L'Âme sœur de Noël

I enjoyed the movie as a decent "time pass". I liked Jessy Schram in the role of Juniper who I know from her role of Dr. Hanna Asher in Chicago Med. However I can't figure out who creates the page on this site. I see Shravan Amin being credited in the cast list when he appeared for may be 3 - 4 seconds and said a word of 2. While Brooke, I believe that was the name of the character, who had a fairly decent role and was involved a whole lot more is not mentioned anywhere. Not even in the extended list of "Full Cast and Crew.".

I liked the premise of some missed past connections and history without making a mess of it.

I enjoyed watching this one, even though I had read the reviews before diving in. Jessy Schram and Chandler Massey are both decent actors, have good chemistry, and I was drawn-in by the tour of Mystic, CT.

The story is lacking, to be sure, but the leads and the scenery make this one an enjoyable watch. The seal isn't the star, but does steal a scene or two. The "made-up Canadian proverb" should become a new trope of this genre.

There is a recent trend where these Christmas movies have basically no stakes. The characters start off liking each other, have very little competition for each others attention or affection, and we are left with kind of a waiting game until they finally get together. It works in this film because the real roadblock is their own awkwardness.

The "big argument" here felt like a missed opportunity to bring the characters together through some heightened emotions, and showing that conflict doesn't always have to be a scary or uncomfortable experience.

All in all, I'd recommend this one. It kept me watching, so it has something going for it.

Marine biologist Dr. Juniper Jones (Jessy Schram) is a self-declared introvert who likes to travel around the world by herself. Her best friend Candice Adams (Patti Murin) needs her help back home. The only problem is that Candice's brother Sawyer Adams (Chandler Massey) is there. She claims that she declared her love to him in a school crush email. There is a dispute over the facts.

Jessy Schram is always adorable. She does try to be awkward for this role although she could try harder. The comedy is right there for the taking. She needs to be more klutzy for the physical humor. She does do fine with the verbal vomit sometimes. She's a little too put together. Otherwise, I love her as always and the guy is a good match. That's all one could ask for in a Hallmark Christmas movie. It's certainly not drama.

It started out okay, I liked the initial banter and the leads are cute together. The secondary gay romance wasn't interesting.

Jessie's haircut was unflattering, IMO.

The seal was cute, though, and the best part of the movie. But it wasn't enough to remain interesting.

I didn't finish the movie.

I still have 300 more characters, so I'll say that this movie is easy to forget and I don't remember what I saw even now.

It takes place supposedly in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.

Jessie's character is cute but odd, socially challenged.

The seal's name is Peppermint.

There are some Christmas activities I don't remember.

Met the quota. Done.

Having seen and enjoyed Jessy Schram in several other Hallmark movies, I was looking forward to this. However, I just couldn't get into this one at all. Her character wasn't particularly bad, but pretty much everyone in every scene talks so fast and frantically that virtual no interactions seemed natural. That was done by basically the whole cast which makes me think that the director told everybody to read their lines really fast. I assume that was supposed to make them all seem really quirky, but again, it just led to almost every interaction feel very unnatural.

Also, the two romantic leads in this acted particularly uncomfortable around each other to the extent it felt like both were back in 6th grade when placed together.

There was also one montage in a bookstore that was supposed to be funny and cute but was really painful to watch.

Ultimately Jessy Schram was just passable in this and everyone else was basically a drag on this film. She has done much better in previous Hallmark films.