The two leads in this are like old friends because I have seen each so many times. In fact at least one of them is in more than one Christmas movie this year. Perhaps they were a little tired mentally?
Something felt off about both from the start, especially Walker. I think he was trying too hard to be the macho superstar jock. How many times did he mention the Stanley Cup? I was a little surprised to see his sports rival fall out of the race so early, but I was glad because after that Wes toned it down a little so that he could be softer with Avery. The two characters did the right things to build the relationship, but I didn't feel it, the connection that is chemistry.
It was nice in the sense of a Christmas movie how the three final teams started to become friends. How far that went was surprising and made for a good story ending.
Despite what for me was less than stellar connection between Walker and Williams, the movie was still fun.
