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I'll keep it very simple. If you are the kind of person who loves Christmas movies and watches a handful of those cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies each year, then this movie is definitely for you because it is absolutely, positively better than about 9 out of 10 of those. If you don't enjoy that genre, then this probably wouldn't be the one to win you over. Personally, I'm always looking for the next Xmas gem as they start to roll out a little after Halloween (sometimes sooner). Most of them are forgettable, but short and sweet. This one snuck up on me and I really enjoyed it. And the two leads (especially the male) were quite good. 87 minutes of a cute and fun, albeit cliched, romance set to a Xmas background....nothing wrong with that in my opinion.

I personally love the trope of best friends falling in love or childhood best friends being in love the whole time and I am always looking out for films and shows with this theme so I was waiting for this to come out eagerly. This film has everything that I want from it but it lacks the main ingredients of chemistry, direction and dialogue delivery which makes a film... A film! I felt like someone just read a book and transferred the great plot of the book onto the screen quiet literally page by page. The male lead did his best but he and his co-star just had no chemistry... I mean for a moment I thought maybe this film is going towards the direction where they both realize that they are better off as best friends. They both looked perfectly happy being best friends if the plot didn't tell me as an audience via every other character that they are meant to be and how much they have always loved each other, I probably would've never known.

My son told me he was watching this so I decided to watch it too. I'm not sure i would of picked it otherwise but im happy I watched it.

I thought it was a really good movie. Sweet and a nice feel good to it.

The leads and cast were great too. Although it was set after Christmas day, it was still festive enough.

This is number 36 out of 100 for my 100 Christmas movies before Christmas day challenge with 45 days to go. Can I do this challenge?

This is a good movie and I will watch this again.

The writing was good, the actors (most of them) are talented, the leads have chemistry but then......it fizzles. Who's fault is it when that happens? Director?

The story is interesting enough to get you through to the cute ending but it leaves you with the feeling it could have been much better.

Cute Christmas aesthetic. The plot was there. The male lead made this movie bearable. If it wasn't for his acting I would have stopped the movie in the first fifteen minutes. Complete lack of chemistry. The dialogue was so bad and I am sure it was hard for the actors to deliver those lines naturally. Which leads me to my last and most important conclusion on movies. If the director doesn't do his job well this is the outcome. This is candy for your eyes and not a single drop of content. This is not art in no way, shape or form. I'm sorry I know this is just a Christmas movie but that doesn't mean it can't be or it doesn't have to be meaningful (ex love actually, the grinch etc).

This one wasn't terrible, but it wasn't the best, either. It has a pet-peeve of mine: forced love story. I was shocked when Quinn admitted she has been in love with Jack for her whole life. (Not a spoiler, it's obvious.) She didn't seem in love with him at all. This movie thought it could use words and that would register in our minds as chemistry. It doesn't work like that. As for this whole radio show thing, what even..? Who on earth would be interested in a meet the parents segment... ON NYE? Not I, said the cat.

The acting coming from the side characters is horrendous. When they made an announcement that was supposedly really big, the wows coming from the family was not convincing at all.

As for the positives, I thought that Jack was a model love interest for these types of films. He wasn't a deplorable male character just there for staring at, I actually thought he was an okay guy. I have more to say on this film, but I believe I don't have much more description for it. I say just watch it for yourself and see If you like it.

Two talk show radio hosts and long time best friends get them selves in to a situation where they have to introduce their significant others to their families live on the radio. Unfortunately both of their significant others break up with them, queue the fake relationship...one for which their families and everyone who knows them is super happy about. Then come the misunderstandings and past mistakes. I am sure it comes as no surprise to hear that this feel good holiday movie is all wrapped up with a satisfying happy ending.

A romantic Christmas comedy. It's about the best friends who have a radio show and in it they talk about how difficult it is to introduce their partners to their families, so they decide to make it massive because of publicity, but everything goes wrong when they don't accept and decide to pretend they are a couple. Entertaining A movie for television. Performances that are good. Organic jokes that are more focused on an audience in their thirties, as well as the main characters are seen very everyday. The leading couple have chemistry on screen. Talk about expressing how we feel to the person we love. Nice Sunday.

I tried to give it at least a 4 but it is so bad that even a 3 is stretching it. The first noticeable thing is how bad the acting is followed closely by how bad the script is and I gave it a half hour thinking it might just get better. Even the 'music', the same ongoing music, is ... well you get it. There is just nothing to compel a person to stick around. Low budget I guess to fill some time during the pandemic. But watching paint dry is more fun.

As Christmas movies go... I really liked this one. Acting was good. I believed it. Yes, it has the same cliché of all rom coms, but I forgot it for awhile. I really liked these 2 and their families. I REALLY enjoyed this one!!

This romantic movie has a bit of a backward problem. It is one of the first *good friends turn into more* movies where I bought the *good friends* way better than the romance. The move has two characters who have been friends forever and happen to have an AM radio show in Chicago. But this doesn't quite work for me. How does that happen? Ie. your best friend from childhood gets a hosting job with you on radio? Seems improbable. Since all their listeners want them together anyway, they get the great idea to pretend to be a couple to boost ratings and get a syndication deal. The only problem is that this movie failed to provide any hint of a romance. The main male character, Jack, is wonderful but he doesn't do any of the particular things men in love do. No long looks at his beautiful best friend. No jealousy at other people looking at his hot BFF. In fact he doesn't seem to be interested in the female lead at all. The female lead is not particularly a great actress but I do buy that she has always had a thing for Jack which is getting in the way of other relationships. It isn't bad, and it is enjoyable. but you won't really get the UST you might be looking for.

Let me just say that I absolutely LOVE schmaltzy Christmas movies and am more than willing to ignore plot holes or inconsistencies if the story and the actors draw me in. Unfortunately, that didn't happen here.

The leads were fine - they came across as realistic long-time friends. The rest of the cast, and the casting were huge issues for me. The acting was TERRIBLE...it was very difficult to watch, in my opinion, and just highlighted the issues with the script.

National frenzy to see two local-market MORNING RADIO hosts host a TELEVISED nighttime New Years Eve party? When the duo had been airing in the national MORNING market for less than a week? With the premise for the "sold out" get-together being to watch those radio hosts introduce their families to their significant others? I am not sure what these people think folks do on NYE, but it's not this.

The parents' failing jazz club is selected as the party venue, but somehow the strugglingckub owners are responsible for paying the high dollar entertainment booked by the radio syndicate. Yet somehowthe syndicate handles the ticket sales. The daughter encourages her father to buy a new tux literally seconds after telling him to watch expenses and stay on budget.

I'm sure it all wound up happily ever after...hopefully including payment for the dads and a revival for their club. Unfortunately, I just couldn't make it more than halfway.

Yes, it's quite predictable as a holiday movie, but Evan Williams more than saves the day! Great sense of timing, priceless face expression, very good acting in general and there you go! He really delivers and carries the movie.

Now it is very rare for me to watch such a movie. I have watched several rom coms over the years but always with hollywood a-listers staring. I watched it during an airplane trip, so not much choice there, still I am glad I did.

At first it seemed weird to watch a movie where all actors were completely unknown to me. Beyond that, the cliched story was served well by the script, the acting, the pace, but mostly the protagonists chemistry.

Well I began to watch it to kill time and ended up enjoying it. 7/10 might be a little generous but for a low budget tv movie very decent job. Better than several high end production movies, Marry me for instance.

Midnight at the Magnolia is a 2020 comedy romance film. Longtime friends and local radio hosts Maggie and Jack fake it as a couple. It's not your normal romance film but it was still good. A lovely light heated comedy romance to watch, little predictable in places but it's still very enjoyable to watch. The acting was good and Evan Williams and Natalie Hall played the characters well and made it believable. I quite enjoyed it I know it's a Christmas film and I'm watching it in January but I fancied watching something light heated and it certainly put a smile on my face. This movie is perfect for a Sunday afternoon in front of the fire with nice cup of hot chocolate. It's currently streaming on Netflix right now so give it a watch.

The acting isn't great. The idea is good, but it lacks heart, and feels very, very forced at times. Ok if you have nothing else to watch, and you're busy with cleaning or something.

A simple but sweet HOLIDAY LOVE STORY with a heart-warming couple and good chemistry to match.

No hidden Hollywood Agenda, just classic good joyful entertaining that NEVER GETS OLD.

I 'm really love a good Holiday Hallmark movie. Midnight at the Magnolia isn't one of them. Bad acting, a bland story, and absolutely zero surprises...I'd skip this one.

It's a very likeable romantic story, that can make you happy if you have a sad moment. It's very predictable story, but even with that you can laugh and smile. It is a very good movie to watch with family. To wrap it up it is funny and I strongly recommend you watching it.

Very soapy sudsy. radio talk show hosts Jack & Maggie (Evan WIlliams and Natalie Hall) are radio hosts in Chicago. their families have known each other since childhood; their dads even own a jazz club. When they need to bump their ratings, they agree to hold their new years show at the jazz club. except their partners don't want any part of it. so they wing it. lots of soapy kindness. and kisses. silly premise. will they get together after many years? like a good, church approved, hallmark movie. it's okay. very family friendly. currently on netflix. directed by Max McGuire. who seems to make a lot of films with Arnie Zipursky of Neshama Filmco. Story by Carley Smale. who writes a lot of christmas specials. more hallmark. the title is Midnight at the Magnolia...which is remarkably similar to the awesome song "Midnight at the Oasis." probably not by accident.

Ok kinda soapy silly! Tons of goofs, the 1967 bottle of wine was a plastic cork no red wine on it! There is no Cordon Bleu restaurant in Chicago, it was the art school in Ottawa Canada. Tons of snow on the ground in close up scenes with Canadian street names! Chicago backgrounds no snow at all! Just on to watch when netflix had nothing else to watch!

Nothing original in this movie, but it does what it'd supposed to for a romance, makes you feel good. I won't give away the ending.

I wasn't sure how this film would end up. The boy meets girl had a slight twist on the plot and it was a good watch. The two leads were great in the roles and the film did not seem to drag (as many of these types of films do). Give it a go, it's a decent Holiday themed film.