Santa's Boots

Santa's Boots (2018) -

They actually started doing things early enough to pull off the events and activities that they planned in this film. It was a Christmas Miracle and it was refreshing.

There were many obvious similarities to 'Charming Christmas/The Secret Life Of Mrs. Claus' (2015) and although I liked that one too, I thought that this one just had the edge over it, perhaps because the relationship progressed so naturally and sweetly.

I liked the flirtations between Noah Mills as Nick and Megan Hilty in the role of Holly. It seemed real and what I would expect the beginnings of a budding connection to be. I could get behind them and wished for their success.

I also appreciated the fact that they didn't have a silly falling out, but that their getting to know each other was interrupted in another way, for a change up of the usual formula.

However, I couldn't understand why the other men in town all wanted to try on Nick's boots or what the incentive was for them? I wouldn't want to wear another man's shoes, men's feet are gross, sweaty and stinky.

It would also be highly unlikely that the boots didn't fit at least one other person in town. That element, although the title of the story and trying to be like Cinderella could have been omitted and the film could have been renamed.

In general this film was a nice, simple and easy story with heart and without any obvious issues. I could refer back to previous reviews, where the fact that even independent shops would have had to plan their seasonal changes far more in advance might have been mentioned, but they did try to give it the time that it needed in this one, so I liked that.

It didn't seem to be trying to use all the usual tricks and although it was a story that had been done many times before, it was a good interpretation. I like Megan Hilty and I will be looking for more outings by Noah Mills.

6.25/10.

Just...not good. I wish that the idea of using boots to track down the department store Santa was the plot of the entire movie - kind of like a holiday, gender swapped Cinderella! That could have been a lot of fun. Here, the shoes are an afterthought in the last 15 minutes. Overall, the movie was not well plotted or well written and the main character's mother was extremely annoying. Hilty's other Lifetime movie, Sweet Mountain Christmas, was MUCH better!

There s no chemistry here.

Its too superficial, everything s fake, too Many white rich problems, like " oh I have to take over my dad s company " (whatttt!!!? , oh Poor little grl) and that guy like ken, its a cartoon,he is a farmer and he never works and he doesn t have any money issues, thats weird right?

The mom s principal interest is that the main character has to get marry, hello its 1980 knocking the door? Come on!!!! We deserve better.

Also, there s no black actors anywhere....where s this place? The supreme court ?

I know that its a stereotype movie but this is too much, even for Hallmark kind ir movie.

Do not waste your time.

Cheers.

So if Nick and Holly are both 35 and they both grew up in the small town, how is it that they never met each other?

This is not bad for lifetime standards but nothing new and follows the same formula and the plot is predictable.