Noël tous les jours

TV producer Sophie Worthy (Chelsea Hobbs) is on thin ice after some recent fumbles. Her last chance may be making a reality TV star out of Will Saunders (Christopher Russell). He celebrates Christmas all year long.

The guy is super hot. It makes sense for him to be in a Lifetime Christmas movie. He is a little too casual for his own good. The role may work better with a more energetic Santa-like character. I can imagine a guy who works overtime to give gifts to children even if it's not Christmas time. This concept could be expanded to something so much more heartwarming. I just don't think that he would be good TV. They could edit a fun promo, but it's impossible to edit the whole show that way.

I read the book and knew what to expect, this movie made it justice, it was just as the book in the adaptation department, we know not all the book can fit on film so the general and the most important parts where there, it's an enjoyable Christmas movie Hallmark alike but a higher rating.

For the most part, this is a Hallmark-like Christmas-theme movie......storyline is cutesy with farcical type comedy layered in. No Oscar-level acting required. Tries to also layer in some charitable spirit/heart-warming tidbits.

Where it deviates from the Hallmark formula is that the romance element is brought on more obviously early on. And likely to the offense of Hallmark aficionados, the kissing is a bit more intense and elongated, with some disrobing.

While their romantic dialogue is not overly compelling, Hobbs and Russell make for a sexually attractive pair. It is far better matching of lead looks than the odd-pairings that Hallmark usually dishes up. It is Ok as a one-time watch.

If Christopher Russell is paired with the right female lead, and he has a script that takes advantage of his GQ worthy handsomeness and the kindness that you can see behind his eyes, he can be great. Unfortunately that doesn't always happen. It does in this one. The script explores the phoniness behind reality series and how untrustworthy and false they can be. I didn't much care for the heroine, but Christopher made up for that and had charm enough for both. I did like that they had a fairly sizzling love scene as opposed to the usual chaste kiss at the end of the movie.

The writing is bad, the directing is bad and the acting is strained. The situations are stupid and unbelievable. Quite possibly one of the worse Christmas movies I've seen and I've seen quite a few.