Unlike other reviewers, I enjoyed the movie and I liked Percy's performance. The problem I had with the relationship between he and Jana was her willingness to just reject out of hand. Years have passed and Luke seems genuinely contrite for his part. And face it, they were what...16 when they got crowned? That was 15 years ago! Move on for pity's sake, Sarah! I felt the pace of the film would have been better had she thawed a bit sooner. I enjoyed the relationship between Doris and Timothy and watching the budding romance between Charlotte and Mark. I also enjoyed the lighted boat parade and a peek into how places without snow celebrate the holidays.
Is it a typical Hallmark formulaic movie? Yes. While they couldn't build a snowman or have a snowball fight, they had the other ubiquitous scenes we see each year over and over.
And please tell me why every time the main characters go in for a first kiss some inane thing happens and they immediately break apart like two kids caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Come on, just let them be adults and kiss!
And WHAT IS UP WITH THE HALLMARK LADIES' HAIR? Almost every female has dead ends and their hair is curled until the last 2 or 3 inches and then it just hangs there. It doesn't look like their hair has been combed through or styled; it looks like someone curled it with a curling iron, then just pulled the curls down. In point of fact, Jana Kramer's hair looks dull and stringy through this whole movie. For God's sake, you can't be on THAT much of a budget. Every woman in America (and a fair amount of men) watch these movies annually and buy the products that you so casually (cough cough) display in scenes. The hair spans the gamut from thin, baby-fine and lanky, limp and listless, to dry and stringy, to brittle and dull. Spring for a professional hair stylist for heaven's sake! Many times this is so distracting that I turn the movie off.
Is it a typical Hallmark formulaic movie? Yes. While they couldn't build a snowman or have a snowball fight, they had the other ubiquitous scenes we see each year over and over.
And please tell me why every time the main characters go in for a first kiss some inane thing happens and they immediately break apart like two kids caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Come on, just let them be adults and kiss!
And WHAT IS UP WITH THE HALLMARK LADIES' HAIR? Almost every female has dead ends and their hair is curled until the last 2 or 3 inches and then it just hangs there. It doesn't look like their hair has been combed through or styled; it looks like someone curled it with a curling iron, then just pulled the curls down. In point of fact, Jana Kramer's hair looks dull and stringy through this whole movie. For God's sake, you can't be on THAT much of a budget. Every woman in America (and a fair amount of men) watch these movies annually and buy the products that you so casually (cough cough) display in scenes. The hair spans the gamut from thin, baby-fine and lanky, limp and listless, to dry and stringy, to brittle and dull. Spring for a professional hair stylist for heaven's sake! Many times this is so distracting that I turn the movie off.