Christmas on the Coast

A sweet coming home story always gets me.

I wasn't expecting to love this as much as I did! It was well acted & directed as well as beautifully made. As a true southern belle, I loved that she called her parents Momma & Daddy, that pimento cheese was preferred over patè and that southern traditions were shown as endearing and lovely as they truly are.

So many films set in the south are unbearable to watch when actors use some creepy southern accent that they heard from some other actor using a nails on the chalkboard accent...not case in Christmas on the Coast, even though Drew did not have one, it worked.

The chemistry between ours stars felt more authentic than some I've watched recently. I will definitely watch this one again.

People who rated it with finishing the movie , missed the whole point. And there were Southern details that only someone from the Carolinas should know like the scene where they were drinking Cheerwine ( it's a cherry type soda) made in NC. Dru was not likeable that was the point...she was thinking they needed to change but she was the one.

1. It was about the Revolutionary War, not the Civil War.

2. No true southerner would ever call it A soda pop. No ma'am! It's all Coke-then you say what kind: coke, Pepsi, Diet Coke.

3. Yes, we do in fact talk like that!

Lastly, I'm from here! Lame movie, but great scenery!!

I wanted to like this movie- I think the general story line could be good. However, I was so annoyed (& somewhat offended) at the portrayal of southern people, I had to quit watching. First, the OBVIOUSLY FAKE accents were terrible - especially, Bonnie B's. Second, all southerners do not have to have bread or crackers with everything we eat. We are willing to eat vegetables- heck, a lot of us even grow them ourselves. And, who decided that southerners always reenact civil war era events?!? That is in so many movies yet I have NEVER known a person who participates in that type of activity. I wish movie producers would utilize talented southern actor/actresses/directors and/or educate themselves on true life in the south!!

Bonnie Bedelia's portrayal of Dolly Parton was cringeworthy at best.