Les Noëls de ma vie

Two virtues define this film : the memory of late parents and their status of guardian angels and the return to Dickens classic book.

This real good points are enough for to not be very critic about movie mistakes.

The other virtue is just the effort of actors to give coherence and soul to a not very inspired , in run, adaptation. The effort of Toni braxton is obvious, admirable, in fact, against scenes in which a sort of vulgarity seems too present.

But, no doubts, it is a nice christmas film , against forced end.

The truth about connection with late parents, yes, for me this is the point . And this film use it in just beautiful manner.

This was a really great movie. I enjoyed Toni acting greatly. How she executed her lines along with her facial and body expressions made it perfect. You can tell that she truly took her time to learn her lines as well as place herself into the character. There were moments that were predictable as it is an adaptation but other than that it was great. And it is truly a family film which makes it even better.

Towanda character was good as well.

Overall, Great job Living Legend Toni Braxton.

I really wanted to love this movie. The plot sounded like it'd be a refreshing twist to the original Dickens' story. But Toni Braxton is terrible in this movie. I'm a fan of her as a singer, but honestly after this movie, I'll avoid any other movies that she acts in. Instead of a feel good Christmas movie, I was just annoyed and irritated that I wasted my time watching this.

I wasn't sure I would like this film to start with, the cranky "Scrooge" character really was quite abrasive and offensive to watch, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I actually got a bit teary as they ventured through her "Christmas Past". The idea of using her parents as the Ghosts who visit was clever and makes you feel that emotion a bit more.

However, even in the end she still didn't seem to have grown that much and I'm pretty sure she wasn't good enough for the guy. He was lovely, but I couldn't understand what he had seen in her before the change and even after.

Also, I'm not sure why the Christmas Carol books are always so big when it's only 187 pages?

I wing rush back to watch it, but I probably will come back to it again.

Honestly I'm not a big fan of Christmas movies, but this was a cute spin on a classic. Wish it were a little longer, but was well written and acted. Two thumbs up. Toni was refreshing and committed to the role.