Sous les lumières de Noël

...crushed this with superb acting and humor, but why are they not showing up in IMDB cast & credits? Regardless, watch this :)

Can't believe negative reviews. Light hearted but with very relatable message. Well written, excellent casting for even minor characters. Good dialogue. Robin Dunne was awesome. Most hallmark movies have the straight clueless man leaving us wondering why the female lead would fall for him. In this both leads developed together. Robin Dunne reminds me so much of Robert Walker! So cute and earnest. Enjoyed second viewing even better than first. They need to air this more often. Pure entertainment.

I love this film for many motives. The basic can be the beautiful touch of '40's- '50's romantic comedies. The second - the beautiful connection between Hazel and Jonah. And the Hazel's studio, to. The scenes with policeman are just sweet and the supporting characters more than well crafted. Sins ? Maybe the fate of generator but 300 dollars are a very good answer.

I did not finish this film, in fact it didn't even last the usual 25-30 minutes that most other films get. This may be due to the fact that I'd just literally endured a poor Christmas film and couldn't get all the way through another, but I'm pretty sure the nutty "Artist" was going to drive me mad and Robin Dunne is nowhere near cute enough for me to put up with the terrible jokes and awkward flirting and banter that these cheaper films throw in to try and make it funny, but fail.

Unscored as unfinished.

The premise was good. The flaky artist was believable and the complicity between the leads was fun, in the beginning. You can believe that they met and had a quick connection.

It could have been good but instead it became chaos. I got the feeling that they shot a lot of disparate scenes, belonging to distinct plot lines, and then edited them together without following a logical sequence. I believe they inserted some scenes for comedic effect only, without them making sense in the whole. The scenes with the policeman were just awkward. The whole thing with the short and the generator was stupid, forced. It annoyed me so badly that I fast forwarded.

As I said, the premise was great but it seems like there was nobody to actually develop it successfully for a film. As always, they try to sell the idea of a great artist and some innovative creation that everyone is in awe of. And it falls flat.

It is not a complete waste of time but it is disappointing, so don't get your hopes up.