Três Babás Para o Natal

Almost every Hallmark movie uses the same formula, a single woman with some stereotypical job who wants to make it in business meets an attractive single male... It's really, really, really BORING ! This movie isn't.

So what if this was a rip off of "Three Men and a Baby", plenty of Hallmark films are rip offs of previous ones. And Hollywood is full of rip offs and remakes, there isn't a lot that is new. I really liked Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker and Tyler Hynes together in this film, we know them from other rom-coms. They are flexible and can do romance and comedy.

Kudos to Paul Campbell and Kimberly Sustad for their script. I really liked them together in "A Wedding Every Weekend".

The main plot takes from the original "Three Men and a Baby" movie. I am a 50+ yr old male that loves his Christmas TV, music, etc. My wife loves her Hallmark movies and it's usually the one thing I'm not fond of (usually boring and predictable). However, THIS one I really enjoyed. The "brothers" characters played off of each other very well which made this a very entertaining movie. The script was one of the better written ones, with lots of implied humour between the brothers arguing like a married couple. Still predictable but, once into it, was worth the watch. The baby also did a good job lol.

Why does this have such glowing reviews?

Three reasons:

It's very, very funny. It's well written. And the cast, for the most part, are all equally superb.

Paul Campbell and Kimberly Sustad have hopefully already signed long-term contracts w/Hallmark as they clearly know what they're doing. They're both not only excellent actors with great comic timing, but they KNOW HOW TO WRITE comedy -- and drama as well.

They create empathetic characters with believable relationships right from the start. No line is wasted, no line is unnecessary. A few reviewers have mentioned how horrible and unfunny it is that someone left a baby alone right before Christmas, but IMO these people must've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed and are really angry about something else in their lives.

It's a MOVIE, not a documentary, and again, the way it's set up is credible, as is the resolution.

And while all three leads are great -- both funny and at times very touching -- special kudos go out to Tyler Hynes, who's dry, sarcastic delivery is spot-on, and to Margaret Collins, who matches him line for line. She's completely believable as the mother of these three misfits.

Bravo Hallmark. (Something I never thought I'd say.)

This movie has a lot going for it especially in the way it swayed from the usual generic hallmark movie format/formula, I was looking forward to it for that reason, so had higher expectations than usual and ended up having a pretty fun time. It was cute, the script was good, it was genuinely funny at times and got quite a few giggles, smiles and laughs from me. The 3 main actors were good choices for their respective roles and actually seemed to be having a nice time acting in this, which is more than I can say for some of these made for TV movies, and it still kept in the usual vein of somewhat corny, lighthearted Christmas spirit one looks for in these types of things. Worth a watch.

Hallmark has hit the Christmas jackpot with this one.

Paul Campbell and Kimberly Sustad have written a script that is funny, poignant, nostalgic and heartfelt. All the things you want in a Christmas movie, and especially a Christmas movie from Hallmark. There is a good mix of humour and introspection. Couldn't have asked for better material.

And the cast! What a cast! Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell - the Holy Trinity of Hallmark leading men - are fantastic as three somewhat estranged, bickering brothers who have to look after a baby in the lead-up to Christmas. It's a transformative experience for all of them, as they undertake a crash or crash through course in parenting whilst examining their own relationships with one another.

What a brilliant film. Hallmark will have to work hard to top this one. Not just this year, but any year! 'Three Wise Men and a Baby' is THAT good.