A Nashville Christmas Carol

There is a scene with the lead getting into a cab and the cabdriver is shown wearing a mask. Wonder when this was made? There is not that much snow in Nashville.

Why was Wes Brown's face, who is one of my favorites in Hallmark movies, so SHINY?!

This is the second leading man during the Covid lockdowns who seemed to be too tan and was very very shiny!

Are the men doing their own makeup?

I haven't been a fan of the Nashville/Graceland types of movies. They are a mashup of a typical Hallmark type script, which let's face it, aren't Oscar winners to start with, then they try and shoehorn every bit of Nashville they can into it. This one is no different. I'm a big fan of Jessy Schram, but neither her nor Wes Brown could help this sloppy, Dickens inspired story line. There are cute parts played by Kix Brooks and Kimberley Williams-Paisley, and for some reason they chose Wynonna Judd, even though she wasn't likeable when she was at the top of her game, let alone now. The best part is by far the singing. Sara Evans blows the roof off the place out of the gate, then does a couple of fantastic duets with Raelynn towards the end that sound that these two were born to sing together. Not a musical peep out of Schram however, what a missed opportunity.

A new take on the Christmas carol. Half on target and the rest flies off into fluff land. Good music numbers but not as fun as the best alternate version take Scrooge.

It felt kind off sappy and syrupy watching this alternate version.

Okay,but not really inspiring.

I might have only stuck with this one for Wes Brown if I'm honest. He's no Brendan Penny or Luke Macfarlane, but he does have a certain roguish charm and quality about him.

The 'Christmas Carol' idea has been done so many times and not always well. I actually prefer the traditional versions myself (The Muppets/George C Scott). This isn't a great example of the theme and I think it would have been better if they had stuck more to the standard story with the three ghosts, Etc. Although I understand why they were trying to shake it up a little, the message was a bit watered down and may have been lost on people that don't know of the Dickens classic, you know, the people that died before it was written.

You could tell the singers from the actors, because the singers couldn't act, but at least they could sing, which isn't always the case in these films. It was also nice to recognise the leading lady, who did a good job, from something other than appearing in Christmas romances for a change (One of the blondes from Pitch Perfect that isn't Rebel Wilson). As a Brit, I don't really know who most of the casts in these TV movies are, having not seen the US TV shows that they've all been in, so their fame is lost on me.

Not the worst, not the best.