Christmas Lost and Found

Cute Christmas movie with good actors. It's a little cheesy but still watchable.

By "pleasant enough", I mean it was sweet, with references to past family Christmases, had some attractive Christmasy scenes, and the acting was OK, incl. veteran Diane Ladd. But the part I wasn't crazy about was: the whole scavenger hunt premise was unrealistic. Once the ornaments and notes start appearing, Whitney should have been SO happy that SOMEBODY found the ornaments and saved them. Instead, we're supposed to believe all she's interested in is figuring out the riddles of where the next ornament is, and who sent it.

This is a bit of a different approach for a Christmas story, although a scavenger hunt is not unique. This one is about chasing down family ornaments that Whitney mistakenly put out in the trash. An unknown person rescued them and is leading her about town with clues. I thought I knew who the person was but I was wrong. The story did have some interesting turns.

The cast does a credible job. The leads have the chemistry of old friends who might grow into more. Tiya Sircar is at times charming, but at other times, Whitney is a little whiny.

As in many holiday movies, there are lots of the trappings of Christmas such as baking cookies. Also as in many of these movies, some of the circumstances beg credulity. (Are totally empty window displays for days on end really better than mediocre ones?)

I admitt , I love this film for the beautiful work of Diane Ladd. Her performance reminds, in so high measure, my own grandmother. I love it of the interrassial solution.

The problem - off course - the scavenger hunt. First, because it becomes only a cliche of the Hallmark Christmas films. Second, because in this case is not just inspired used because in a Christmas film, fair and easy is to remind the virtues of generosity.

The last - the too obvious accent on memories. No doubts, them are very important, but their birth and survive has a different mechanism and, used in this case, it has the bad luck to become absurd, an exercise of exhibitionism or only an improvised cheesy, pinky solution.

But, a nice film. And I reppeate, the contribution of Diane Ladd is huge in this sense.

I happened to see the movie by chance n i tght i'd give it a shot because of the word 'Christmas'...who wouldn't want to want a Christmas themed movie right?? But its okay at best n Diane Ladd is the most likeable n memorable character in the movie...the one character you wish you forget was the whiny uptight female lead...why a guy would drool over such an annoying girl is beyond my imagination...If it was a more simple spirited happy girl you would like the movie more...average watch at best. A spirited movie with a disappointing lead.