Un Noël à toute épreuve

I really wanted to like this movie, but the plot seemed to be moving predictably and slowly along with no real surprises and without developing any real chemistry between any of the leads, so I gave up after a little while.

Abigail Klein and Ryan Cooper make for a very watchable show, regardless of the hackneyed "Save the ______ " plot. They are both very attractive. The little daughter was a doll. The star of the show in my eyes, though, was Caroline Portu as Courtney's best friend. She did a great job with comedy and general appeal. Although next time, find her a more age appropriate boyfriend, who looked like he was about 18 and could have passed for 15.

Actually I must admit that when I sat down to watch the 2020 Christmas movie "Christmas on Ice" from writer and director John Stimpson, I believed it to be yet another archetypical sappy Christmas movie that comes a dime a dozen.

But still, as it was a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give the movie a chance.

And now having seen it, I have to say that "Christmas on Ice" was actually a little bit more than just your typical sappy romantic Christmas cheese. Sure, the movie had that aspect to it as well, but the whole aspect of the daughter and making it her best Christmas was actually quite nice.

The acting performances in "Christmas on Ice" were good. I can't claim to be familiar with the people on the cast list, but lead actress Abigail Klein and lead actor Ryan Cooper actually carried the movie quite well with their performances, and definitely had a great on-screen chemistry.

"Christmas on Ice" gives the audience a bit more than your archetypical Christmas cheese that you are served in an abundance by the Christmas movies. So it is actually well-worth taking the time to sit down and watch this 2020 Christmas movie.

My rating of "Christmas on Ice" lands on a six out of ten stars.

This is an interesting, uplifting story with a very likeable cast. The female lead comes off sweet but one emotional speed, yet still seems to have chemistry with the adorable little girl and her father. Overall It's a good Christmas movie and worth a watch.

This is my 1st Lifetime Christmas movie of the 2020 season. Overall, it was pretty good. I do agree with another reviewer on here: the music was really bad at times/really bad for some scenes. That said, the acting was good. Abigail Klein was great (a lot of Christmas cheer in her performance). The supporting cast was also very good; I particularly like the performance of the daughter and grandfather. The film does a good job too of providing the festive/Christmas atmosphere, which I have grown to like in Hallmark and Lifetime movies. Overall, a good start to the 2020 Christmas movie season by Lifetime.