Yuletide the Knot

Rachel (Mary Antonini) is a wedding planner with an attitude problem after the death of her mother. She and her two sisters have got together for the holidays with her father at their hometown of Pineview.

It might be that her dad has found a new love. A sign that he is moving on in his life. Rachel seems to be stuck as obnoxious.

So she is ecstatic when a celebrity social influencer asks Rachel to plan her Christmas wedding. Only it brings Rachel together with Logan, her ex boyfriend. He is the influencer's manager and they split as he left Pineview.

Now it seems the old flames are rekindling old times.

The best thing about the movie is the punning title. The worse thing is that it is boring. The songs are dull and the main lead is too much of a curmudgeon.

The only reason I gave it a 4 is because of the rest of the cast. I have never watched a Christmas movie where I disliked the main character as much as the one in this movie. It is understandable to miss a parent, especially around Christmas, but mom had obviously been gone for a few years, and she is way too old to be acting so nasty about dad dating, the tree lighting, etc...basically she threw tantrum after tantrum and in front of other people. I liked the sisters a lot and the main male love interest, especially when he put the one girl in her place about her behavior; the only nice thing I can say about the main female character is that she has a nice singing voice.

Plan a wedding in less than a month with bride and groom abandoning her manager and the wedding planner. This includes the planner, Rachel, picking and modeling the wedding dress. The planner is a good 4-6 inches taller, her chest is much larger and in fact her entire build is much stockier and her complexion and hair style are totally different. The bride, Susan is a total flake so it is good for the movie that her on-screen time is limited.

All this to have an excuse to have the estranged high school sweethearts work together on a common project. Behind that plot thread is Rachel's lingering grief over her late mother who had always been the center of Christmas celebrations for her. I can't say the movie is convincing about how things end up with Logan and Rachel. The romance between them gets shortchanged in this movie by all the other stuff. Rachel's grief gets a lot of that.

I didn't see the ending coming partly because it was so ridiculous I would never have considered it.

Most of the acting is average but there is one scene with Mary Antonini doing a very poor job of breaking down emotionally. Kelley Jackle always has an overly enthusiastic smile on her face.

There are several songs performed by a number of talented artist/actors playing the main characters. I didn't recognize most of them so I assume they were original. Without the songs, this movie is mediocre.

Pet peeve not really related to the movie - you can look at stars and especially a meteor shower while you are sitting in the middle of a ton of lights.

Good music and photography make production values so much more to than rating suggests. Good story to boot. Loved the credits. Lady from Reba was so good. Music and songs were not corny. The opening scene looked like a well choreograph tightly produced and directed opening. This had me engaged from the very start and had me thinking that this was not just another Christmas movie. The actors looked like they really sang the songs and the quality was there. This was a real surprise. The words were relatively meaningful and melody was nice in each of the songs. Enjoyed the interaction three sisters who sing to genuinely connect and enjoy each other's company.

Plot kept me engaged.

I get that the main Character list her mom. I did too, so did her sister & her Dad But SHE IS So Rotten to Everyone! She acts like a Spoiled Child being Nasty and rude to dad's Girlfriend & SO HURTFUL AND SELFISH TO her father Acting like he should live without love because it upsets her. The young girl screaming "it's Christmas!" In the commercial from this is unbearable! So FAKE CUTESY WAY OVER The TOP! It was like watching Annie in a musical which I can't stand the WAY OVER THE TOP DRAMATICS. I never do reviews. I love so many Hallmark & other Rom-Coms This one is HORRIBLE!

I get that the main Character list her mom. I did too, so did her sister & her Dad But SHE IS So Rotten to Everyone! She acts like a Spoiled Child being Nasty and rude to dad's Girlfriend & SO HURTFUL AND SELFISH TO her father Acting like he should live without love because it upsets her. The young girl screaming "it's Christmas!" In the commercial from this is unbearable! So FAKE CUTESY WAY OVER The TOP! It was like watching Annie in a musical which I can't stand the WAY OVER THE TOP DRAMATICS. I never do reviews. I love so many Hallmark & other Rom-Coms This one is HORRIBLE!

I get that the main Character list her mom. I did too, so did her sister & her Dad But SHE IS So Rotten to Everyone! She acts like a Spoiled Child being Nasty and rude to dad's Girlfriend & SO HURTFUL AND SELFISH TO her father Acting like he should live without love because it upsets her. The young girl screaming "it's Christmas!" In the commercial from this is unbearable! So FAKE CUTESY WAY OVER The TOP! It was like watching Annie in a musical which I can't stand the WAY OVER THE TOP DRAMATICS. I never do reviews. I love so many Hallmark & other Rom-Coms This one is HORRIBLE!