This Is Our Christmas

Struggled to find this film on here, as it seems to be called Beverly Hills Christmas 2. This is by far, the worst Christmas film I've watched. The acting is appalling and the characters lack any interesting qualities. The story line is jumbled and cringeworthy. Don't waste your time watching it.

Very happily surprised to come across this little gold nugget of a holiday movie. I began to watch the film and enjoyed the characters that seemed very light hearted and Frank Capra esque. Then mid way through the film a distinguished older woman named Grandma Foxworth comes into a bakery. I kept looking and said to myself, "I know this actress". It was none other than Oscar winner Margaret O'Brien (Meet Me & St. Louis & Little Woman). Margaret and her grandson played by Vincent De Paul (James Foxworth) are magnificent together. They are classic old Hollywood in 2018. The movie looks like it could have been shot in 1940's style. I love Christmas movies filmed particularly in Hollywood. It had great nostalgia for me.

This is not technically a sequel to "Beverly Hills Christmas". Some of the characters do carry over, but you don't need to see "BHC" to enjoy "This Is Our Christmas". The surprise addition here is the appearance of Margaret O'Brien who is as delightful as you would expect. (In the 1944 adaptation of "The Canterville Ghost" she managed to chew up as much scenery as Charles Laughton!)

The evergreen themes of finding the "true meaning" of Christmas and the importance of "helping others" are front and center here. But honestly - can we or our children learn that lesson too many times?

If you love Christmas movies (as I do), you can't go wrong with "This Is Our Christmas". A very nice movie to watch with the family

What I like about this Christmas movie is that they story was very grounded in reality. A young LA teenager is struggling with the loss of her Mom during the holidays. She is dealing with an empty feeling and is resentful. At the end of the movie she has a real transformation and she seems to come around. My family liked it. I enjoyed seeing Jerry & Ravin having fun in the snow filled mountains. Sorry for the other folks who watched it and did not see what we saw or got from this cute little film. I thought that the movie was pretty well acted considering what I see on Hallmark and Up Tv. The look and tone of the film was solid.

Not great acting and a ridiculous number of plot lines. Most of which were ridiculous! They could have taken half the plot lines and still had too many.