Santa Tell Me

Here was get the start of an antithetical romance, and the antithetical part lasts far longer than they manage in most movies where they try the trope.

A woman doing a Home Makeover type of TV show thinks she's getting in a rideshare and begins bitterly complaining about a man who's been assigned, out of the blue, as the director of her special. Of course, she'd gotten in the wrong car and the man she's complaining to IS the director, who of course doesn't correct her mistake until he finds out everything she has to say. LOL

Then a bit of the mystical pops up as a letter from Santa tells her she will find her true love in a man named Nick. She promptly meets cute with not one but THREE Nicks. Trying to figure out which one the mystical note means, she dates all three.

On the other hand, she starts to like the director more and more.

Cute movie, and one we might decide to watch again.

Olivia (Erin Krakow) gets her big break as a TV home designer for a holiday makeover on Christmas Eve, she's stunned that the network hires Chris (Daniel Lissing) to oversee the TV and live reveal on Christmas Eve. Throw in a magic (and changing) letter from the real Santa that says her true love is named Nick and she has to find him by Christmas, well hijinks ensues.

This sounds a lot more complicated than it is. And to be honest, I had extremely low expectations for this one. The trailer and commercials were awful. Having a lead interested in three Nicks (and a Chris) is not my thing, but they play it cool and funny. Olivia proceeds to give different Nicks a concussion, black eye and for good measure, poison another one. The Nicks woo Olivia hard, and all seem nice, yet she's not all in, despite spending all of her free time on dates during the biggest moment of her career. Yes, she just might have a better connection with another fella-the aforementioned Chris (if that is your real name).

Despite my best efforts to not like this movie, they turned me. It was good. While it did seem like they crunched three or four different holiday themes into one movie, somehow it works, and I had more fun that I could have anticipated in this fast-paced movie. Yes, fast-paced . . . A Hallmark movie. What is the world coming to?

Goofy notes -Stop trying to make Seattle snowy. It ain't a thing.

-The train in the final scene is leaving for Spokane, Washington. Hello, my hometown.

-Three weeks to fix a house is the least believable thing in this movie. They film Hallmark movies in the summer so they can be ready by winter. Seriously?

-Dating three or four people at the same time is never a good idea.

-If the Nicks do get their own dating show, I would watch that.

Measuring Christmas Magic: Yes, a magic letter from Santa is key. Plus taking a horse drawn carriage across Seattle in less than nine minutes on Christmas Eve is some kind of traffic magic.

Cast Kudos: Nick A (Benjamin Ayres). Who actually seems believable as a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Alternative Titles: So Many Nicks for Christmas; In the Nick of Time; Olivia Dates so many Nicks.

Originally aired on Hallmark on Nov. 9, watched Nov. 10.

I enjoyed watching this movie very much! Seeing Jack and Elizabeth from 'When Calls The Heart' aka Chris and Olivia, together again was heartwarming. This couple has amazing on-screen chemistry and I hope Hallmark goes on to put them together in future movies.

This movie has a unique storyline, which I really liked. It shows the magic of Christmas seen from the eyes of a child and rings it back again 25 years later, when she's grown up. Olivia has a choice to make in order to find her soulmate, her true love.

The only part that was unrealistic was giving Olivia's childhood home a makeover in 3 weeks. In real life it would take much longer than that. However, I really could care less because the rest of the movie made up for that.

Olivia (Erin Krakow) is an interior designer who is forced to work with a new producer and director for the Christmas special, enter Chris (Daniel lissing). They inmediately start bickering about the project, and he suggest working on her childhood house. There, she finds a magical letter that warns her she will meet the love of her life called Nick. She then has 3 meet cutes with three different Nicks.

I love Erin, she always shines as the leading lady, she is amazing. And i'm gonna be honest, I was a bit bitter about Daniel coming back to Hallmark after going to the other channel and leaving WCTH, but the truth is that his chemistry with Erin is off the charts.

Unfortunately, that did not translate into this movie. They have few scenes together, not enough to appreciate it. You can only truly appreciate it in the final scene. Erin's character has way too much scenes with the dates, (featuring Hallmark's Benjamin Ayres and Christopher Rusell) few with Chris and almost none in the project they are working.

I think that this script was not ideal for this reunion and it sucked. I would have liked to watch them in a movie in which they spend all of it chasing something and forcing them into funny moments together.

And while it's a enjoyable and magical Christmas movie, I was disappointed by it.

This movie promises romance and Christmas magic, and let me tell you it DELIVERS. So nice to see Hallmark make a genuinely funny comedy that still has all the heart and feels a Christmas movie should! I love Erin Krakow from When Calls the Heart and have REALLY been missing Daniel Lissing from the show, and it's SO AMAZING to see them on screen together again. And Erin's other leading men? Oh. My. Goodness. I couldn't believe some of the surprise cameos who showed up to try and win her over. Watched it twice already, truly everything I was hoping for and more. All I want for Christmas is a sequel!