Un Noël cinq étoiles

I like the diversity of the cast. However, both of the lead cast members look biracial yet their parents are both black, black (my skin folks will understand this). Do better! At least make families match.

Outside of this, this was a very cheesy Christmas romance pretty much on script.

I was hoping this movie would live up to the promise of the higher rated user reviews, but mainly it just became a series of events to follow along within an implausible plot. It was pleasant enough to watch and enjoy in the context of the plot tensions and some interesting settings, but that was about it. There was no real energy to get the viewer engaged.

A workteam travels to pitch a villa project but a bad weather left Rachel and Adrian living a day as queen and king allowing them to know each other better. This is what I call a background movie.

It won't matter if we miss a scene or a dialogue because it can be described with two words: dating and eating, and we still knowing what's happening. Not big dificulties for the characters, not even enough twists that could make anyone being interested on the characters situations because everything seemed to be already solved. Things looked more faked than all fictions movies are. Doesn't matter how much fiction it has, audience could end up believing in the performance. In other words, not much spoilers to ruin.

The acting could have been better. I feel the director could have asked for more because actors and actresses seemed to be capaple. But it went according to a simple script.

The movie was cute, but boring. Did anyone notice the with 21:26 to go in the movie they show a panover shot of the city, and it is literally on fire? Flames coming out of buildings.

The story is pretty simple and predictable. (Even if it is predictable, it would be nice if other reviewers would avoid blatant spoilers.)

The romance is pretty blah. I didn't think the leads had much chemistry and the movie certainly didn't sell me as to why either one would pine over the other.

The most interesting part of the movie was the annoying Diane. She was obviously a characteture of a villainous rival, but she was harmless and lame. If you like that kind of humor, then it adds to the movie. Jean Luc was also a bit different and totally unprofessional, but I think that was the point.