Mission : Romance de Noël

I'm watching this movie for the second time in a week. I'm a married man, what can I say?

This is a highly enjoyable Hallmark movie. There is a lot of chemistry between the two main actors and the supporting cast is solid.

2nd time these two lead actors have played romantic leads - good chemistry.

7/10 - festive Hallmark Christmas flick full of joy and familiar tropes and honors veterans across the world

Eloise Mumford should be one of the Hallmark Queens by now. My initial reaction was that she was too beautiful to play a 6 year Marine vet, but she really captured the angst and confusion of her character.

Sean Faris' judge, on the other hand, was wildly unrealistic both in and out of the courtroom. I'm a lawyer and I've never seen a judge smile so much or behave so oddly in court. And, as other reviewers have noted, the townsfolk (and the staging) had a creepy Stepford/Body Snatchers feel.

There was also a line about how a local tree farm donates 1,000 trees to vets every year. That also seemed wildly unrealistic.

Still, there are some sweet moments and a great ending.

And Eloise Mumford.

From multiple scenes in the movie you can pretty well guess how it will end. However it still pulls at your heartstrings.

Sean Faris and Eloise mumphord were in Christmas with Holly and to be honest they had better chemistry in that movie than in this one.

But all in all it is a fantastic movie