The Mistle-Tones

During the Holiday Season there seems to be non stop 24/7 Christmas on every cable channel. Most of them are bland however "The Mistle- tones" is not a bland film. It is an excellent movie that proves "Christmas Movies Can Be Great". The "Mistle-Tones" is the best example I can think of that shows great films can be made about Christmas. It also nice to see a Christmas movie that is not a "Spin" on "A Christmas Carol" or "It's a Wonderful Life". This is not a rip off of "Freaky Friday" or "Groundhog Day". This is not about a poor widow about lose her home, or business. Its not about mending fences. All this is about is a singing contest.

The plot is simple. Holly gets cheated out winning a spot on the "Snow-belles". This is a local singing group the performs every year at the mall on Christmas Eve. Holly ends up getting the mall to hold auditions for the "Deck the Mall Spectacular" and now the "Snow- belles" have to compete with Holly's group that she just formed with fellow co-workers.

This all sounds like it would be "Stupid". Trust me I thought it would be. However I had the time of my life watching this. Iended up buying the CD on I-TUNES.

If you love Christmas & Christmas Music then watch this. Its a perfect night of entertainment for everyone.

If you want to see a great movie track this down. It is a miracle that a film this great was made for television. For having a limited budget the director works wonders with camera movements and fancy editing. There is not one false note in this movie.

I know many people for some reason do not like Tori Spelling but she plays a mega frigid bitch here and she is great. The nastier her character gets the nicer Holy gets. (I HIGHLY DOUBT THEY USED TORI'S REAL SINGING VOICE)

The plot is not very complex which fine. This is just about a singing contest at Christmas time! The vocal arrangements are exciting and full of energy. For a movie with a very limited budget the director made the most with camera set-ups and locations. It shows there is true talent in front and behind the camera. There is 2 singing numbers that take place in a warehouse but the director used that environment to his advantage. The whole movie however is never boring. .

Now why there has not been a DVD release is shocking. The film almost sings "Repeated Viewing is a Must".

I hope in the future Tia Mowrey, Andy Gala, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Jason Rogel, and Megan Kathleen Duffy get cast in more projects. They made a great ensemble.

I have bashed musicals a few times, so i guess i need to come clean and prop up this one. The emphasis in this movie is on singing, LOTs of singing, good sounding voices doing solos and blending with each other.

Of course since it is christmasy it has traditional themes and characters. But the singing is what this movie is about. The characters are very likable (well mostly), and even the villainess group have beautiful voices.

I tried doing some research on this movie to find out if it was either dubbed or not dubbed, and the little I found indicated that the actors were doing the singing, which makes me a happy camper.

I look for this kind of stuff, i am surprised it took me this long to 'discover' it.

Clean enjoyable Christmas singing movie for groups who look for this kind of thing

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA.

In this film a very talented singer Holly (Tia Mowry-Hardrict) gets rejected when she auditions for "The Belles" which is a a Christmas Caroling group. What hurts her more was that her late mother started this group and now she can not be part of it. "The Belles" is now led by Tori Spelling who's campy performance works wonders!

Later on Holly's sister tells her to "Start He Own Group" and she does with her fellow co-workers. She now has started a rivalry and now "The Belles" have to compete with Holly's group "The Mistle- Tones" to see who will sing at the annual Christmas Eve concert! Trust me this film is great!

What is nice about this film is that it's a musical that when people break into song and dance it's because they are rehearsing or performing! There is no awkward transitions. What also helps is that this film has songs that you know. In a minor way the film makes the audience a cast member.

Another plus is that who ever produced the songs did a great job. Its modern and respectful spin on old "Christmas Standards"

My favorite moment of the film is the "Winter Wonderland" segment! However the entire film sparkles and shines like Beautiful Christmas Lights.

If you are looking for a family safe film then WATCH THIS TOGETHER. It is lots of fun. Tia Mowry has a very infectious spirit that makes this film very special! This film will be part of my annual Holiday movie watching! (If ABC FAMILY runs it again) If not I want a DVD release!

I am not lying when I say "This is one of my all time favorite films". This is the first film I had scene in years that I wanted to watch it all over again when it ended.

This was a film I just discovered. I hope if you are reading this review you will watch it. Trust me if you like "Christmas" and "Christmas Music" you will love this film.

Again I like a DVD release!

This movie is the best movie of all time. If you disagree you are wrong. The plot is iconic, it's not an average Hallmark plot. It's a bit above average if I am being honest.

For one there is SINGING, which is a huge game changer.

Why else should you watch this? Because the characters are solid and you haven't seen them in ten other Christmas movies like the Hallmark actors.

Even better news the guy is low-key good looking. You won't have to sit through a cute movie with an ugly guy. Life changing if you ask me.

The movie is very funny, it can't get much better than this. "The Mistle-Tones" has all aspects of a solid Christmas movie. It isn't a classic Christmas film, but it will sure bring any Christmas romance movie lover great joy.

Also the singing is solid and entertaining. I tried learning the joy to the world dance which you can find on youtube, because the movie is just that iconic.

If you don't enjoy this Christmas movie, your heart is ten sizes too small.