Undescribable Perfection

Please don't spend money on this.

How sad is this?

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This is another Hallmark Christmas movie that they hit out of the park. Nowhere to be found are convenient freak snowstorms, the real Santa pretending to be a fake Santa granting magical wishes, or the all too common notorious wooden male love interest who has zero context. All in all the can of cheese was used sparingly in this movie.This movie is carried by the female lead Kimberly Sustad. She is refreshingly not perfect and does the 'cute girl next door' thing extremely well. This is a change from most Hallmark Christmas movies where the female lead looks and acts like a TV weather lady or infomercial spokeswoman. The male love interest in this movie happily has context - a firehouse team to ask him questions that round out his character. Yes, the firemen seem a little forced but that is OK. What I liked best about this movie is that compared to all other Hallmark Christmas movies this one actually did a fantastic job of truly and accurately portraying what people are like who love each other and live together. It was like this was real world and not some Hallmark la la land. It was like you could know the two leads in your real life.The cat thing was not really necessary but it was nice to see animals that are not horses incorporated into a Hallmark Christmas movie.

This story is about the insecurity and uncertainty of the two leads, Zach and Marilee. Neither of them is willing to admit that they have something that might be worth making a commitment. Beyond that, it is a pretty straightforward story. They meet by accident; they get thrown together; they spend time together; they love. They just won't admit that what they have is the lifetime kind of love.Brandon Routh and Kimberly Sustad fit so well together. Their characters are a joy to watch together and that is what makes this movie enjoyable. Add the humor factor of watching them be so clumsy around each other, sometimes physically and sometimes relationally. The story may be no big deal, but it is enjoyable to watch.

Charming and fun Hallmark romcom about a handsome fireman (Brandon Routh) who takes in a stray cat, which leads him to meeting a veterinary student (Kimberly Sustad). Despite some obstacles, such as his witchy model girlfriend, the two become fast friends and eventually roommates. Will they become more? No, actually, they will not...because this is the only Hallmark movie ever made where the guy and the girl don't get together in the end.I'm kidding, obviously. We all know where this will end up but, as they say, "it's the journey not the destination." The two leads are both extremely likable and attractive. Like everyone else, I'm familiar with Brandon Routh from Superman Returns and a few other movies and television shows. So I knew what to expect from him. Kimberly Sustad, however, I wasn't sure about. I could have sworn I'd seen her in something before. She looks vaguely familiar and her style of acting also seemed to ring some bells. However, I looked at her IMDb filmography and drew nothing but blanks. So I guess she just has one of those faces. Anyway, she's a treat to watch and easy to root for. She also has very nice chemistry with Routh. Can I just say how happy I was to see a male character in one of these things who wasn't rich and didn't have an MBA? The guy's ridiculously good-looking, brave, and dates models so, no, he's not Joe Everyman. But Hallmark has this annoying habit of writing the men in their romcoms to either be from a wealthy family or have some kind of business degree that lets us know he could be wealthy if he wanted to be. It's nice to see them stepping away from that irritating trope this time around. Anyway, it's a fun, lighthearted romantic comedy with a little bit of Christmas flavor. If you enjoy Hallmark movies then you'll probably like this one.

The movie is decent for what it is. What it's not is a Christmas movie. It's another of Hallmark's made for TV romantic comedies shoehorned into Christmas. Hallmark has a lot of these. They take place at Christmas, or there's some kind of Christmas party some time in the movie. But otherwise it's bereft of Christmas.This is one of Hallmark's cut rate Christmas specials.As a Christmas movie this is 0 star. It has nothing to do with Christmas.As a romantic comedy it's 4 stars - below average with uninteresting characters in uninteresting relationships.That averages to 2 stars.Have a merry cut rate Christmas And in case you didn't hear Oh by golly have a jolly cut rate Christmas This year