Recensioni degli utenti

If you are looking for a fun and bubbly Christmas movie, this movie doesn't really fit that bill, but it has some qualities worth noting.

It's a story about two sisters, their growing tension, and their deep love for their family (grandparents). Romance was a distant side-story, although some is added for the sake of being Hallmark-y.

Rather than dissect this easy-to-follow plot, I'll spare us, and move on to commentary.

The good aspect of this movie for me personally was moving beyond everything being perfectly-perfect. Every family has their relationship challenges. This one explores the all-too-common problem of one grown sibling undertaking more familial responsibility than the other.

Ashley Williams was believable in this movie. She didn't play a fan favorite (see other reviews), but depicts a person that has tried to escape their own guilt and reality for too long. She is like a lot of us, in that she thinks she is on top of her life-game, but needs to self-reflect and explore her priorities AND own her mistakes. I appreciated that she was not her usual 'zippity doo-da' self, and was less pleasing.

Laci Mailey was a lovely addition to this movie. She is easy to watch and credible, and her chemistry with Ashley was positive.

The sister relationship resolution was a little fast and 'too easy'. In real life, I feel like Kelly (laci) would have held more of a grudge than her character portrayed, but that wouldn't bode well for a Hallmark movie. Other reviewers mention the bickering/snips between the sisters, and I agree that it's not ideal for people who hate to watch drama.

The worst aspect of this movie for me personally is the bleakness of the weather. Obviously I am alone on this, because so many appreciate the beautiful backdrop, but the gray and snowy/cold look made me sad.

French Freddie didn't seem to play much of a role in the plot, and was - i hate to say it - "eye candy", without any depth. I don't remember much of what he did or said, except "let me leave you two alone".

Faith (Ashley) was sometimes super annoying, with her relentless insistence of snow-hiking through a snowstorm, but this can be reframed as a Hallmark nod to the stupid battle lines that often lead to big sibling estrangements.

If you watch this movie, it is probably best for a weeknight, or a really hot summer day when you might be wishing for cold, snowy surroundings.

Ashley Williams was the spoiled one? I disagree. Two sisters take different paths in life and each resents the other's choices. Their grandmother's final wish brings them together in France. With beautiful scenery and a handsome leading man, this film was a comfortable holiday movie. My only thought/ for god's sake wear gloves and hats in the snow!

Credit must be given to the scenery in this movie although, apparently, it was filmed in Bulgaria (not France). The locales are very attractive and interesting. The problem is, the performers get in the way with some of the most inane dialogue you have ever heard in a Hallmark movie. We usually enjoy Ashley Williams but, here, her performance is over-the-top goofy. What was she thinking ? She is so weird that her character loses any sympathy whatsoever. The only other plus is that it is interesting to see real French performers in a Hallmark movie - not North American actors using a fake accent. But, there are some absolutely ridiculous circumstances that the director should be ashamed of. For example, the three leads trudge through a horrendous snowstorm at the top of a mountain and finally reach a rickety looking cabin. When they go inside (which is amazingly beautiful and full of Christmas decorations !), they are completely dry with perfect hair and make-up and ready to make some cocoa !!!!! Are you kidding me??? This simply is a far-fetched story, poorly written, and over-acted by the leading ladies. Too bad because the scenery is quite good - if only the performers had kept their goofiness out of the picture.

6.6 stars.

'An Alpine Holiday' had A LOT of potential, they simply misplaced the magic. It's a shame, because they had a perfect couple for romance (Mailey and the Frenchman) and the perfect setting, but the wrong story.

I am looking for all the bad stuff people talked about and I'm overly prepared for a total meltdown. But this movie doesn't implode and the sisters don't monumentally crash out. On the other hand, this is not the usual entertaining or even mundane Hallmark romance, and it's certainly not the most romantic story -- quite the opposite.

The story revolves around two grown sisters who are at odds with each other. As other reviewers have stated, Ashley Williams seems like a real gem (tongue in cheek), but she's not a total nightmare. Sure, she's irritating and sometimes a brat, but let's not get all bent out of shape. So it's not your favorite Hallmark, it's certainly not as bad as 1/10. The picturesque mountain scenery and some of the emotional scenes warrant at least a 5/10 and the fact that it's technically proficient, raises it another point+. I really like Laci Mailey, I'll raise it up to a 6.6/10, although I'll never return to see this again because it's just not that entertaining.

There were some great moments in this film and some really dumb ones. I won't add spoilers but I'm sure you will find yourself shouting at the screen saying "don't be so stupid!" I agree with others that the scenery absolutely stole the show.

The best actor was Julien Marlon Samani who gave a gently humorous and warm performance.

Ashley Williams was awful such a boring movie. The sisters acting terrible. Ashley Williams should quit acting. Her and her real sister Kimberly Williams Paisley are not good at acting. Sorry this movie was the worst holiday movie of 2025.

Usually enjoy hallmark but too many long commercials they are all about advertising and selling hallmark instead of watching movies. Need to concentrate on subscribers instead of greed.

This is an absolute bomb - in a bad way. I'm not sure how I managed to sit through the whole thing. I usually enjoy Ashley Williams, even though she's sometimes "over the top" silly. This went way beyond that - I think either the script itself was just too cringy, or she was pushed to over-act. Just not enjoyable. The second sister, Laci Mailey and the tour guide, Julien Samani, were decent but they couldn't undo the damage done by a poor (and maybe over-ambitious) script. Added to that, the action itself was choppy with unwarranted drama. Make up your mind - is it a romcom or an attempt at drama and sibling quarreling/ bullying. No feel good movie this.

There were just no truly comfortable moments. We swayed from brittle anxiety to mean-spirited derision and the main point of the film was so buried and obscured that by the time it got there, I didn't care.

You can't just take a good actress and throw her into a movie that isn't right for her and expect it to be okay. Nope. Not for me. This was filmed in Bulgaria so not a cheap movie to make? C'est domage.

I absolutely hated Ashley Williams'spoiled brat, insufferable, moronic character. I usually have no problem with the actress, but her character was the worst-written, most unbelievably stupid woman in Hallmark Christmas movie history. I really have no problems with Williams, but her character's idiocy was truly a turn off. I had to change the channel.

You don't often get a real sister-reconnection story in one of these movies - but this one actually goes there. It's about two sisters finding their way back to each other, with their grandmother (from beyond the grave) nudging them along. And yes, they even get to have actual conflict - which these movies usually avoid. But it's human, it's honest, and the resolve at the end is what makes it so beautiful, and it's basically a French Alps vacation without leaving your couch - though I might be a tiny bit biased.

This was definitely my least favorite Christmas movie of the past three years. The male lead (handsome French guy) was the best character and he's a decent actor so I hope Hallmark uses him again. But I typically dislike Ashley Williams as an actress and avoid movies with her but this particular character, Faith, was the absolute worst - an irrational, spoiled brat. All I wanted was to slap her and I hoped her nice guy boyfriend would kick her to the curb when she got home. I did NOT feel sorry for her . . . Only sorry for her ridiculously patient sister. Overall this really sucked.

Though excellently cast as sisters, Ashley Williams and Laci J Mailey make this Hallmark Christmas flick almost unbearable to watch. They hate each other! And yes, they're supposed to bicker constantly and fight very dirty; but, the actresses either hate each other in real life or are too talented for the audience's own good. They're extremely convincing, and in my book, it's not very entertaining to see two people delight in hurting each other - especially on the Hallmark channel when everything is supposed to be light, fluffy, and guaranteed for a happy ending.

The two sisters aren't estranged; in fact, at the start of the film, they're supporting each other through their romantic pitfalls. They're polar opposites, with Ashley as a risk taker and adventurer and Laci more cautious (also known as sensible). Ashley constantly criticizes her sister's reticence as a way to feel better about her own selfish choices, and Laci constantly reminds Ashley that she abandoned the family after she came of age. Laci stayed home with their grandmother, Diana Hardcastle, and created more memories, therefore she feels she has more of a right to mourn her and feel more connected to her. So, when they are both gifted a vacation to France, from their grandmother's Will, they have to learn to get along. Or not. Since they spend the entire movie at each other's throats.

Their task is to recreate the journey their grandparents took when they became engaged, culminating in a gigantic hike up a snow-covered mountain. But the girls are not hikers and they never train, even with an experienced guide, Julien Samani, at their side. Are we stupid? Two out of shape girls cannot just start hiking a mountain in high altitude amidst a snowstorm with poles and oxygen deficiencies! And perhaps even more disturbing, throughout the week, the girls receive handwritten notes from their grandmother, encouraging them, giving them life advice, and bringing them love from beyond the grave. When the notes are received and read, neither actress acts like it's anything more than a Post-It telling them to get milk at the store. Where is the emotion? They're on this trip, supposedly, because they love their grandmother and think it's powerful to retrace her steps, but they care more about making out with their guide than getting an extra hug from their beloved relative?

It takes an extraordinarily bad movie to ruin something set and filmed in France at Christmas. But there's nothing redeeming about either lead, and it's truly painful to witness their fights. If this is how people communicate in the modern era, then no wonder Gen Z prefers to have as little to do with humans as possible.

The reviewer grammajamie perfectly expressed so many things on my mind.

The one positive, and boy was it a positive, was the scenery. Gorgeous mountains at one point seen from above the clouds. And there is a little glass room, including floor, where the tourist is right out in the middle of the scenery. If you get bored early on skip to about the one hour mark (commercial free running time). There is a little over 5 minutes of high on the mountain. There's a little more close to the end but not as breathtaking. And much earlier there are some ariel shots of some beautiful French towns. Oddly, Paris is almost entirely skipped.

As for the not so good, Ashley Williams' Faith was over the top. I think it was made worse if you have seen a lot her previously because this character is different than her usual bubbly character. Faith is constantly on edge, takes offense too easily with her sister and sometime mean.

The script was choppy and overdramatic. I didn't enjoy or believe the romance because the sister drama overpowered it.

Kelly was too anxiety ridden. She was afraid of almost everything. She was even afraid of Frédéric at first meeting.

I usually comment first that a movie follows too many common tropes. A beloved grandmother requires in her will that the heirs climb the mountain in France. The grandmother practically raised them. The female lead meets a handsome man and they fall in love in two or three days. The quarreling sisters is not new, but this story took that further to the Dark Side than usual.

I was very surprised at how dangerous some of the mountain climb seemed given that it was apparently open to common tourists.

Not a good movie from the story or acting point of view.

Ashley Williams used to be really fun to watch. Her recent movies have left a lot to be desired. Her co-stars may be part of the problem. It takes more than being pretty or handsome. Her stick of being the cute, young and bubbly ingenue is also getting tired at her age. Please give this woman some age appropriate material to work with.

I've been looking at the other reviews to see if I could say something original, but I really can't.

I didn't really care for any of the characters, didn't like their ridiculous attempts to inject French culture into things ( that is not it), didn't really care if they ever got to the top. I just wanted them to shush.

I honestly don't think these movies are what they once were, and there's so many of them, I've taken to recording my favorites and just watching them.

But since I'm always complaining about the 'agenda,' I am trying to watch the ones that aren't pushing it, and that includes this one.

So at least there's that.

Five.

I really wanted to reach through the screen and slap the sister Kelly for being such a total PITA. Hopefully she not as bad IRL as her character in this movie.

I'm not a fan of Ashley Williams who plays the sister Faith. Always a bit saccharine and judgmental.

The character Frédéric and the singer Amélie were the highlights.