Une belle rencontre de Noël

This movie was absolutely horrible!! The background music was the WORST I've ever heard, why oh why would you think that "disturbingly awful" music would be pleasing to our ears, my poor ears - OUCH -!! As far as the leads, I've always enjoyed RD & EK but this movie was unappealing on so many levels. I believe another reviewer stated this movie must've been made on a shoestring budget - I say more like dental floss budget. EK, I just need to say WHY, why on earth did you mess with your gorgeous face?!! I have followed your career and I'm so surprised no one else has noticed but your eyes now look like everyone else's in Hollywood. I was comparing you in Mrs. Miracle and Christmas Lodge and you looked stunning so when I happened to come across New Year's kiss, I thought I'd watch. You look completely different, puffy cheeks, and like I said, you've done something to your eyes. I understand the pressures of Hollywood but Erin, why fix something that wasn't broken. I had to turn the movie off between the over the top music and Erins new face, it was very disappointing. I cannot believe no one else has noticed this. I love her acting but her facial expressions in this movie were so distracting, I'm sorry Erin, I'm a big fan but you had a gorgeous face especially your eyes, I wish you would stop whatever it is you are doing before it's too late and you look nothing like the EK we've all come to know and love.

If I could give this less than 1 star, I would. Besides the acting being absolutely mediocre the worst part is the background music. Not only did the same 3 songs play on repeat throughout the entirety of the movie but if was all surface level. The music had no heart and no real melody. Not to mention that the music NEVER fit whatever was happening within the movie and was completely out of place. Definitely not worth the time to watch the movie.

That was being driven insane by the DREADFUL background music, it was like a soundtrack to a 70's soap opera. There wasn't a second when it wasn't playing. So when I read the other reviews, I'm clearly not alone.

Like always with Hallmark films, there is dreadful white sheeting to imitate snow (in one film I saw a character actually trip over it), and WHY does nobody in films watch television ??? They live alone, they sit, drink wine, look at their phone, computer, but never watch tv . Its not normal !!!

The two main characters have been in much better films than this. Just hope the Director of this film reads these reviews and maybe learn a lesson that god-awful background music is NOT a necessity.

What the h*** was that? I got sooooo tired of the missed connections (fun drinking game?) and the Santa was so freaking annoying. I just... dude, are you Santa or not? I'm skipping to the end.

I've enjoyed Erin Karpluk and Robin Dunne in other things so took a chance on this despite the poor reviews. Not sorry I did. This isn't great television by any stretch but it was a pleasant way to pass 1.5 hours on a holiday evening.

The fatal flaws were mostly in the beginning, with uninspired dialogue, one-note secondary characters, and especially a serious lack of deeper motivations for the main characters. If either of them early expressed a dissatisfaction with their career paths, the first half would have had more heart and the shift of direction at the 2/3 mark wouldn't have come as such a surprise.

It's a light, easy tv movie with some food for thought and a cute twist at the end that doesn't have to do with the happy couple.