Um Natal de Mudanças

Candace Cameron Bure is one of those Hallmark ladies that I'm always excited to see on the Christmas Line-Up. Maybe it's because I grew up with Full House or I enjoy the cheese she brings to the party.

I love The Parent Trap (the superior one with Lindsey Lohan. Sorry, the old one is SO LONG AND SO BORING). So this premise is already enjoyable with the twin sisters trading places. Thank goodness there's no husband/boyfriends so there isn't any *cover your eyes* bedtime weirdness. The only thing I'm disappointed in is that they didn't make one the twins British somehow, I know, I know it doesn't make sense but it would have been fun to see Candace Cameron Bure try. (yes, you must say her name as a whole, its required)

What is with her and her damn Dream Board? I'm not opposed but this is the second movie I've seen her have one.

Overall, the premise is fun and familiar, the acting is decent and the music is perfectly seasonal. I'll be putting this on my rotation for next year.

Where is the scene with teenage Chris, Kate, Blake, and Tom? They are all listed in the credits, but I don't remember any scene with them in it.

The movie itself is cute, but as a Denver native, the inaccuracies are ridiculous. First, some of the aerial shots weren't even of Denver. Second, while Littleton does have some outlying areas and a Main Street, it's a suburb of Denver. When one of the twins mentions wanting to get out of Littleton as a child - you hop in the car and are in downtown in 15-20 minutes, not an hour. It's not some small town an hour out of the city.

Candace Cameron Bure is usually in some of the best Hallmark movies and this is one of them. The haters don't like her values and/or are just jealous bitter women. "No Meryl Streep" who cares? Meryl Streep has become a bitter old woman too! I realize the twin switch has been done, so what? She did a fantastic job and the leading men were great also. I don't watch Hallmark expecting to see these movies on the awards shows (not that I watch awards shows) I watch them to feel good and Christmasy. So watch and enjoy!

...not for the story itself but for nice and useful moral. An interesting twist, lovely performances, the atmosphere of Christmas, the answer to envy and the simple solutions to the desire to be the other. And, sure, a great film about family. Simple, touching, precise message. And good performances . A sort, maybe only at the first sigh, of "The Prince and the Pauper". Working in admirable manner.