Deck the Heart

I need to stop watching Candy Cain movies! This was even worse than the last one. Poor camerawork, poor acting (probably largely due to the poor script), poor sound, poor setting, poor wardrobe, tortuous soundtrack! There was nothing to redeem this movie. It wouldn't have been much worse if the cast had walked around holding microphones!

The ending was terrible. It felt like they just gave up and said "let's just go home". There was no chemistry between the leads and it felt awkward. Come to think of it all the interactions in the movie were awkward and unnatural. The "near death" scene was laugh out loud ridiculous.

It only gave it two stars because it was so bad it was funny, which I suppose is entertainment!

It's just SO BAD. I love a Cheesy Christmas movie so my tolerance for cringe is high, but oh my god this was painful. The acting is terrible. I think you could go in to any school and find the drama club would do a mikes better job. The script is just appalling. I know this is supposed to be light and christmassy, but it was all just so unbelievable I was actually getting annoyed with it. Even with a low budget I still can't believe it is so bad. The lead actor, I'm sorry but this really can't be your day job. The pointless long conversations- the weird communication between him and the server in the coffee shop- what is the point?!

Editing was bad, stilted dialogue; lighting off many places, not to mention acting varied to sometimes okay to horrible. Cute story but ran too slowly; some scenes last too long. 4 stars for good intentions and cute leads.

OMG!!!!

Can I say that this is by far, the stupidest movie I have ever watched? Firstly, the acting was so stiff and unnatural.

The story, or at least, the synopsis got my attention and my hopes up. I don't know these Lifetime or Hallmark actors.

I just know that year after year, I enjoy binging on Christmas movies and most of them are great and I ended up smiling ear to ear by the end of the story.

This one did not do that for me, not even a bit. That kiss that always happens at the end? Good grief!!! The writer/director has no clue what a love scene should look like. Are they celibate? With a nickname like Candy Cain, you'd think there's be more imagination but there was nothing.

It was just straight reading of their lines, or memorizing by rote, without real feeling, all the way through to the end.

Hated this one. Gave it a three only because I got sucked in by the synotpsis.

Deck The Heart (2021) -

I instantly felt that this film was like watching bad porn, or at least as it's shown in things that take the pee out of adult filming (I wouldn't know about porn obviously). I kept waiting for them to accidentally spill a drink on their shirt or for a plumber to walk in covered in grease (Honestly I don't watch the stuff).

But seriously, based on the first minute, the film stock quality and the poor acting, I just knew I wasn't going to like it. The filter made it seem as if they were going to pull away from a TV at any moment as a film within a film sort of thing. Like when the 'Friends' (1994 - 2004) are watching Joey (Matt LeBlanc) in a show he's done. That in itself was actually really distracting.

Even with the appearance of Robert Picardo as Larry Link, whom I have appreciated in many other roles, I just couldn't give a film this badly put together my time.

Maybe I missed a treat by the time it got to the end, but I seriously doubt it. Even the leading man (Joe Kurak) didn't have that certain something worth persevering with it for.

Unscored as Unfinished.