Mistletoe Mixup

Just a sweet movie featuring Lawrence brothers who are super nice in person btw....so it's nice to see them in a fun family Christmas romp. Of course it is predictable but that's just the formula for a sweet little Christmas movie.

Unfair to write I do not like it.

But it seems a good opportunity for Donna Lawrence and her sons to perform together in pretty nice rom com about a young woman , too passionated by her job, her wish near Christmas and the expression of this gesture.

Easy to be seduced by house, humor, rivalry between brothers and the predactibility.

The end is so unrealistic - in fact, forced, than the silence is good option- but the contribution of eccentric grandmother saves a lot from a supperficial, chialdish story.

In short, just nice and few applauses, not only polite, for correct work of Lawrence family.

Will this win an Oscar, no. Will it warm your cold heart, judging by the other critics here, also no. But for those of us who appreciate these kind of movies for what they are, I say it's excellent. Great to see the Lawrence Brothers back on screen again. Very cute movie, great for wrapping presents to.

The movie is mostly Lawrence brothers antics with both of them courting Holly, ineptly. That's all you need to know.

I think the three main actors probably had fun. They connect on screen.

There are some funny gags and some dumb ones and I'm not sure which was which. There is also a karaoke bit with the three brothers combining for O Holy Night. Most of it is legit, but it degenerates at the end like most of the things the brothers do.

I think it's crazy that Holly didn't run screaming after the first lunch with the family. Did you notice they all sat and argued for a good while with not one of them touching their sandwich?

Mistletoe Mixup, at first glance, is your typical Hallmark/Lifetime/etc. Christmas movie. Pretty lonely girl, handsome lonely guy, beautiful Christmas decorations, lots of snow, another handsome lonely guy.

Wait. What?

The plotline of two brothers competing for the girl is nothing new. We've seen it a million times before. The gimmick here is this, the brothers are being played by real-life brothers, Joey and Matthew Laurence. Although in the hands of some actors, this might have proven a weak premise, but the chemistry between the Laurence brothers is wonderful and carries the movie as a very enjoyable holiday treat.

Evidently this was a labor of love for the entire Laurence family. The character of Grandma was played by Joey and Matthew's real-life mother and while she's not as gifted an actress as her sons, her performance is winsome. Another Laurence brother, Andrew, directed Mistletoe and also appears in it briefly as their brother, Seth.

All in all, i'd definitely recommend Mistletoe Mixup. I don't know if i'm ready to call it a Christmas classic just yet, but it's definitely a fine addition to the Christmas libraries to be shown each season.

Merry Christmas y'all.