Christmas in Palm Springs

Very good movie. James Welch Henderson Arkansas 11/9/2020

Horrible ex and awful kids try to mess up mom's job over and over, sabotaging everything she does. Ex is jealous of any man she speaks to. They try to act like she's selfish for doing her job, and put her down constantly. They actually physically go at her boss repeatedly.

How very reinforcing of keeping women barefoot and in the kitchen, never speaking to anyone, having any wants/desires of her own, or thinking for herself. Yay for the patriarchy.

What a terrible message to women and girls.

Male lead can't act (or sing) for anything.

Not sure what else to say. Nice to see Ian from 90201 make some camera time, even if it was super campy.

I found this on Tubi and wish I hadn't...

Two parents are separated and the kids book them into the same hotel to try to get them together. Sounds great, except the characters, especially the father, are pretty unlikeable. An early scene is typical: dad turns up to the mum's house, then refuses to leave when she asks. I'm all for saving marriages, but you don't violate your partner's personal space to do so.

Anyway, the dad and the mum end up in the same hotel on their work trips, along with the kids (who have been brought along with their mum). The kids, and at times the dad, do pranks to sabotage her work and try to force their parents together. Oh and the dad physically assaults the mum's boss in one scene out of jealousy, but the movie presents that as fine.

I'm not sure who this is aimed at. It's not comedy. It's not a kids' movie - the kids are relatively minor characters and there is one quite adult scene involving gawking at a woman in her bikini. If it's meant to be a romance it's very poorly done. It's better just avoided.

I love this film and have seen it many times and wish it was available on DVD. It is very special.

Possibly, the worst film I've seen. Zero chemistry between the two of them and zero charisma from the lead male. The lead man and kids were unbelievably annoying and it was impossible to root for them or even empathise with them.