A New Lease on Christmas

Becky gets hired by her roommate's dad to evict coffee shop owner Jake but she's falling for him. The confrontation over the secret occurs earlier than most movies, a little over half way. Up until then the story is pretty tame. The only exception I'll get to. After the confrontation things go a little crazy. The ending makes no sense in so many ways.

The Santa who rings his bell outside the coffee shop thinks he is the real thing. And he knows a lot of things about people that he should have no way of knowing and this from early in the movie.

Chemistry between the leads? Maybe. Problem is they didn't do that much together.

The premise of this movie has potential, which is why I decided to watch it. But this is the worst thing I've watched on TV. HONEST question? Was this a high school project that got greenlit? The acting and writing is HORRENDOUS!!!! I'm convinced the people who are singing this movie's praises are relatives and friends of the so-called actors. So-called actors because there is no way these people are making a decent living doing what they're doing. I sincerely hope they have day jobs that sustain their livelihoods because acting "ain't" it for them. Absolutely horrible movie. HORRIBLE!!!!! But, if you need a good laugh or background white noise, this is the movie for you.

The storyline was good, but the audio was terrible. Who ever the sound engineer was should never be used on another film until they learn that music is supposed to be included in the background and not drown out what the actors are saying. I would have thought that before releasing it for public viewing, someone would have watched it and noticed the audio problem. Not enjoyable when you watch a movie and need to have your remote control in your hand to constantly lower and increase the volume throughout the entire movie. I am sure that other viewers must have noticed that this was a problem. Other than the audio fiasco, the film was good.

I wasn't sure what to expect, I'm very much not into Hallmark romance nonsense so when my friend pulled this up to watch I rolled my eyes.

Glad I gave it a chance!

I was genuinely entertained. Well made, nicely written and I enjoyed it.

Please make more of these to replace the silly garbage on most channels this time of year.

Leigh Scott does it again producing a much needed film that's masterfully combines comedy, romance with the holiday season. Add this wonderful movie to your Christmas list. Highly recommended and our entire family gives it 10 stars!!!