L'Invité de Noël

These are the types of Hallmark movies I miss. That budding romance, terrific acting, amazing chemistry, and cute storyline. Everything flows naturally and as the movie progresses it just keeps getting better and better! Overall, it's such a great movie that feels different from most.

Watching movie Christmas 24 ..cosy, enjoyable movie. Just one quibble with continuity....when Jennifer takes Morgan to airport she is wearing loose dark purplish check jacket with grey scarf. When they return from airport (via toy shop) she is wearing fitted light grey jacket and royal blue scarf. Magical, eh? Apart from that, I really did enjoy the movie. Sometimes I almost felt as if Henry Winkler was ad-libbing, and if so, it worked. Whilst the plot is predictable I would not have had it any other way. A nice film in the run up to Christmas. Would recommend. Get out the popcorn and relax. It will help get everyone in the mood for the big day.

I really love this movie. There's humor, romance, conflict, warmth and sentimentality. What's not to love about Henry Winkler? And there is real chemistry between the lead characters. A movie that even your husband may enjoy!

The film starts with Andy Williams singing the song that gave this film its title. That in itself is a good start. If the budget stretches to popular music, they generally don't skimp on anything else too much.

The Fonz is a retired Police Officer on his way to see his niece when he meets a gorgeous guy, Warren Christie, that he thinks would be perfect for her, despite the fact she already has a man.

Shenanigans ensue as the build up to Christmas Eve and the big day that follows is prepared for. Can she get the turkey right and impress the boyfriends parents? Will she get to the shops on time to get that all important present? Or will she need a little help along the way?

* At this point I have to ask why Americans leave their seasonal prep so late? They were only putting the tree up on Christmas Eve and the night before that, she was just starting to write cards, that I'm pretty sure never got sent, let alone arrived in time for the big day. I know it's 2020 so it's a bit different this year, but I already have two trees up, two bags of presents wrapped and the cards are ready to go and it's only November 22nd! Leaving it until the last minute doesn't make sense to me and it means you don't get to spread out the joy for very long at all.

It all comes together in the end for Jenna and the romance in the film is cute, you can actually see the flirtation and the interest building between the two leads, which I've found to be lacking in some of the others I've seen lately.

Hey!! You can't go wrong if the Fonz is in it, I mean look at the success of "Scream".

...And, I must admit, I do. Of course, there are few surprises in the plot. You know, as you start the movie, that the happy couple at the start of the movie is not the happy couple at the end of the movie, that the course of true love never runs smooth and so forth. So how do we get from point A to point B and is the trip worth it?

For me, this little TV movie is worth it, partly for the scenes of Brooke Burns coping in a brittle fashion with holiday stress -- negotiating for the hot Christmas gift on behalf of her son. dealing with manic Christmas-light neighbors or trying to figure out how to cook a turkey -- but mostly for Henry Winkler playing her goofy cop uncle from New York. Goofy humor is, all too often, the province of young actors. Older actors are all too often worried about their serious career and too embarrassed to play intellectually sloppy characters. Henry Winkler is still willing to take that risk and I am grateful for the chuckles. Watch this and you will likely be too.