I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Blistering performances.

A rehashed Christmas story. Jaded entertainment reporter doesn't like Christmas and thinks her fiancé, played by Property Brother Drew Scott, is cheating on her with a reality star. So she goes for a drive in "upstate New York", filmed like most of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies somewhere in Canada. She has a car accident and runs into a judges fence. If this sounds familiar you must remember Doc Hollywood. She is sentenced to 25 hours community service. The movie is predictable to a fault but for some reason people like that in a Christmas movie. Myself included. The beautiful Anna Lynn McCord stars and does a good job with the script she has to work with.