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Was feeling under the weather and selected this movie for light-hearted entertainment. Shawn Roberts shines as the lead and Jewel had some funny moments. Good movie, gorgeous scenery and easy story. warm up some cocoa and slip into a cheerful little film.

It is what it is - unrealistic, overplayed (clearly a director's choice of tone) and a waste of talent. Jewel Staite and Shaun Johnston can handle meatier roles. But Shawn Roberts is definitely gorgeous. The Canadian landscape is also pretty remarkable. This is typical RomCom fare these days. I give this film a 6 (fait) out of 10. {RomCom}

Bad script, bad acting but a great scene with a bear.

(Some spoilers but nothing major) When you sit down for a movie like this, you know what to expect. Saccharine sweetness that makes you want to roll your eyes but sometimes these movies surprise you so, like me, you remain ever hopeful. Unfortunately the biggest problem in this movie is Kate. Annoying Kate who thinks she knows everything. Invites herself to go on this journey with Redford and then is absolutely NOT helpful at all. Nearly sets the barn on fire, attracts a bear to their belongings because of course she doesn't listen to him. She can do it all, but does she help carry anything along the way? Nope. Does she listen to him about the ice? Not even a little bit.

This movie would have been tolerable if Kate had been a better person.

I grew up in Northern Minnesota so I was very appreciative of all the truly real scenes (snowdrifts up to the top of your front door). I loved this movie. Both characters are charming & real. They're kind & loveable & this film made my heart smile!

There are a lot of fun, cheesy rom-coms out there, so don't waste your time with this one.

The movie seems to specialize in unlikable characters. The leads were neither charming nor endearing. On top of that, new characters would show up and also be terrible to watch, like the fur trapper or the assistant principal.

I couldn't wait for the leads to get together, but only because I wanted the woman's fiancé back home to be able to get away from her and her crazy family. I don't think that was the filmmaker's vision.

Through more than half of this movie, I hated everyone, but Kate most of all. It surprises me how annoying Kate is given that she was so beloved at her school. Kate is what I would call mean to Redford, but he certainly did nothing to endear himself to her. On the other hand, it's not surprising that she might be a mean person given her father who has his picture in the dictionary next to narcissist. It's disappointing to me because I normally like Jewel Staite.

I guess stupidity, rudeness, assault and social ineptness are funny for some, but for me too much of them is annoying. The scene with the trapper also is not funny and doesn't belong in a Rom/Com.

Eventually there are a few laughs although the stupidity is still a bit much.

There is an interesting development near the end. I sure didn't see it coming, but I don't care for what followed or at least not how it happened.

I definitely thought that this ending was sweet. But the beginning and middle were slow. And that's what makes a movie. It's worth a first watch, if you're like me and love romantic Christmas movies. But I definitely won't be watching again :-/. As much as I dislike giving a review as such, I want to be honest! Maybe you will find it more romantic than I did!

I usually stay way from movies that have the word affair in it but i ended up watching it. It's a good storyline with a nice ending.. The location was just beautiful also and the acting was great. Good job, i'll give this a 9 if your into the rom-com genre this is for you!

40 Below and Falling is a rom-com television movie which starts in a remote community in the north where Kate Carter, a popular teacher is leaving to get married.

However the next morning there is a snow storm and Kate is stranded. After somehow getting to the plane that would take her to civilisation, she finds out that there are no flights and the roads are blocked.

Determined to get to her wedding Kate convinces a rugged, surly stranger, Redford to get her out of there with his snowmobile. However these two people are like salt and pepper but as they travel along they get into scrapes with grizzly bears, mountain men and have to cope with the severe weather.

Kate realises that there is more to Redford despite his rough exterior and he has a lyrical charm about him. As we cut to the scenes of the groom to be waiting for Kate to arrive we have an inkling that he is not the right man for her and so does eventually Kate.

The film is really a snowy road trip between two mismatched strangers who eventually fall for each other. Shawn Roberts (Redford) kinds of reminded me of Henry Cavill and of course we find out that he has hidden talents and issues in his own personal life to deal with.

The film itself has some slap stick and broad humour here and there, especially as Kate's beau attracts the interest of another female.

However the film itself is a little bit silly and shallow, I never really warmed to it.

the story is so well known than could be boring for many viewers. but it is not correct to ignore a small detail : it has a precise target. a sort of public, a sort of state. so, it is only the nice story of a meet between a woman and a man, different each by other, about a wedding plan and about the predictable end. crumbs from classic duel like Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn , the spectacular bear and the man of wood are inspired ingredients for a not low rating.the lead actors do a honorable job and the story reminds so many other classics than nothing could seems be real bad. and this is the real virtue of a nice comedy who has not the ambition to impress but only to be reasonable entertainment.

So unrealistic! Especially the scenes of them falling into a frozen river and surviving.

OK, it's a Christmas movie surprisingly about Romance, love, snow and a wedding, i get it, it's the formula, that's not what i didn't like about it. But 10 minutes into this movie the Main actress playing Kate was already making me nauseous, i thought her character was far from sweet and likable, more condescending and saccharine. Her treatment of the guy at the beginning trying to be nice to her was so shocking, he wore glasses and was over 40, so i guess that instantly makes him a creep, and should be treated as such. WHY? she dissed him because she thought he was coming onto her, he was just trying to be nice. i dislike movies where the bad guys are always old or fat or ugly, and are treated as such by the leads. Her silly facial expression trying to show emotion and depth was the final straw, and i switched off after 15 minutes, she was annoying me that much.

This movie is as real as it can get. Authentic surroundings, good acting by everyone, the whole movie feels connected except for the last scene where the director rushed to make the lead characters unite unnecessarily. However, considering all the good things in the movie, it's a minor fault.

Heartwarming.

I gave it a try thinking Hallmark channel meets Harliquin romance, but forget it! It went from just being a bad, cheesy romance to something that I couldn't even stomach finishing! After a blizzard noone expects to frigging fly out of some podunk town and that was after she gets out of a front door that's buried, from said blizzard, but the rest of that side of the house is fine! I still find it hard to believe that it could get worse, but oh boy did it! Worst frigging BS I've ever tried to watch!

Omg I can say with absolute honesty that I have never watched a show where everybody in the show is so unattractive and unwatchable.

Kate is annoying and not attractive in any way. Redford looks like a gorilla man. Kate's fiance is so ugly, I feel sorry for him. So is her father. Kate's colleagues are lascivious and so overweight, it's not healthy. And most of the show is on ice. I think the show should have been just left there and not brought to our screens. Ugh.

And p.s. If you are going to have a wedding and want to cover Jesus, why are you having the wedding in a Church?? There are no town halls you could use instead? That is just a very rude and disrespectful and unnecessary line in the show.

I really wanted to like this. I mean, it's obviously just a sappy romance movie, but it could've been better-executed. She was too shallow to believe he could possibly fall for her, and he was an underdeveloped character. There were too many rescues throughout the movie, and yet the movie needs rescuing.