With meet-cutes and redemption all round, a tame baddie and a dog called Mr Jingles, this British micro-budget tale brings fresh love to tired tropes
If you’ve ever wondered what a Hallmark Christmas movie would look like if you got rid of the former Disney child stars, glossy production locations and Dolly Parton showing up at the end to sing a festive ballad, here we have an answer. This is a British micro-budget answer to holiday themed films such as Falling for Christmas, A Cozy Christmas Inn or A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe – all of which emerged in the last year.
The film-makers of this one clearly know the template like the backs of their hands, with the following Christmas romcom tropes present and correct: a wholesome but struggling business enterprise (see title), a trip back home for Christmas (see title), the magic of small communities compared with big cities...
If you’ve ever wondered what a Hallmark Christmas movie would look like if you got rid of the former Disney child stars, glossy production locations and Dolly Parton showing up at the end to sing a festive ballad, here we have an answer. This is a British micro-budget answer to holiday themed films such as Falling for Christmas, A Cozy Christmas Inn or A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe – all of which emerged in the last year.
The film-makers of this one clearly know the template like the backs of their hands, with the following Christmas romcom tropes present and correct: a wholesome but struggling business enterprise (see title), a trip back home for Christmas (see title), the magic of small communities compared with big cities...
- 11/1/2023
- by Catherine Bray
- The Guardian - Film News
We might be getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, but for many people, that is the perfect excuse to put on a comfy sweater and curl up with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy some holiday-themed romance, just not the kind you do with cookouts and fireworks. As the calendar turns from June to July, a number of cable and streaming outlets are hauling out the holly and celebrating Christmas in July.
If getting into the second half of the year means that you are already turning your attention to the year-end holidays, we here at The Streamable will run you through some of the best ways to get into the spirit with the familiar, low-stakes feeling of the very specific brand of holiday rom-coms.
What Holiday Movies Will Hallmark Channel Air During Christmas in July 2023?
What Holiday Movies Will Great American Family Air During Christmas in...
If getting into the second half of the year means that you are already turning your attention to the year-end holidays, we here at The Streamable will run you through some of the best ways to get into the spirit with the familiar, low-stakes feeling of the very specific brand of holiday rom-coms.
What Holiday Movies Will Hallmark Channel Air During Christmas in July 2023?
What Holiday Movies Will Great American Family Air During Christmas in...
- 7/1/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
What could be better than romances to fall in love with during the holidays? Getting to see what comes next for those relationships in a Hallmark movie sequel, of course! Every year for the holiday season, Hallmark Channel (with “Countdown to Christmas”) and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (with “Miracles of Christmas”) roll out new film after new film, some as part of a franchise (such as Come Home for Christmas) and even a couple sequels. In recent years, we’ve got The Christmas House and The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls, as well as The Nine Kittens of Christmas, to follow up The Nine Lives of Christmas. One of 2022’s offerings, A Cozy Christmas Inn, was essentially a sequel to Christmas Under Wraps. While we have, in the past, made some suggestions about which movies should get follow-ups, this time, we turned to the Hallmark stars themselves to see which...
- 12/20/2022
- TV Insider
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