Saying Yes to Christmas

What a waste of money and time, must be a subsidized movie, garbage, totally waste of time, not impressed with acting, super predictable, nor sure why they use the word Christmas.

The premise is like so many others. An assistant editor gets a chance to be full editor if she lands a new writer. Sent back to her home town, she runs into a childhood friend and ends up doing all the usual Christmas things with him. Meanwhile, he's trying to convince his dad to update their business. There is a twist from the usual though and that's the magic wish. Her friend wishes that she "says yes to Christmas" and it comes true. She literally has to say yes to anything Christmas.

Other than that twist, it is totally by formula and totally predictable.

As I often say, when the story is the same old stuff, the movie must succeed in the relationship. Erika Prevost and Romaine Waite have definite chemistry and they get plenty of screen time together. Prevost's resume is somewhat short and I've never seen her before, but she is very appealing both in personality and looks. She's younger than many of the leads on Lifetime and Hallmark Christmas movies, so here's to seeing more of her.

Goof: As they stood on the porch in the snow, he put his jacket over her shoulders, then as the camera draws back, there's NO jacket to be seen anywhere!

How did it suddenly disappear?

One of the most boring Christmas movies I have ever seen. Obvious ending. Waste of time. Characters had no appeal. Girl has been cursed with a spell and can't say "No".

I feel strangely about this film. On the one hand it was very well made. The actors were great, the characters well written and lovable and the script was quite funny. The premise was also a breath of fresh air.

On the other hand I found the movie to be quite sexist to the point that I could no longer say that it's a good film, however well made it is.

For example: The man never helps the woman in her job while it is expected of the woman to help the man. The man is equally obsessed with his job as the woman yet he constantly criticizes her for it. The man literally forces the woman to only say what he wants her to say, repressing her free will.

These moments and subthemes made the film iimpossible for me to like but I have to admit that it's well made.