The acting from the three leads was off. I kept trying to figure out why.
Were those real accents or fake from the two leading men? Was it missing background music at key points? Was it the super fake snowmen and snow scenes? The lack of any surprise or shock or wonder at where they were? The lead actress was rather unlikable. Not because of the script but she emoted a strange vibe to me. She does not have screen charisma. I had never seen any of these people anywhere before, and I watch a lot of movies. This feels like a true budget film. The food never looked appetizing at all in all the scenes, the two leading mens teeth are quite yellow, and that was distracting to me, there was zero chemistry between any of the leads. Sorry about the teeth thing, I know American actors have the fakest most brilliant white teeth and that can be distracting too. And so unrealistic.
The older supporting actors were all good.
The story was a cute idea and it could have been a great movie done better.
I feel like this movie being so flat and stilted must be partly the directors fault.
There was no spark in this movie.
I have seen worse Hallmark and other Christmas movies, but they usually have such lush settings and Christmas decorations and food, you can just ignore the bad plots, (sometimes) and enjoy the Christmas stuff. One thing Hallmark does have is a great stable of charismatic actors who can carry almost any plot. This movie did not have that.
