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For some reason, I expected this to be set in Italy and that I would enjoy some Italian scenery and a light romance. It is entirely set in the US where we are continually told 'what a fantastic place this is' although neither photos nor background truly confirmed these statements. The script is weak but the actors do try to sound believable. However, their characters were too thin and they had little to work with then tell their back story.

I found this film on Amazon Prime and they give little information about the content of their films I only left it running as I'm unwell at the moment.

After it finished, I put on a DVD of a film I've had for ages, set in Italy, a divorced American buys a villa which is renovated by Polish workers, it made me feel better.

When I tuned in I thought it was a Hallmark film due to female lead having an American accent, but as it continued it's lack of Cotswold scenery and the red Buick barn which look more like a modern community hall grated. I checked to find it was a British movie with British actors which hadn't even been filmed in the Cotswolds! Okay I could have overlooked this if the script and delivery but the script was repetitive and wordy, and delivery like watching a school play except here it was accompanied with music which did little to evoke our emotions.

A real waste of everyone's time, including mine.

It probably won't make my Christmas rewatch list but it is more watchable than many Xmas movies. I'm sure Cannel 5 had it listed as Christmas in the Country. The hosting family inhabit the vice's family home following the death of her parents. Although not stately home sized it's a reasonable sized Regency house on the outside but its interior doesn't seem to match., even without the obvious renovation works. Her sister is an a tree living in America who comes home for Christmas with her husband and two children and a visiting daughter of some sort of business partner. This is husband's second family and he has a teenage son from previous marriage, he also has an elderly mother who comes to stay.

So we have a mix of characters with various problems which are gradually revealed.

I probably would watch again next year.