IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
When her family's beloved café is slated for demolition, Annie vows to put a stop to it before Christmas.When her family's beloved café is slated for demolition, Annie vows to put a stop to it before Christmas.When her family's beloved café is slated for demolition, Annie vows to put a stop to it before Christmas.
Jeff Avenue
- Michael
- (as Jeff Reyes)
Featured reviews
Annie is a family lawyer, Will is a bussiness man. His company is tearing down her family business so when she goesto talk to him, he "hires" her to be his advisor for a week so that he can get his father off his back.
Really enjoyable movie. Predictable? Yes, as usual. It's my second movie of the day and probably that's why i'm giving this a 8, and not appreciating this enough. I love Kimberley Sustad and Paul Campbell together, they are a great pair. They have amazing chemistry and besides they were part of the production of the story, which makes it 100 times better for me. Actors getting involved in the production deliver (same with Robert Buckley): we get a nice story, bits of their real life in both of them, and funny banter.
I hope I do not sound repetitive, but i'm really happy with the diverse cast.
My only problem with this is a technical aspect: Annie, as a lawyer, shouldn't have made a contract or a written agreement? It was literally my first thought when they made the arrangement.
I hope they work together again.
Really enjoyable movie. Predictable? Yes, as usual. It's my second movie of the day and probably that's why i'm giving this a 8, and not appreciating this enough. I love Kimberley Sustad and Paul Campbell together, they are a great pair. They have amazing chemistry and besides they were part of the production of the story, which makes it 100 times better for me. Actors getting involved in the production deliver (same with Robert Buckley): we get a nice story, bits of their real life in both of them, and funny banter.
I hope I do not sound repetitive, but i'm really happy with the diverse cast.
My only problem with this is a technical aspect: Annie, as a lawyer, shouldn't have made a contract or a written agreement? It was literally my first thought when they made the arrangement.
I hope they work together again.
The best dialog of any of the Hallmark movies. Reminds me of snappy repertoire from the old classic movies. Good job writers and lead actors.
When I read the story line I was a bit disappointed but these two did a great job and saved the movie from another predictable story line. They have great chemistry and had me laughing much more than most hallmark movies.
This movie is genuinely funny, heart-warming, and well-written. I can only hope Paul Campbell and Kimberley Sustad do more writing for Hallmark, specifically because I love the comedic touches put into this film (for all the rom-coms they put out, Hallmark frequently forgets to be funny). Paul Campbell is a force to be reckoned with when humor is in the picture, and I personally feel he thrives in those charmingly funny roles much more than when he plays overly earnest, serious characters (his best performances for me are his roles in Window Wonderland and Surprised by Love, where he plays Shawn-Spencer-like characters that you both want to roll your eyes at and love with all your heart). Even as a businessman, he gets to be authentically funny here, and paired with Kimberley's equally sharp comedic chops (she absolutely nails awkwardness in a way that's super amusing), the movie just works. It moves fluidly, believably, and the scenes are just fun to watch even if you already know how the whole thing will end.
Funny enough, I don't think the chemistry between Paul and Kimberley's characters was particularly strong (nor in their last movie they starred in together), but they're such a great writing team, I'd love to see them work together again.
Funny enough, I don't think the chemistry between Paul and Kimberley's characters was particularly strong (nor in their last movie they starred in together), but they're such a great writing team, I'd love to see them work together again.
The heir to a development company needs a legal babysitter according to his father and when he mistakes Annie for said legal babysitter he strikes a bargain with her to fake his legal council in return for him renewing the lease on her parents Starlight Cafe.
Annie's dog is named after Charles Dickens because Great Expectations destroyed her when she read it. Off the cuff our developer, William Holt, quotes Dickens, "I loved her, against promise, against reason, against hope, against all discouragement that could be."
When Annie gets William out of legal trouble with the preservation society she gets stuck putting on a high end fund raiser at her parents cafe The Starlight.
Can William hold up his end of the bargain?
There was cute banter in this fun loving holiday romance. In fact these two were both comedy and romantic gold.
"So what's your move, hotshot?"-William.
Annie's dog is named after Charles Dickens because Great Expectations destroyed her when she read it. Off the cuff our developer, William Holt, quotes Dickens, "I loved her, against promise, against reason, against hope, against all discouragement that could be."
When Annie gets William out of legal trouble with the preservation society she gets stuck putting on a high end fund raiser at her parents cafe The Starlight.
Can William hold up his end of the bargain?
There was cute banter in this fun loving holiday romance. In fact these two were both comedy and romantic gold.
"So what's your move, hotshot?"-William.
Did you know
- TriviaBoth co-stars Paul Campbell and Kimberley Sustad's first forays into writing for the screen.
- Quotes
Annie Park: There is a reason why people don't color outside the lines Will. It just makes everything messy.
- ConnectionsReferences Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989)
- SoundtracksRun Rudolph Run
Written by Marvin Brodie and Johnny Marks and Chuck Berry uncredited)
Courtesy of St. Nicholas Music
Performed by Whitney Wolanin
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Christmas by Starlight
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content