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I am a little at a loss as to how I feel about this film and I have read some interesting reviews by others. First I want to agree that there are full scenes that are stilted and awkward, making them uncomfortable to watch and taking you out of the film, like the first scene with the choir practice and the town mayor...I don't think it was the actors, I think it was the dialogue and the timing. Anyway, it could have used some better direction. Also, I have seen criticisms of the main actress who played Theodora by individuals who claim to only have watched the first ten minutes...which I think is unfair since they did not get to see her soften, in other words I think they should wait until the two bake cookies together or share a meal with meatloaf and pie at the diner before they judge her or her acting...I thought her transition from severe to softening seemed natural and worked with the chemistry between her and Charlie.

Now the story, Theodore has come to town to foreclose on a farm quickly for her firm during the holidays. What she doesn't know until she gets there is that the owner has just passed and they are holding a memorial at the farm where she interrupts to speak to the son Charlie who has been kept in the dark, because of her time constraints. Of course, Charlie doesn't understand how this could happen as his mom keeps good records and he asks for some time to look in to it. Meanwhile, Theodora falls on the property and severely sprains her ankle...having to stay with Charlie at the farm for a few days. It is at the farm that Theodora starts to soften and she starts to get suspicious that this foreclosure isn't as straightforward as she was lead to believe.

This was a little different than say the Hallmark holiday offerings, but still kind of a middle of the road romance.

I just like my Xmas atmosphere fix and do not expect any great artistry from Hallmark- style romantic movies. Chose this one because of the title and story teaser. In the beginning, I quite liked Theodora's edge and Charlie's dark sensitivity and thought it would be developed throughout the movie. But it was as if their personalities suddenly changed, mellowed right to the mainstream, and it made no sense. Although the actors are good, a skilled director could have gotten so much more out of them. I found the dialogues awkward as well as the whole storyline and script. And the bad bad banker and investor characters? Not believable in the least - as if they were plucked out of Victorian ages :) Also, the movie looks and sounds like a cheap production with all the popping and hollow spaces. Shame, really.

For starters, there are many of the usual formula plot lines. Save the farm. Send Theodora to close the deal, but instead a romance develops. Friends telling the leads that they are in love. (This one got used way too much.) A cookie contest. Overbearing dad.

There is an element that starts out as a small mystery and grows more ominous as the story goes on. How far this goes is not normal in Hallmark movies, but this isn't Hallmark.

The script is very clumsy. For one thing there are plenty of filler moments that have nothing to do with the main story and are stupid besides. The romance is clumsy. It is not uncommon for the leads to start out with blatant animosity and then have that melt. In this movie, Theodora is downright rude and uncaring. Then the animosity doesn't melt slowly, it disappears entirely and instantly. If Sebrina Scott and John Wells have chemistry, it is hard to find. Which leads me to the terrible dialogue!!! The misunderstanding which creates the conflict is also clumsy. Then more friends saying you really do love him/her. By the climax, there is no mystery or surprise but even that is dragged out and goes too far.

The acting by all but the leads is horrible. Oh, wow, the mayor is cringeworthy, but other supporting people are not far behind. The leads are just so-so. Almost the entire tone of the movie lacks any fun or joy. There is no Christmas energy.

I wondered about ballot box stuffing for reviews and ratings. Two of the highest reviews are one timers. The rating distribution has a huge gap between 10 stars and 5 stars with another spike for 1 star.

I have no idea how this was made. The worst written I have ever seen. This is not against the actors, who had to work with this drivel. Lack of motive. Melodrama. No logical info on a conflict that was empty. Everything resolved with no information about what happen. How the foreclosure came about. No research done about how these kind of situations work. No explanation of why some little farm was important enough to steal. Did they steal? What happened at the bank? Heroine does a character 180 between scenes. Horrific cliches: she breaks a high heel; opens at a funeral; sudden motive for the all life-important cookie competition? OMG! Over the top dialogue and focus. All that was missing was her father's twirling mustache. The writer clearly has never written anything. Wince-worthy.

I've had to fast forward parts of this. I love Christmas films, the cheesier the better but this one. Oh dear. The two leads at at the bad but as for the rest. The most stilted awkward acting I've seen in a long time. Even Am Dram can be better.

I saw how low the ratings were but I thought I try watching it anyways. No expectations. The acting and plot were so so. The filming was awful. The camera kept moving unsteady like no one had anchored it down. I started getting motion sick after awhile and had to stop watching the movie.

Slow moving and BORING!! I quit watching after 20 minutes. Very few Christmas movies drag at a snail's pace. If you need a movie to sleep through without feeling like you need to restart, THIS is the movie for you.

Christmas Collision (2021) -

As if the depressing beginnings of this film weren't bad enough they underscored it with a comedy soundtrack of plucky violins, which was totally inappropriate for a funeral.

Sebrina Scott as Theodora was an actual b!tch and John Wells performance in the role of Charlie wasn't exactly Mr. Charming either.

I couldn't ever see that the two of them could come back from their initial meeting, which was tense to say the least and that meant that any relationship that might have developed would have been farcical or impossible for me to believe and he wasn't attractive enough to put up with that.

Theodora's boss was obviously pure evil too and I wasn't prepared to watch another hard time Christmas, with nasty characters.

I could tell that I wouldn't enjoy this one, even after ten minutes, so by the time I got to the first advert break I turned it off.

Unscored as Unfinished.

This was the worst Christmas movie I think I've ever seen. There probably wasn't more than 10 actors in the whole movie, when it showed the town you didn't see a single person outside. It was slow, it was boring. The concept of the movie was cute but there wasn't a whole lot of Christmas in it. Wasted my money.

I don't know whose fault this is - but the script is awful the delivery is wooden - how it ever got passed as fit for public consumption goodness knows - it's terrible in every way. I gave up at 30 mins . I suggest you don't even begin... there are plenty of far better Christmas movies on other channels. US movies of this kind are usually of a much higher standard than this one

What amazes me is how it even got as far as development hell unless it's the studio head's son/daughter and he/she wanted to give them a job. But surely there are some good scripts and crew out there who could do a 100% better job although the script is so bad maybe not. Someone needs to take a much tighter rein on the content and delivery of films like this, frankly it's an insult to audiences putting this on ... there are no words frankly just avoid it completely..... it is total rubbish in every way.

No words ....

What a wonderful realistic story filmed in Ohio! Romantic and interesting story line with beautiful actors. Enjoyable and entertaining evening watching with friends and family.

These movies are suppose to make you feel good, not make you never wish to watch another movie again. The beginning of this is spiraling nightmare of bad writing, acting, and cinematic workers. The lighting and sound on some scenes was like a high school film crew do this. Then the acting from the main characters was about the worst I've seen. Almost so that if I see these actors in the cast for future movies I won't watch. But back to my headline title. How did this pass? It's almost like the scene in Elf, where James Caan meets with his boss about two pages missing. His boss says how did you miss two pages, then says it doesn't matter because the book still sucked. Amazon can't do this or they will not compete with hallmark on these Christmas movies. Sorry, I just feel so bad my wife and I started to watch. I got to go watch another film to help me sleep.

This movie is unappealing. First, Theodora's character was way too harsh in the beginning 10-15 minutes. Made it easy not to care about her or to even wish something bad would happened. Should have started attitude at a lower level.

Second, the dialogue was a new kind of cliche- yes, we've heard it before, but at least it fit- not so with this movie. Seemed like writers grabbed lines they liked or were familiar with and then tried to force them to into random scenes. The writing also negatively impacted the story development. Plot points were disjointed as well, no cohesion.

Reminds me of brainstorming meetings where everyone is too buzzed to be authentically productive and know they need to rework it in the morning when people are sober, but in this case that didn't happen.

My expectations for a Hallmarky-type Christmas movie that doesn't make the cut on Hallmark doesn't run particularly high. But typically, there is some comfort in the formula. This one, while I'll give it points for trying to depart from the standard, totally loses it on execution. An awkward script and some very bad acting by a few of the ancillary characters may have been saved by some decent editing and a music score that didn't sound like it was cut and pasted from some other film - plodding and so out of step. The timing and tone of each scene was completely off. In the end, nothing came together in this one.

This movie suffers from a dreadful script, dreadful direction and dreadful acting. Basically, it's shockingly bad.

You feel no empathy towards the guy potentially losing his family home. The side characters seem absolutely pointless and the storyline is just rubbish.

There are farvtoo many cuts to people who you have absolutely nonidea whatvrelevance they have to the story and the whole execution of the 'christmas festival' would make me run a mile rather than visit the dire event.

The lead male character obviouslybhas a background but you don't find out wherevhe's from or why he left until it's too late and you;ve decided he's notbworthy of a relationship or a happy ending.

Avoid like the plague.

OK, some of these cookie-cutter (no pun intended) movies are actually sort of charming. This one is just annoying from beginning to end. Some feature some quality acting. Here, cardboard animation would have been an improvement. Some feature some half-decent writing. This treatment must have shown up in crayon, written by a kindergarten class - it's barely even English. Some even present a profound question or two. This one is so vapid and gutter senseless as to just be confusing.

That's the other side of the coin. Sometimes these flimsy romance movies are just plain bad, although even those are not usually as painful and insulting as this. Add to all of that, the cheap production - virtually the entire movie is set in two non-descript boring rooms - and you have a just a painful hour and a half.

It doesn't claim to be a Hallmark movie and the quality shows that. The acting is fair, but slow and non-professional. The lighting bothered me the most. Many scenes were fuzzy and dark. Natural sunlight was pointed towards the viewer and very distracting.

The story was similar to a Hallmark movie, but it wasn't cheerful or nearly as decorated.

The scenes were dreary. For those of us who are familiar with Hallmark movies, it must be very expensive to have top lighting professionals, but this film just doesn't have what it takes.

It is a movie with a happy ending, and that's always a pleasure to see.

The 2 lead actors have great chemistry together as you see it unfold throughout the movie. Thought it was going to be a cheesy knockoff Hallmark, but actually ended up being a good story that had a special feel mainly due to the cast. The portrayal of a small town Ohio was on point. I believe this was beautifully made and directed.

The two leads, John and Sebrina have great on screen chemistry. I went in thinking it would just be a knock off of those improbably cheesy hallmark movies but this is much much better. Highly recommend.

This was an absolutely Great Christmas Movie. Funny uplifting, and a nice change. It was truly enjoyable by the entire family. Merry Christmas Every Day!

Christmas Collision is my ideal Holiday movie with a twist and a perfect film to enjoy with a loved one on a frosty evening! Thanks for getting me into the spirit of Christmas!