A Very British Christmas

I loved this movie for personal reasons as it reminded me of my daughter who moved with her family to live in Canada.

Knaresborough was one of my memorable highlights when I visited Yorkshire many years ago.

I enjoyed the scenery, spirit of Christmas & romantic aspects. I didn't allow the accents to spoil it. Seeing a movie without Sci-fi, violence & swearing is a refreshing change.

My only disappointment is that we never heard singing at the end.

Lily James would have been perfect in the lead role as she has musical & acting talent & more music would have been a welcome addition.

Yes, it was twee, but glad we just happened to switch on the Tele and stumbled upon this movie.

It brought a tear or two to my eyes as I saw it through the eyes of a child with happy memories of the festive season shared with family as well as my visit to Knaresborough.

G-rated, formulaic, and utterly predictable. Feel-good for the younger set. Too much soft focus and quirky music. But, the child and her gran are a delight. A respite from the felonious characters of other Christmas movies. Pretty location. Light a candle, drink a nog, and sour back with a Hallmark-style movie.

I have only one criticism regarding the story line. At the beginning, the main character, Jessica, is sitting at a small rail station in the middle of what turns out to be, Yorkshire. She was enroute to Vienna for a concert. Her flight was canceled. She ends up taking a train twenty miles away from the town where I presume the airport was. This was confusing especially since I once lived in Yorkshire. One other detail that bothered me was the endless supply of winter coats, hats and scarves. When she was at the train station she had a small to medium sized suitcase. That being said, this was a nice love story set at Christmas time. It was a British version of a Hallmark Christmas movie. No swearing, no violence and predictable. The location where it was filmed was beautiful. It's worth a watch at the end of a hectic day.

A very mediocre Christmas movie.

The storyline, dialogue and acting give Christmas movies a bad name and that's not saying much. However, the male lead Mark Killeen is the worst, the character is supposed to be from Yorkshire but his accent is somewhere between London and Sydney. Dick van Dyke did a better accent in Mary Poppins!

Anyone who lives in the UK would agree, this is pure unadulterated escapism. Opening Train Station and Steam Train proves it's lack of reality. Nothing like a Yorkshire accent from Andrew! If you like bubblegum movies, you'll enjoy it! ps. No fried bread on the breakfast!?