La trêve de Noël

I love Christmas movies! And I love historical movies set in WWII. I have no trouble forgetting all logic for a good story. But this movie is just ridiculous!! More holes than Swiss cheese in the storyline. It doesn't even have that good old feel good ending that most Christmas movies do. What a waste of two hours. I'm so disappointed.

If you want historical or technical accuracy, apparently this isn't your movie. Watch the history channel. Over and above the technical inaccuracies, I did find the Captain's distractions from duty to be annoying. The story circumstances also seem completely unbelievable, but this is a Christmas movie, so go with it.

This movie is a different approach to Christmas romance. The romance is sweet. As to story, there is more conflict than the dozens of Christmas movies on the main Christmas movie channels, and it includies war violence. There is drama.

At certain points, the dialogue is a little high-brow or esoteric.

The ending? What can I say that's not a spoiler. I guess I can say it has the same good characteristics and bad as the rest of the movie.

I wanted a fact-based story about the real event that took place during WW I. I should have read the reviews before I rented it. It was a nice love story with some good acting but not at all what I was looking for. It took place during WW II and was pretty disappointing. Low budget film for sure.

It's nice to see a Christmas movie that doesn't involve silly premises. World War II has been a forgotten war and I'd rather see a romance in that era than the same-old same-old Christmas formula set in LA or NYC.

Everybody makes fun of the Hallmark Christmas movies genre but this one takes a different tack. It is well acted and quite touching.

I did not plan on watching this movie. I had just turned off my work laptop after dealing with over stress. I turned on the TV and ended up at the beginning of this movie and I am so glad I did. It had me forget everything else but the movie and for that alone I appreciate the movie. For me, the movie was perfect. A good story, good acting, good camera work. There may have been a detail or two that was historically incorrect but I did not notice and I didn't care. I highly recommend this movie if you want a good story and sit back and relax in the Christmas spirit. It will become one of my favorite Christmas movies right up there with 'A Christmas Carol' which also had an inaccuracy (cameraman in glass). Best enjoyable time out I have had all season.