Un Noël de rêve en Suisse

Yes it was cheesey. No it wasn't particularly well acted but, come on.

It's a formulaic hour and half of escapism in the run up to Christmas. If you want high brow Christmas movies watch Scrooge, Miracle on 34th Street etc.

This film is like all the others of this genre. A bit saccharine but you can have it on whilst also doing other things as it doesn't demand your upmost attention. That makes it a plus in my book.

It's a reasonable film to while away some time. Enjoy it for it is. Light hearted entertainment. A 'Feel good' film.

Not up to Hallmark standards, but not bad.

Give it a try. ..

Besides the lack of chemistry between the leading couple, the story is awful.

This girl is forced to accept a relationship, a situation she didn"t heal. It's sad when people don"t respect our decisions or our feelings. O felt her mom was out of line. No, because it's Christmas it doesn"t mean you have to firgive and forget everything. Yes, she needs to move on, but not forced into it. And then the situation with Liam, two weeks there and now she has to decide if she stays or leave for good cause it could hurt his kid... What!!!! It's been two damn weeks... Honestly I would have skipped that trip.

I don't understand what other reviews are talking about. This movie is so cute! Filled with gorgeous Swiss Christmas traditions and love stories from romance to family to friendship. I have watched this on repeat in the lead up!!!! Love it so much!!!!!

The Swiss traditions are ones i never knew about. It's wonderful they are sharing them - I'm going to take some on board for my family.

Christmas movies are meant to be a little cheesy! However the actors make up for the classic cheesy script, they are wonderful, especially the main two.

This movie has definitely got me into the Christmas spirit this year and will be on my list of yearly re-watches!

Jodie Sweetin's Alex travels the world for her job and decides to spend Christmas with her family at her Mom's new inn in Switzerland. Problem is that Mom has invited her ex and his live-in girlfriend too and Beth used to be Alex's BFF. Alex takes the unwritten law that you don't date your best friend's ex pretty seriously. It is made worse by poor communication on the part of everyone leading to hurtful secrets.

While the reunion is going on, Alex spends time with Tim Rozan's Liam who is Mom's inn manager. There is some chemistry but nothing spectacular. Liam has a son which always adds a cute factor in a Christmas story.

This is a very simple story with no great highs or lows or surprises. The acting is decent. The dialogue is OK but nothing great. The viewer gets to see some Swiss Christmas customs.

A Swiss Family Christmas/Merry Swissmas (2022) -

In the leading male role of Liam, Tim Rozon was not quite as sexy as his character Mutt in 'Schitt's Creek' (2015-20), but his character was still charming and attractive, because of his softly spoken and mild manner. I wasn't sure why he fell for Alex (Jodie Sweetin) though, because she was a stroppy cow and too high maintenance for his calm relaxed personality.

I liked the quantity of Swiss traditions and words used to show a different view of the season. It hasn't always worked when they've tried to do this in a film and it did seem a bit like they'd written a list of things to cover and written dialogue to connect each event rather than writing them in to an existing romance story, but it was still interesting.

I thought that the friendship, when troubled, reconciled a bit too early on. Perhaps I'm just used to the usual formula that has it all happening 15 minutes before the end, but it left very little anticipation.

And there were a couple of moments that were a stretch to believe as well. Also, Louis was too much!

With all that said, I didn't mind it and because of Tim, I probably would revisit the story again and as a way of trying to remember the Swiss Christmas ceremonies and traditions, because seasonal culture is something that I love.

669.49/1000.