Une soirée inoubliable pour Noël

I don't know what others were watching, but the three of us watching thought that this had to be the most mismatched lead actors ever. The casting crew should all be fired. Adelaide Kane's character was the best in that she portrayed a person that was NOT interested in her brothers college buddy. When this herkie actor showed up we all said I hope this is not supposed to be her love interest. Unfortunately he was. Some of his poor acting was probably the screenplay and mostly the director who should never have had him play the overconfident party planner who kept acting like he was the planner and she was just the assistant while in truth it was the opposite. I found him to be a very poor actor that thought he should have been the director and tried his best to overshadow the better actress. Anyway, in real life, we believe that her actions spoke how she felt about the pairing and with everyone, her sis-in-law and the client harping about how good looking this dork was made it even harder to swallow. I am writing this because half way through our friends left as they couldn't watch anymore. It being on dvr we watched the rest of the show without them. Totally pathetic for a Hallmark film which we normally enjoy watching with our friends.

6.5 stars. A cute premise for a movie that turned out better than I thought. Adeline Kane was wonderful as Mia and truly made the movie what it was. Unfortunately they casted Carlos Penavega opposite her and his acting isn't the best. The movie lost half a star towards the end of the movie where something happened just like in two previous Hallmark movies this season.

A nice New Year Halmark film.Interesting for the effort of Carlos PenaVega to give a cool character, not just perfect as photographer in Extreme Orient - more as stand up comedian - but the try seems not so bad. Unfortunately, Adelaide Kane seems remain out of her role. And the chemistry is absent, saved, maybe, by the final fireworks. A film like so many others. Easy story, acceptable, with indulgence, performance, imposible cause - and in this case it is just imposible - and the midnight kiss as end of trip. So, after a busy day , a good option.

7.3 stars.

I'm constantly looking for Hallmark movies that I wish to revisit later. Unfortunately, if it doesn't feel good enough to see again, it doesn't make the cut, which means it is below 7.5 stars. This is the way I catalog what I can see later, because there are over a thousand Hallmark movies and other romances, and it's hard to keep track of them all. That being said this one does not quite make the cut.

My method (feel free to skip this part): 7.5-7.6: watch every 3-5 years.

7.7-7.9: every other year 8.0+: yearly

I used to think I would come back to the 7.1-7.4's, but I changed my mind once I realized the sheer volume of quality Hallmark, romances and other romcoms. I simply don't have the time to spare for average or even slightly above average films anymore.

Unfortunately, it's a numbers game and there goes another couple of hours invested in trying to find another film to add to my repertoire of rewatchables.

I've noticed for the last several movies I had to do a cold search, and I've found many that were not aired on Hallmark's multiple channels in the past few years. And for good reason. It seems the remnants of romance movie leftovers are generally disappointing, so I might have finally reached the end of the line. That's OK, because I have a couple hundred really high quality films that I can revisit in combination with a dozen new releases each year that I can add to the list. I'm probably set for life. However, I will continue looking for those few remaining diamonds in the rough. I know they are hiding. I just found a really good one last week, so I don't want to leave any stone unturned.

I think the reviews are really harsh. Its a typical Hallmark film. I don't think Carlos was bad I just think he felt awkward being around another woman honestly. Him and Alexa are really open about their marriage and do literally everything together. Adelaide has done Major Major work so seeing her in a Hallmark film does throw you off. Carlos comes off more Comedian hence the show Big Time Rush so seeing him in Romance films might throw people off also. But I liked it, it was cute. Honestly I think all Christmas movies come off a bit cheesy but that's kind of the point. As cheesy as they are I enjoy them all lol.