Le Ranch de Noël

Cute leads. Good story. Centering on a ranch woman comes home for Christmas to lick her wounds from a break up and be with her uncle and brother after the death of her aunt. Enter heartthrob actor looking to learn ranch skills for his next movie. Flirtation ensues and heavy hearts as her uncle considers selling the ranch. Will this be the last Christmas on the ranch? Will she follow her head or her heart?

Cute movie worth a watch!

I've been a fan of Kristoffer since first time I saw him on a HM movie...but I also live in Reno NV. He can make any movie great and has such a charm with anyone he stars with. I'm not as familiar with Lindy, but she is awesome as well, perhaps in my top 3 or 4 actresses. Together......these two are great. I really bought into them together and they made just an OK story into a good one. I wanted to really like this movie because of them. Oh yea, Treat Williams, nice to see him in more and more movies.

If I take a step back, I'd think the storyline of Sara (Lindy Booth), an Interior Designer of New York Hotels, who'd suffered a recent split from a TV celebrity , returns for Christmas to the family ranch in Colorado owned by her Uncle (Treat Williams), but who then meets a film star (Kristoffer Polaha) , who's learning to be a ranch-hand for his upcoming movie - then I'd say it's a big recipe for Corn & cheese !! However, both leads way out-perform a limited script , and are well supported by the supporting cast, especially Treat Williams who gives a bravura performance as a recently widowed rancher. I've seen a few Hallmark Christmas movies this Winter - and this is a pretty good one. Either that or I'm turning into a soppy romantic , the older I get !

Sarah Davis (Lindy Booth) is a hotel designer in New York City with a promotion on the way. Her romantic life is in the drains after getting dumped by her boyfriend. She tries to escape the public spotlight to her uncle Roy (Treat Williams)'s ranch. Her quiet Christmas is interrupted when entitled Hollywood star Graham (Kristoffer Polaha) shows up doing research for a role.

Treat Williams doesn't have much to do. It's mostly relying on sweet Lindy Booth. She has a big smile but she's not doing much else here. I recognize Kristoffer Polaha from various TV shows. The plot tries to have some drama but none of it has any tension. That's the case for most of these Hallmark movies. It's low intensity romance. There is no romantic triangle to be had. There is a small parade and Christmas lighting. This follows the Hallmark pattern and it's fine for those who love those types of movies.

I tend to set my expectations very low for TV movies, and in fact, I rarely watch them. But this one had an interesting premise with a movie star named Graham arriving to a small town ranch to train for his upcoming movie role. I thought at first that he was going to conceal his identity from the female love interest.... But no, that came out right away, and what transpired from there was the typical sweet conversations and scenes of Graham showing that he's really just a good guy not an entitled movie star after all. It was pretty slow without any significant plot twists and story conflict points. Both of the leads have appeal though as actors.