Un Noël pour se retrouver

Well, Zane and Billy's parents obviously had some good genes. What a fine looking pair of boys they have and Zane, played by Greyston Holt is such a lovely character, but yet again, I don't see why he would fall for the girl. She's really not very nice and far too self absorbed.

The story isn't brilliant because of her character, but it's not a badly put together film. I've seen similar films where both characters have something going for them and it just works better however. She seemed to enjoy the hard knock life to go with her permanently sulking face.

The music Exec is another bee-hatch, the local guy who fancies the lead female is another loser and the Mother is poorly acted, but somehow with all these issues, I quite liked it. The honest part of me thinks that it's due to the bit where Greyston has just exited the shower, but I'm sure it's something more deep and meaningful than that?

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First, I'm just going to touch base on my feelings about Deann's acting as Jolene. I've never seen her act before, but she really stole the show! Maybe because the part was so much like her in real life, I don't know, but she just blew me AWAY!!! She is just as sweet as the peach pie my Gran used to make, still as naturally beautiful as The Land Between The Lakes in Kentucky near where my folks are from, with a voice still as clear and fresh as "Strawberry Wine," and as poised and graceful as any Southern Bell EVER WAS!!! She as the heart of the film! That aside, they picked a REALLY great cast, they all seemed quite natural in the parts (except for maybe the mom/grandma & the Asian girl who kept breaking things while set dressing, I could see she was pushing it so hard that it became over acting, because she was uncomfortable,) and they really seemed to have chemistry! Even the little girl, she wasn't one of those annoying child actors who don't know what they're doing, won't take direction, and so the crew just gives up and uses them as little as possible, this little girl was a DOLL!! And I could totally see them as a family going forward! That's a lot of credit for her being so young!

This movie is just ok. I found it entertaining but lacking in acting and plot. It seemed to drag on and I agree with the lack of chemistry.

It's what "Pure Country" would have been as a Christmas film. A very enjoyable film.

I end up watching a ton of these Christmas romcoms around the Holidays. They are all pretty schlocky. This one is no different. The story-such as it is-is a predictable trope driven yarn that is a gentler version of A Star is Born ultimately. Yet, the leads are both appealing and the director keeps the proceedings moving. The film feels more high end than a lot of this subgenre. There's enough warm fuzzies and laughs present to recommend this.