I can't decide how I feel about this movie. It auto-played after another Christmas movie so I went in completely blind. The streaming service had it under the "Christmas in the Heartland" title.
I forgave the handing over an airplane ticket being just handed over and all. Everything lining up for the girls to meet and get along while going to the same town (is it really a direct flight from Vermont?) was understandable in a Christmas movie. Then when they decided to switch places like the Parent Trap, even though they never met their grandparents in person, I wasn't sure if I could handle that premise. They have smart phones and therefore the internet so I don't understand how the grandparents didn't know what the kids looked like. I'm not sure why Jessie wasn't in contact with her grandmother or if it was because of the aunt.
Aside from that, the movie was completely predictable except for one detail that I had backwards (I thought Jessie's dad would be the son of Kara's grandfather). But I did enjoy the cast and the little ways they made it clear that Kara's dad couldn't hear Kara going under Jessie's name. I don't watch Christmas movies for unpredictable plot nuances so that was fine. I'm pretty sure people from Oklahoma might find some things offensive.
I still can't get over how or why switching places made sense or worked but I did enjoy the movie and get the warm fuzzies I so craved. I just had to verbalize my confusion several times to get through the movie. But I did get through the movie and was able to turn off my brain and enjoy it in the end.
I forgave the handing over an airplane ticket being just handed over and all. Everything lining up for the girls to meet and get along while going to the same town (is it really a direct flight from Vermont?) was understandable in a Christmas movie. Then when they decided to switch places like the Parent Trap, even though they never met their grandparents in person, I wasn't sure if I could handle that premise. They have smart phones and therefore the internet so I don't understand how the grandparents didn't know what the kids looked like. I'm not sure why Jessie wasn't in contact with her grandmother or if it was because of the aunt.
Aside from that, the movie was completely predictable except for one detail that I had backwards (I thought Jessie's dad would be the son of Kara's grandfather). But I did enjoy the cast and the little ways they made it clear that Kara's dad couldn't hear Kara going under Jessie's name. I don't watch Christmas movies for unpredictable plot nuances so that was fine. I'm pretty sure people from Oklahoma might find some things offensive.
I still can't get over how or why switching places made sense or worked but I did enjoy the movie and get the warm fuzzies I so craved. I just had to verbalize my confusion several times to get through the movie. But I did get through the movie and was able to turn off my brain and enjoy it in the end.