Une superstar pour Noël

Hallmark Movies and Mysteries tends to do much complex (and better movies(. And this is no exception.

Adelaide, a country star is tired of being told what to do regarding her career, so when she sees the opportunity to stay for a while in this family farm with an adorable family she takes it, and grows personally and therefore, professionally.

My favorite aspect of this movie is that it is not centered on the romance but on Adelaide's development and her relationship not with Dillon but with his entire family and the family farm. I'm also glad that the plot took another direction, different as usual, and that Dillon discovered who she was almost at the beginning of the story.

I really like the script. It wasn't corny and it had a few funny comebacks. So, points for that. Kevin and Becca had great chemistry between themselves and even with the actors who were part of the family, who contributed so much to the story.

Even though I knew how the story was going to develop, I had a very good time watching it.

I thought this was going to be a real stink bomb. But, you know it wasn't too bad. I don't listen to country music, but as far as I know this is exactly the kind of stuff that passes for quality nowadays. All the Christmas points are dotted and it seemed to work. Although, the lead fellow needs to have his hair messed up a bit. Too much product.

This was actually one of the better Hallmark Christmas season movies that I have seen during the 2017 Christmas season.

Sure, it followed the generic and stereotypical formula that Hallmark use in every single one of their Christmas movies, but it just worked out better somehow in "A Song for Christmas".

A lot of credit for making this a good movie should be given to Becca Tobin for her performance in the movie, because she really carried this greatly.

While "A Song for Christmas" doesn't have the potential to become a Christmas classic, nor being a movie that you watch more than once, it is still beautiful enough to take the time and sit down with your loved ones to watch once during the yuletide seasons.

Love, love, love Kevin and Becca in this movie. It's about following your dreams, doing what scares you but is what you know you need to do. Love the story line, the characters, the music. Love them singing together. Great movie!

A Song For Christmas (2017) -

Some of the leading ladies in this genre of film can be a bit inconsequential opposite some very talented fellas at times, but I actually do like Becca Tobin as an actress and I liked her as Addy in this film.

However, I have always struggled to connect with Kevin McGarry, who played Dylan. He's just a bit pretty and unattainable, there's a distance about him, whereas she was far more natural, despite playing a country star.

The singer hiding in the sticks thing has been done to death though and that was only one of many clichés in the film, including a sleigh ride, wreath making and Christmassy pancakes, although I do like it when there are actual elements of festive fun in these seasonal films, because that was essentially what I tuned in for.

The whole rescuing a tree farm idea has appeared in quite a few of these films too.

So overall, it wasn't the most original story that I've seen, but it still had heart and although everyone was a bit unusually nice, the fact that they were so pleasant was refreshing. With the exception of Russell (James McGowan). I found it hard to believe his change of heart.

Other than that, it was a shame that they obviously didn't use real ferns to make the wreaths, considering the message that they were trying to send, as well as the setting of a Christmas tree farm and once again it was those little details that let things down a bit.

It wasn't really a bad film at all, but it was just a bit too samey. 2022 was a year of some fresh thinking with regards to the stories of the made for TV seasonal films, so watching this one for the first time, five years after it's release, it showed how contrived and formulaic the genre had been.

5.5/10.