Un château pour Noël

This has some of the most laughably bad lighting and editing I've ever seen in a commercially released movie. In more than one scene the light completely changes from one POV to the next. One scene in particular stands out as a clunker: the bank guy and his fat buddy are in his office. The one guy is sitting. Then it cuts to show the guy walking to the chair they just showed him seated in! And the other guy is doing something like they didn't even know they had started rolling.!!! Just laughably bad and edited by someone who apparently had no concept of what editing involved or apparently had never seen a film before.

This movie was not good. The writing was atrocious, the editing was awful, and the story line was choppy. Things were happening but not explained. I'm not a Banker or Hedge-fund manager so I didn't understand exactly what happened to her money except that it was stolen.

I wanted to watch a cozy christmas movie and I thought I was getting that but the whole entire movie was pretty bad. The editing was horrific, there were scenes that were dubbed, strange cuts that would appear that had nothing to do with the current scene, and lastly, bad acting. I think Hallmark or Lifetime does a better job for sure and that is saying a lot! And the story...omg. It didn't make sense, I didn't like the ending, it didn't make sense about how they had to save the "Shakespeare Chateau". I felt the characters needed to make amends clearly before they would reach a resolution, which was choppy at best...no way would I or anyone would "fall in love" with someone after they stole their money. I just don't get it. Overall, I was entertained but let down by the way it ended, but my boyfriend and I laughed throughout because of how bad it was, we both agreed it was like watching a student film. Anyway, I'd skip it, and watch something else.

Some may claim this is a parody; but, unfortunately, even if that was true, it was a very bad parody. It was uneven with no redeeming qualities at all. The only bright spot was the lovely inn. The only way this dog could have been salvaged is if they made it into a silent film, while showing clips of the inn.

The acting in this is so over the top and hammy, or should be criminal.

The story line is a good one, where a family owned B&B is threatened with foreclosure just before Christmas. The family works to save it in time and there's the evil blanket eh doesn't want them to. All the banker lacks is the moustache he twirls as he's plotting against Moose and Squirrel.

The lead actress.. Did she take acting lessons from "Over Emote Inc."? Is she related to someone involved in the writing or producing if this movie? Is that how she got the gig?

The script is weak and predictable.

The filming isn't as clean as it could have been. The lens seems to have a light film of Vaseline over it.

The editing is hilarious when people talk and their lips aren't moving, and vice versa.

I watched to the end only because I wanted to know I was right.