Christmas Wedding Planner (2017 TV Movie) User Reviews

Oh come on, it's not THAT bad!

[anthealychan · 4/10 · 28 November 2019]

I've seen my share of Hallmark/Netflix Christmas movies this month (it's been one of those months) and I have to say, within the genre of Christmas cheese, is this film really that bad? Let's try to be objective: Negatives:

• Very low budget. Everything looks very cheap, like they they used a friend's house to film it. The "dress shop" and "bakery" were all clearly just rooms in someone's house. Everyone looked like they were wearing their own clothes (why was Aunt Olivia always wearing a fascinator? Was she always just about to go to a wedding). That lobster looked fake. The lead actress's hair is the most expensive looking thing here. That's some good hair styling.
• Odd casting - where did they find these actors? The two leads were okay but everyone else looked unsure as to why they were there...maybe they owed the director a favour? The girl who was cast as "young Kelsey" had blue eyes when Kelsey clearly had brown eyes. Did this escape the casting director's notice? Who am I kidding, there was no casting director.
• Terrible acting - everyone from the coffee shop barista to the baker... everyone decided that OVERACTING was the way to go. The direction and editing was so awkward...someone yell cut already!

Positives - The chemistry between the leads was decent. I bought that she found him attractive. The lead actress was fairly endearing. She has some quirky facial expressions and a style of acting which is probably not to everyone's taste. I liked the "plot twist" at the end... but clearly from the reviews I was the only one. In the world. There are worst Christmas films out there. This is not a genre that screams quality, credulity, high production values etc. In conclusion, this movie passes. You could do worse. I give it 4/10.

Christmas bore

[rixiane · 4/10 · 23 November 2018]

The movie is still playing but it is just so boring. The acting is, at moments, cringeworthy (the baker for example). Not much Christmas about the story either (apart from a wedding set around this time of year). Bad wedding planner, bad PI, bad (elaboration of a) Christmas story. And seriously, the things after the 'I love you' really come out of the blue! It makes no sense whatsoever, it's ridiculous even, because there is no spark to be seen between the actors. (End of movie.)

Another Horrible Christmas movie

[tlharrison-59546 · 5/10 · 28 September 2019]

Tune in to see knockoff Angela Kinsey and Chef Joey Fatone calling food allergies nonsense. The supply of horrible Christmas movies seems to be never-ending and in that category, this movie did not disappoint. This movie came filled with the average amount of cringe (at times so bad, I'd have to look away) but also some hilarious moments. Some of my favorites include, the flashback scene where Kelsey is supposed to look about 16 but somehow they dressed her and made her up to look more like 36. -- Connor supposedly being strong-armed by two guys at the wedding-- this movie doubling down on its ridiculousness by having Connor propose after knowing Kelsey for all of 2(ish) weeks and them just using someone elses wedding as their own. If you love bad movies, and Christmas ones especially-- check it out!

If you are into medieval torture...

[dianelefebvrevp · 1/10 · 20 November 2018]

Never wrote a review before. Never felt the need to warn my fellow humans to beware. OMG! The only way to make this movie more cheesy would be to name one of the characters "Mac". The ending had me groaning in pain.

Is this the worst Christmas movie ever?

[aduro-385-849835 · 1/10 · 16 November 2018]

The ending gives a solid yes to that.

What. What did I just watch? And why did I keep watching? Maybe if I'd stopped halfway through, it would have been bearable. But no, it just kept getting worse.

Please don't subject yourself to this torture.

[zahraam-18624 · 1/10 · 22 November 2018]

The one star is for Kelly Rutherford, who in all honesty should have pulled tf out of this trainwreck the moment she saw Jocelyn's acting skills. As should I, but I kept it on in the hopes that there might be a redeeming ending.

Please. Do. Not. Watch. This.

It's a 0 for the acting. 0 for the plot. 0 for the editing and script. 0 for the music. 0 for the WEIRDNESS of timing in this movie. 0 for the string cheesiness that just becomes painful. 0 for the PI who GIVES HIS CARD OUT TO EVERYONE. 0 for I'M A FEARLESS WARRIOR. 0 for spending an entire scene giggling in a van and wasting my time. -10 for the ending, which I will spoil here so that you do not watch this monstrosity of a movie. The lead's cousin's wedding falls through because her perfect fiancé made the maid pregnant. The lead who is incidentally planning the wedding turns this awful situation for her cousin into being about the lead's career going down the toilet because the wedding failed. So the guy who stopped the wedding and revealed the Maid in Manhattan to the entire wedding party- the cousin's EX by the way, proposes to the lead whom he's known for like TWO WEEKS.

TWO WEEKS. With the cousin's MUM'S ring because they're SO supportive that the cousin and her mum are standing IN FRONT of them as he proposes. While the cousin who's just been left at the altar in front of dozens of people and a journalist, becomes HER MAID OF HONOUR and smiles as the lead gets married at what was supposed to be THE COUSIN'S WEDDING. And then she catches the bouquet. Her bouquet. Thrown by the lead. While she, the cousin is still in her own wedding dress smiling.

Please. Do. Not. Watch. This.

So bad that it's....still bad

[gemmaz · 1/10 · 21 November 2018]

My sister and I live across the country and we watch these bad Netflix holiday movies "together" as a tradition. This one. Man. She watched it before me and weirdly kept asking if I'd watched it yet. I couldn't figure out why. NOW I know. You really can't watch this one without having someone to debrief with. Like, seriously. You've been warned. Make sure you have a buddy system in place. Just wait until the final 10 minutes. I promise it's worth it. I don't want to ruin the surprises so that's all I'll say about the plot. The down side is it's going to be hard for Netflix to top the awfulness of this one. And that makes me just a little bit sad.

The end had me ROLLING

[rachelaemmons · 2/10 · 16 December 2020]

Look, I watch a lot of cheesy Christmas movies. They're not great. I know this. But this was uncomfortable to watch. The lead actress spends 75% of the movie texting the plot to us. If I hear "love you muchly" or "I'm a fierce warrior!" one more time, I might barf.

This movie is bizarre. Like, so so weird. But if you can hang in there until the end, get ready to laugh your head off at the sheer stupidity.

This is not a two star film. I'm adding a star for the ending. It was like watching a train wreck and then a bunch of naked clowns jumping out of the train and making balloon animals for everyone.

I'm deeply saddened that I never turned it off...

[jonathangerac · 21 November 2018]

Expectations for Christmas movies have to be tempered. They are usually cheesy and cliche but my god this was awful. The main character only seems to own red clothes. The acting is some of the worst I have seen (Joey was the only shining light in this darkness). I took the time to create an account just to warn everyone to not waste their evening on this. The ending almost caused me to break the TV.I would rather punch a baby sea otter than sit through this again...

The leads make it watchable.

[alanramonward · 6/10 · 17 November 2019]

I thought she was charming. And there was chemistry between the two of them, though the disparity in their ages got in the way a bit for me. I think the real villain here is editing, and (I'm sorry to contradict what others have said) set design and locations. The chapel was a real doozy in this regard, and I don't understand why she lives in what I can only assume is an assisted care facility. Still, lots of fun bits if you lean in, including Fatone's ridiculous caricature-acting. But really she does the insecure prevarication thing well, and every so often he times the dead pan responses perfectly. Not realism but definitely in the running for cute and comedic.

AWFUL.

[danamarie-46438 · 1/10 · 15 November 2018]

I can't believe I left that on, it was terrible. I'm in no way a movie critic, but the pacing was terrible, the acting awful, comedic timing was non existent, and it was cheesy at literally every turn. I love me a cheesy Christmas movie but this was really horrible. 0/10 would not recommend.

Loved it..

[flappebout · 8/10 · 4 January 2019]

Seems like I'm the only one who likes it :-) Ok, weird ending, but not the first movie I've seen with this kind of ending. I live the fact that there weren't any over the top emotions. Bit of humor, no slap stick. Loved the lead actors.

Unbelievable ending

[marcococco-1 · 6/10 · 6 July 2020]

Before writing my own review I read many others just to see why many people totally hate this movie. I saw the dubbed italian version so I may not see the bad acting since its somehow covered by the dubbing but I can say I enjoyed the movie. The script is, somehow easy and predictable, but still not that bad in my opinion.

What I really hated is totally unbelievable ending. I can't believe that a bride-to-be could be so happy seeing her ex-groom marrying her best friend the same day they broke up. This is really unbelievable. The ending is what made me really disappointed and doesn't allow me to give more than 6 stars to the movie.

Not that bad but not the best christmas movie either.

P.S. Another thing I didn't like is the italian title that in English is "Wedding on the snow", totally nonsense since the snow almost never appears in the movie.

Bad acting, bad script... just bad

[timothygoines · 2/10 · 17 November 2018]

The acting is nearly intolerable. The script is horrible. The ending is preposterous. Overall, not worth the 90 mins.

What kind of ending was that?

[piulipaul · 1/10 · 22 November 2018]

Keeping aside the sub par acting coupled with the most unreal storyline, the ending seemed the most bizarre to me. There is no real plot, the characters do not feel any genuine emotions (not even a woman who just broke up with her fiance on the aisle), and do not even get me started on the last scene. I concur that love conquers all and all other cliches associated with it, but Christmas Wedding Planner portrayed each and every aspect of love and christmas horribly wrong. I watch a lot of romantic comedies and this movie will definitely top the list of the 5 Worst RomComs of all Time.

Ugh!

[farrowood · 1/10 · 22 November 2018]

I hated it muchly! Unbelievable plot, acting, etc. Leading lady spends entire movie disagreeing and at times hate the leading man, yet she accepts his proposal? Every time LL texted her dead mother and said I love you muchly I wanted to throw something at the tv.

Turn it off...why didn't I turn it off?

[JohnnyPapagiorgio · 2/10 · 25 November 2018]

The best thing that came from this movie was reading the reviews of this movie.

Ridiculous, impossible and absolutely ludicrous!

Thank God for the actress playing Kelsey. I loved her. She at least earned a second star.

Now, Christmas in the Smokies again.

What even was this?

[marimaggs · 2/10 · 16 November 2018]

The acting is terrible, but even worse is the directing and script. Most of the scenes are far too long, for example that first scene with the cake maker, why did it go on for so long?! There were awkward silences that should not be there. The plot is just odd and boring. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 purely because about half way through they gave the lead character some more substance in terms of her family storyline. And the fact Kelly Rutherford was in it was about the only talent this film had, even if she basically played her Gossip Girl role. But really, don't waste your time. I've seen a lot of made for TV movies, and trust me when I say this is one of the worst.

Honestly awful

[jeh-tonks · 1/10 · 22 November 2018]

I don't know how I watched it until the end, but I did. And somehow it got even worse.

Seriously, just don't.

Think of the worst movie you've ever watched... this one is worse.

[laurensansalone · 25 November 2018]

This is legitimately the worst movie I've ever watched in my life. To start, the acting and the character development is truly awful. Can someone tell me why the main girl went to the bakery in the beginning to get her aunt a blueberry scone and was late to the engagement party for this? Ok?

The whole middle section of the movie was a waste of my time. Slow scenes. Horrible acting. Awkward pauses. Was the chef's name Shard?

The ending needs to go down as the worst ending in all of history. So basically its the main girl's cousins wedding, that the main girl is PLANNING. Then the main guy (a PI) storms into the wedding revealing that the fiancee got a maid pregnant so naturally, the cousin called the wedding off. The main girl goes outside to console her cousin. About 2 seconds into consoling her (she did not even cry), her cousin says "So how's your love life?". Then the main guy comes out and says he loves the main girl and PROPOSES to her on her COUSIN'S WEDDING DAY (they had only known each other for approximately 1 week). The aunt and cousin were supposedly very supportive when the aunt offered up the WEDDING RING from her dead husband to the main guy to use. Then, the main girl and guy get MARRIED and used her cousin's wedding (that she had planned) with the cousin as the maid of honour. Last, but not least, the main girl threw the bouquet immediately after kissing her new groom and her cousin caught it????

Wish I could give negative stars. ANY other activity would be a better use of your time than watching this movie. And I never leave reviews.... HAD to warn everyone.

Typical schmaltz

[iwannacookie17 · 7/10 · 16 January 2020]

Predictable Christmas love story. I found it overall enjoyable. At least this movie had a semi original storyline. Otherwise, usual Christmas fluff where the couple falls quickly for one another.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

[mhutchinscabibi · 2/10 · 26 November 2018]

I created an Imbd account just to warn people what a waste of time awful movie this is. Absolutely horrible.

Treat yourself

[shannonkjones-05094 · 10/10 · 20 December 2021]

As a fellow human being who happens to be a 4/10 myself, this movie hits all the right Christmas movie tropes. There's suspicion, love, love taken away and and an ending for the ages. And the best part is the revelatory acting of Joey Fatone. He might have looked like the oldest Backstreet Boy in 1999, but in 2017 he hasn't aged a day! Highly, highly recommended.

HILARIOUS

[majoq · 7/10 · 6 February 2019]

The movie is so bad that is actually funny to watch. After reading all the comments I coudn t stop laughing, so I HAD TO WATCH IT. And I did. Laugh a lot. I mean, it s based on a Harlequin book!! No brainer here or thoughtful. Joey Fatone was good!! and of course,Kelly Rutherford.

My eyes are bleeding....

[vsiautilaite · 1/10 · 27 November 2018]

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