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Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe (2018)
Nothing to do with Jane Austen Novel.
Not clever, not cute, not interesting. I can't imagine why this movie was made. Besides the character names, the plot has zero to do with the oft used (A la Bridget Jones Diary, etc.) Pride and Prejudice plot. The characters have zero chemistry, the plot is just really, really boring, there is no drama, suspense or surprise. This uses every corny & over used plot device ever created - and it doesn't even do them better. It's just God awful, even for a Hallmark movie.
Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018)
No chemistry
Which makes sense as their was not a line of believable dialogue. I mean, it's a Hallmark Christmas movie - it's got it's own genre almost. This was more boring & formulaic than most. Can there ever be one of these WITHOUT a holiday festival/fair/ball? It's been done to death. Hallmark writers, gotta change things up!
Coming Home for Christmas (2017)
Insipid, Contrived & Boring.
But isn't that why we watches these? They are sooooo bad, they are like a genre unto themselves. It's like a Hallmark card comes to life with picture perfect scenery & corny platitudes that count for dialogue. It's bad. But fascinatingly entertaining.
It Follows (2014)
All Style No Substance
I could easily rate this a 1, however I will give it a 3, because I do credit the cinematography & music for setting an eerie mood. But, it can't make up for a stupid plot and anachronisms. That might have been the director's plan; that the viewer isn't quite sure of the time period. But it backfires, because a viewer tries to "make sense of things", and when they can't, it's a distraction and they can't buy into the story. So, they don't feel connected to it - no matter how stylistically created.
Might be Spoiler: The plot as well - just didn't make sense, and not in a creepy way. It just left one confused....and at times was silly to the extreme. SPOILER ALERT: Trying to shoot an invisible non-human entity that has already been shot and apparently was unaffected. Stupid and not in a campy funny way, just stupid.
Honestly, the only people giving this high ranks are doing it because of the style, not the substance or plot of the movie. It was not in any way scary or frightening. Save your time.