The Christmas Consultant

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This movie follows the Fletcher family, specifically perfume executive Maya (Caroline Rhea) and her equally busy husband Jack (Barclay Hope). Both of them are busy dealing with the stress of their demanding jobs as well as with the effect that a recent move for Maya's career has had on their children. In order to impress both her boss and a potential new client, Maya agrees to host a Christmas party at her new home. This puts extra stress on her especially since both her and Jack's relatives have made plans to spend the holidays at their new house.

Jack suggests that Maya hire Owen (David Hasselhoff), a prestigious Christmas consultant, to plan the party in her stead. Despite some initial hesitations, the Fletchers hire Owen, who states that he will work every day except for Christmas Day, which he will spend with his family.

The film has nice joyful quality about it. It is a typical "Holiday Christmas Movie" but it has enough genuine laughs that helps make this film stand out. Worth watching. Family Safe

MmmIs David Hasselhoff a robot?!? It was a little much but it kind of make sense by the end of the movie. I love Caroline Rhea because I watched a lot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (little biased). The movie was overall very cheesy but works for a background movie.

It was cute, the usual bring a family together at Christmas. Instead of an angel or an elf it's a consultant/planner and Hasselhoff did surprisingly well. Caroline Rhea who is a great actress couldn't pull off the harried mom though, I felt like she was forced to take the roll and showed zero personality. I'll watch again

Thanks to David Hassellhoff and Caroline Rhea, this was actually a very funny movie. It's nice to see we can have a Hallmark/Lifetime movie that is not a romance. Good family dynamic and career conflict exploration. The only thing marring it was Caroline's demanding boss, and a melt-down near the end which was really hateful and crazy. Once amends were made and sanity restored, it ended on a heart-tugging note that one could see coming a mile away. Good comic acting, good humor in the script. I recommend it.

I really enjoyed this, yes, it does have ups and downs--sometimes it seems that all is not going well but that is part of the fun! It reminds me a bit of "The Ref"---could some of the same people be involved {behind the scenes}? It concerns a modern, up to date family, who feel that they would like to get more out of their Christmas celebration with a little less work, but they are very short of free time.

I hope to get a copy of it so I an play it whenever I want to! I think it is a lot of fun but be sure to watch it all the way to the end,I think you who commented that you found it "depressing" quit too soon.

I am eager to see it again, and am recommending it to all my friends.

Please give it a try!