Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Crappy film

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I'm not sure this actually contains a spoiler, but I figured better safe than sorry. There are some haters on this movie and I'm not sure why. One makes it clear he/she is a full-blown legitimate reviewer who reviews every holiday movie that ever comes out, and unlike some other, she/she is always (sic) fare, then proceeds to bash it to death. From the info provided on the profile, my guess is he takes this movie review stuff very, very seriously. Another thinks Rachel's eyes are 'scary'. That's funny because her eyes are one of the reasons I was so drawn to her character. She has the ability to say more with one look than most actresses can achieve with 10 pages of script. Yes, there are flaws. There are flaws in EVERY Hallmark seasonal movie. They churn them out like cars on an assembly line. They use many of the same actors, and they re-hash many of the same plots.... There are only so many ways to make a fall-out-of-love-fall-back-in-love-happy-ending movie, and the Hallmark Channel is as expert at all of them. Many of the same producers and writers are involved as well as many Canadian actors. (There are legal reasons for that involving tax incentives and labor cost reductions when either the director or one of the main actors is Canadian). The same movie produced in Hollywood would cost 4 times what it costs to produce them in Canada. Some are shot in the US, but not many. There are some out and out bad production choices. Mainly, for me, was Johnny arriving in town driving a 4 year old Ford Explorer. His character would have been driving a Porsche Cayenne or a Land Rover. Over all, it's a typical feel-good movie that leaves you, once again, believing in some kind of Christmas magic, even if you knew it was coming. His agent was rude, condescending, selfish and completely unlikable, and not knowing any Hollywood agents, I'm assuming the character was written that way because the writer knows many like that. Everybody else was pretty true to form. I like both of the main actors and look forward to watching something from both of them again. That's not always the case with some of the actors THC uses. There is one I will not watch, no matter who else is in it. Some are shot in July in Canada and the fake snow is really evident. You can tell the real ones when the breath is visible when they are speaking. I'd watch it again. In fact, I already have. Some are pleasant juvenile fare that only require one look. Others are really, really good... Christmas Cookies for one. The Magic Stocking for another. Christmas Cookies because Jill Wagner is a really very expressive actress. I've always liked her. (Remember "You've got to put Mercury on your list?"). She just looks like the kind of person you want to have a conversation with. The Magic Stocking because of Bridget Regan. She makes any movie she's in better. I feel the same way about Rachel in Marry Me at Christmas.

This is a fairly average Hallmark Christmas movie. A movie star's sister is getting married in a small town. He swoops into town to help and falls for a local girl. There is the expected little drama before the end. Trevor Donovan looks a bit like Brad Pitt / Robert Redford so he is quite suited to play a big movie star. But the running joke about his being able to buy expensive stuff or get a person to arrange something special is kind of repetitive. It's a bit of a one joke movie. Rachel Skarsten is the small town girl he falls in love with. She is pretty in a rather Uma Thurman way but her eyes are a bit scary. She would be better for a Lifetime wacko than a Hallmark romantic comedy leading lady.Okay for one watch.

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Couldn't watch it all. Not one bit interesting. The acting, writing, directing is horrible. There is no chemistry at all between the lead characters. They have zero personality. They show no emotion. The dialogue isn't natural. They give no facial expressions to show what they are feeling. The lead female walks with her arms hanging down like they weigh 50 pounds. Incredibly boring. Hallmark movies are getting more lame every month. They are just cranking them out too fast. No quality, just quantity.

I bought the book about a few months before finding out that they were turning it into a Hallmark movie, so I decided to read the book. Now I'm watching the movie and I have to say I'm rather pleased with it. There are the obvious differences between the book and the movie of course, but the differences don't take away from the storytelling. While the cast isn't QUITE how I pictured everyone in my head, they all capture the ESSENCE of the people they're portraying, especially Trevor Donovan as Johnny Blake. Donovan captures Johnny's longing to be normal and slight pushiness when it comes to his sister's wedding. A lot of actors are good at playing either the rich type or the down- to-earth guys and tend to falter when trying to portray both but Donovan does it well.From what I've seen so far, the movie is sweet and charming, and I'm enjoying it.