9/10
Charming holiday recipe
6 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
*** May contain spoilers. ***

Fast paced and attractive make for winning ingredients in this 2005 LIFETIME channel production.

RECIPE FOR A PERFECT Christmas moves along briskly. The lively, but never distracting, direction does not miss a beat. More importantly, the director allows the actors to connect with the viewer.

In RECIPE, there are more attractive charming actors than you can shake a stick at. Near the start of the movie there is a Christmas party with Tea Cheney and a wide assortment of young model-like beauties. All along, there is charm, charm and more charm.

Certainly, Carly Pope is a doll. She is a captivating lead and promises to have a great future ahead of her in Hollywood. And leading man Bobby Cannavale stands out from the standard cookie-cutter made-for-TV mold. The viewer is swept in cheering for the romance to blossom.

RECIPE FOR A PERFECT Christmas achieves what it seeks to do -- be a fun charming holiday TV movie. RECIPE is the most entertaining made-for-TV movie since Tyra Bank's LIFESIZE.
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