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On the plus side: Impressive 8 & 1/2 roll car stunt on the beach. Interesting behind the scenes look at a fight sequence in front of the Sydney Opera House where you get to see the harnesses on stunt actors. Entertaining street chase using a rubbish skip and pick up truck - probably a vehicle that hasn't been used in a chase scene before. Nice touch with the skip bin spinning 360s on its side. The female actors get to do some fight sequences rather than sitting looking helpless. Play 'Spot the Reference' to other movies and actors. Nice views of Sydney Harbour and surrounds.

Negatives: Terrible plot.

Predictable Hallmark Christmas movie script, dreadful dialogue, awful acting. Absolutely the worst movie I've sat through this year, and quite a lot of that was on fast forward.

Lindsay Lohan was cute in the Parent Trap and OK in the Herbie movies and Mean Girls. Apart from those few, the rest of her career has been 'mixed'. The truth is that while she showed promise as a child actor, she never developed into an even halfway decent actress, and boy does it show in this movie. Honestly one of the unknown Hallmark holiday actresses would have done a much better job.

And talking of child actors, the little girl in this one is suitably cute, but she was clearly being directed to smile BIG in every scene and deliver every line in the bounciest upbeat style possible.

The two good things in the movie were the lead actor Chord Overstreet who did a good job with the material he had to work with and certainly deserves another chance in something better than this. The set design was the second thing that was lovely. Very Christmassy. But if the struggling ski lodge had half the number of Christmas trees and decorations, they probably wouldn't have been in financial difficulties in the first place. Just saying.

In the J Lo documentary, Halftime, she makes it very clear that she was hoping for an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Hustlers, and was bitterly disappointed when didn't get one. We decided to watch the movie to see whether it was actually any good and was she really hard done by in being ignored by the Academy.

The answer is no. This is the female version of Magic Mike, and unless someone is looking to give Channing Tatum an Oscar for his role in that, then J Lo's expectations were way too high.

The movie is definitely a change from the Romantic Comedies J Lo is famous for and the second half tries to shoehorn in a more serious storyline to try to prove to everyone that it's not just a T&A flick. The first half is all T&A. Guys may love the eye candy. Women will probably be bored to tears.

The one real pole dancing sequence is well done, and apparently J Lo did it all herself, without a body or dance double. But it doesn't compare to the multiple dance sequences and great soundtrack in Magic Mike.

The second half of the movie is the 'serious' storyline. Basically everything that the strippers do to their Wall Street clients is because Wall Street had brought many regular Americans to their knees financially during the Global Financial Crisis, and none of them were punished. This is supposed to be pay back time. The actresses all did a good job in their roles, but honestly there was nothing there that jumps out and says 'Oscar Nomination'. The second half of the movie feels quite rushed too.

J Lo looked terrific in this movie and her pole dancing sequence was impressive. Our feeling is that she is a lovely actress and definitely better than she herself or Hollywood gives her credit for, but she needs a movie role that really pushes her before she will be in serious contention for an Oscar. And it probably needs to be a movie that isn't focused primarily on her looks, her hair and on tight, skimpy clothes. Whether Hollywood is prepared to give her a chance in a genuinely serious movie, and whether she is prepared to take on a non-glamorous role is the big question.

Sorry J Lo.