The movie had good actors, but the whole thing was hard to believe. Especially the business model.
1. Hard to believe that city boy would fall (in a few days) for a widow with a disabled son, who didn't like him, and with whom he had absolutely nothing in common. He wasn't interested in the beautiful and savvy city girl who liked him. When he found she was a widow is when he decided to be nice and like her. Sympathy is not a good foundation for any long-term relationship.
2. Hard to believe there was any real chemistry at all between the leads. Nothing. Zero. A smile, that's it.
3 Hard to believe New Yorker Nick would actually like coming back to work in a small town company that sells Christmas hats in May, when he and his father don't get along well, and this seems a very boring place to work. But father wants to pass the unprofitable legacy to his son.
3. Hard to believe that Hats Off, this tiny store, stays in business by selling primarily Dollar Store Christmas hats all year round, and makes enough profit to pay the many people who work there.
4. Hard to believe that that the large corporate offices of Hats Off with several employees at desks and computers are actually doing anything at all. Again: there is only one small store which has an occasional customer paying $7 for 2 hats.
5. Hard to believe that the giant warehouse filled with boxes and workers in safety vests has anything to do, but they are filling orders, and they don't even have an online presence. Again, one tiny store with no customers.
6. Hard to believe that Hats Off has repeat business, because once you buy a Christmas hat, you wear it again next year. And new customers are apparently the travelers who see a sign on the freeway exit advertising the store and get off to shop there. Again, no online presence because the owner is old fashioned and non tech.
7. Hard to believe that a large office has no one who can do the books since someone who used to do it left, and the conference room table is now filled with many large stacks of papers as Nick works on the books, but there are always lots of employees walking around looking important but doing nothing. Maybe use one of the computers instead of a 10 key. One tiny store selling Christmas hats; few customers.
And at the end, the crippled son gets up and walks, a Christmas miracle; Mia kisses Santa right there at the Christmas party with kids watching (we don't see the actual kiss because of the costume beard. No chemistry, so maybe they didn't kiss at all.) TaDa, the End.
1. Hard to believe that city boy would fall (in a few days) for a widow with a disabled son, who didn't like him, and with whom he had absolutely nothing in common. He wasn't interested in the beautiful and savvy city girl who liked him. When he found she was a widow is when he decided to be nice and like her. Sympathy is not a good foundation for any long-term relationship.
2. Hard to believe there was any real chemistry at all between the leads. Nothing. Zero. A smile, that's it.
3 Hard to believe New Yorker Nick would actually like coming back to work in a small town company that sells Christmas hats in May, when he and his father don't get along well, and this seems a very boring place to work. But father wants to pass the unprofitable legacy to his son.
3. Hard to believe that Hats Off, this tiny store, stays in business by selling primarily Dollar Store Christmas hats all year round, and makes enough profit to pay the many people who work there.
4. Hard to believe that that the large corporate offices of Hats Off with several employees at desks and computers are actually doing anything at all. Again: there is only one small store which has an occasional customer paying $7 for 2 hats.
5. Hard to believe that the giant warehouse filled with boxes and workers in safety vests has anything to do, but they are filling orders, and they don't even have an online presence. Again, one tiny store with no customers.
6. Hard to believe that Hats Off has repeat business, because once you buy a Christmas hat, you wear it again next year. And new customers are apparently the travelers who see a sign on the freeway exit advertising the store and get off to shop there. Again, no online presence because the owner is old fashioned and non tech.
7. Hard to believe that a large office has no one who can do the books since someone who used to do it left, and the conference room table is now filled with many large stacks of papers as Nick works on the books, but there are always lots of employees walking around looking important but doing nothing. Maybe use one of the computers instead of a 10 key. One tiny store selling Christmas hats; few customers.
And at the end, the crippled son gets up and walks, a Christmas miracle; Mia kisses Santa right there at the Christmas party with kids watching (we don't see the actual kiss because of the costume beard. No chemistry, so maybe they didn't kiss at all.) TaDa, the End.