Having lived in Vermont almost 10 years, I was excited to find this movie on Hulu. Vermont is such a small state that I was looking forward to seeing the little towns that I had spent time in. After watching it for about 10 minutes, I immediately had two major issues with it. First, it was clear that this movie was not filmed in Vermont. I didn't recognize the town that it was set in and all the vehicles had New York license plates. After a quick google search, I learned that Christmas in Vermont was entirely filmed in New York. How disappointing. Why wouldn't they just call it, "Christmas in New York"? Second, the movie follows a protagonist that is sent to "Vermont" to close a struggling outwear manufacturer. Halfway though this movie, I noticed that everybody in this town was wearing outwear that was not the outwear that this little clothing manufacturer sells. Even the CEO wears a Carhartt coat throughout the whole entire movie. Shouldn't the CEO of an outerwear company at least wear the product he manufactures and sells. There was even a scene in the movie where the CEO asks an employee "is that the new coat from the adventure line"? Don't you think the CEO would know a product his company sells when an employee is wearing it? It no wonder why this little company is failing. Details aside, I give this 4 out of 5 stars strictly for the reason that this is just a lighthearted, feel good Christmas movie that my grandmother really enjoyed.
Review of A Christmas in Vermont
A Christmas in Vermont
(2016 TV Movie)
The movie failed me. But my 103yo grandmother really liked it.
14 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers