Reviews

This is a flat-out theft of A Bride for Christmas, as others have said, including stealing large blocks of dialog word for word. Don't bother with this generic ripoff; watch A Bride for Christmas, which is MUCH more enjoyable and features Arielle Krebbel, who is adorable and likable in a way Karissa Staples can't manage. In A Bride for Christmas, the main character also has better introspection and you see her figuring out her issues in a way that does not happen here-here, she's just picking yet another guy to cover the cracks. The supporting cast of A Bride for Christmas is also better than the supporting cast of this copycat.

An historically honest film, if a painfully dull one. It suffers from the nearly completely lackluster casting. The one bright spot is Sean Biggerstaff as Bothwell, a much better actor than his CV might suggest, which almost makes it worse. The film likely would have been better received had the entire cast suffered from the same quality of dullness, but Biggerstaff is so natural and unaffected that everyone around him appears even more contrived and wooden. He's a diamond against cheap black crepe, easily and unintentionally outshining everyone in any scene he's in, though Edward Hogg comes closest to giving him a run for his money.

His French is atrocious, though.

Worth seeing if you've two hours to kill, low expectations, and/or want to see a clear juxtaposition of masterful acting against mediocre acting.