Une nouvelle vie pour Noël

Original title: Finding Christmas

TV Movie
2013
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1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.2K

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Mark Lutz, Tricia Helfer, Cristina Rosato, and J.T. Hodges in Une nouvelle vie pour Noël (2013)

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Sean, who runs a New York City advertising agency, and Owen, a small-town handyman and musician, swap residences for the holidays. Mia, who works for Sean, helps Owen get settled into his ne... Read allSean, who runs a New York City advertising agency, and Owen, a small-town handyman and musician, swap residences for the holidays. Mia, who works for Sean, helps Owen get settled into his new apartment while Ryan, sent by Owen to fix a broken heater, helps Sean find the charm of ... Read allSean, who runs a New York City advertising agency, and Owen, a small-town handyman and musician, swap residences for the holidays. Mia, who works for Sean, helps Owen get settled into his new apartment while Ryan, sent by Owen to fix a broken heater, helps Sean find the charm of living in a small town. Owen, a fish-out-of-water in the big city, tries to flirt with Hal... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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8Onetrack97

Pretty good.

The reason to watch, Cristina & Trisha!

Gorgeous.

6mamachikn

Cute but Underdeveloped and Cheesy

This started out very cute, with 2 guys switching houses. You know they will both find love, but 2 stories in 90 minutes is too much story with not enough time. They fall in love fast, without knowing much about the other at all. The story switches back and both between the characters. Then there are the extra empty-headed bimbos who swoop in to break everyone up. Cheesy. Still entertaining, but won't watch again.

9Jackbv123

Two (gems) for the price of one

We have two love stories in this Christmas romance. The story is unusual in that sense, especially since the two are related but take place several states apart.

The first gem is Tricia Helfer. I've seen her as a solid actress in a lot of things, but in this one she really drew me into the story. I thought especially that if you contrast Helfer's sincerity with either of the rival girls, you could see Ryan's love. Meanwhile you could clearly see in contrast that, even Kimber, played well by Brittany Gray, wasn't sincere as she professed her love for Owen. It was good acting by both Helfer and Gray. Jessica Phillips, as Halo, was a little more obvious what she wanted.

I wish I thought that Mark Lutz, the beau opposite Helfer, was as good as her. Not bad, just not as good.

The other gem is the singing of J.T. Hodges. I love these Christmas movies when a talented star sings. His character, Owen, was in the other love story with Mia. Hodges was good in his acting, again not as good as Helfer. As for the last main player, I thought that Cristina Rosato delivered a lot of her lines stiffly.

This is one Hallmark movie where the kid didn't steal the show, nor was he intended to. He was cute, but really not central to the story.

The story was mostly straight forward. We expect some roadblock on the way to happiness, and both romances got one.

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Trivia
In the opening of the movie there is a street scene that is supposed to be downtown Butters, North Carolina. There is street sign indicating US Hwy 20 and a state highway. This same street scene was use in The Christmas Parade (2014), and is the intersection of US 20 and Ohio 65 in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Goofs
On the sleigh ride Ryan says "All the elements except hydrogen and helium are found in the stars." Actually, hydrogen and helium account for nearly the entire mass of stars.