really wanted to like it more but, simply put, I just didn't. I was disappointed.