Dashing Home For Christmas (2020) -
I have definitely seen this story before, it was almost a like for like with another seasonal film that I can't remember the name of. So much so that, to start with, I thought I had already seen it.
It was also just like 'Planes, Trains And Automobiles' (1987) too, but set at Christmas instead of Thanksgiving and if Steve Martin had felt romantic towards John Candy.
Once again the leading man Adrian Spencer as Simon was far too good for the leading lady Paniz Zade in the role of Emily. For me personally, a lot of these leading ladies are a bit interchangeable and all quite generic. I'd love to see someone with some real quirks and stand out performances every once in a while to vary things.
I thought that the casting of Simon was a strange choice too. He wasn't a jock and he wasn't a nerd and while he was charming and likeable, he wasn't necessarily attractive in the traditional sense. It would have been nice if they'd shown his bum during the bath scene though for giggles as much as titillation.
The family were terrible actors period!
The writing was all a bit simple too and the singing on the bus was positively embarrassing!
Simon's falling out with her for the final obstacle to overcome in their getting together was very lame as well, not what I would call a real reason and I was pretty sure that he only had glasses on in order to take them on and off all the time .
As a regular watcher of this genre I feel that I need them to come up with something new. The meet cute is fine, but it doesn't have to have all of the ups and downs to be an enjoyable story. I'm sure that there must be a writer out there somewhere who can deliver better than this repeated format.
5.78/10.
I have definitely seen this story before, it was almost a like for like with another seasonal film that I can't remember the name of. So much so that, to start with, I thought I had already seen it.
It was also just like 'Planes, Trains And Automobiles' (1987) too, but set at Christmas instead of Thanksgiving and if Steve Martin had felt romantic towards John Candy.
Once again the leading man Adrian Spencer as Simon was far too good for the leading lady Paniz Zade in the role of Emily. For me personally, a lot of these leading ladies are a bit interchangeable and all quite generic. I'd love to see someone with some real quirks and stand out performances every once in a while to vary things.
I thought that the casting of Simon was a strange choice too. He wasn't a jock and he wasn't a nerd and while he was charming and likeable, he wasn't necessarily attractive in the traditional sense. It would have been nice if they'd shown his bum during the bath scene though for giggles as much as titillation.
The family were terrible actors period!
The writing was all a bit simple too and the singing on the bus was positively embarrassing!
Simon's falling out with her for the final obstacle to overcome in their getting together was very lame as well, not what I would call a real reason and I was pretty sure that he only had glasses on in order to take them on and off all the time .
As a regular watcher of this genre I feel that I need them to come up with something new. The meet cute is fine, but it doesn't have to have all of the ups and downs to be an enjoyable story. I'm sure that there must be a writer out there somewhere who can deliver better than this repeated format.
5.78/10.