Natale in California: Luci della città

My BF and I were looking for a cozy movie to watch together and chose this. It was exactly what we were looking for. Just a feel good movie that had us smiling throughout. We noticed afterwards that the couple is married in real life and Lauren Swickard also wrote the movie! What an incredible talent!

Since the last one was unexpectedly really good, I was looking forward to seeing this new one as well.

I've watched a handful of Christmas rom-coms and I found that the lines between really good Christmas movies and not good ones are quite thin. This 'A California Christmas' maintains the classic elements of a cheesy Cinderella story, at the same time ,it's not too fantasy like. The scenario seems more grounded; characters facing more realistic challenges.

I still don't like seeing some rather small quarrels treated so dramatic for the sake of the story arch (why don't they try talking out if they love each other?), but I guess that's also a staple of this type of film.

To compensate for that, the two main characters have an amazing chemistry! They really look they care for each other, and willing to compromise for their partner's happiness.

Oh, I love Manny as a comic relief, he does it so well! That's a bonus.

I love this type of movie, and I love holiday movies so when they come together like this it's great. This one is as much fun as the first one but has a lot more scenery as half the movie is in the city and half on the farm. Lauren and Josh Swickard are great, fantastic chemistry. Ali Afshar is great. Script a lot of fun with many laughs. I wish netflix would just shoot a few of these so we could binge it.

You never know what to expect with a sequel, usually disappointing. California Christmas City Lights was fantastic. The story had a great pace and Lauren Swickard once again carried the film with her incredible talent. Her chemistry with her hubby is nice to see also. Sometimes you see actors and they have no chemistry and tanks the film or show.

David del Rio did not disappoint. So funny. Love the Brandy character.

Well written, well done!!

Was stuck watching 18 hours of bollywood trash on an international flight home for the holidays and this was waiting for me when i got home. It was heaven after all that cr-p! These two are so cute together. It's a lighthearted fun holiday romance, and it's great at being that. Like a lot of christmas romcoms its light on the christmas but heavy on fun and good feelings. Would love to see more of these two.