Just Like a Christmas Movie

Name: Just Like a Christmas Movie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2023-11-08
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Marlie Collins, Brad Harder, Stephanie Izsak

TV Movie
2023
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

180

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Comedy

On the verge of a massive deadline, a cynical workaholic is zapped by faulty Christmas lights while stranded in a small Colorado town. She finds herself cast as the lead in an over-the-top H... Read allOn the verge of a massive deadline, a cynical workaholic is zapped by faulty Christmas lights while stranded in a small Colorado town. She finds herself cast as the lead in an over-the-top Hallmark-style holiday movie.On the verge of a massive deadline, a cynical workaholic is zapped by faulty Christmas lights while stranded in a small Colorado town. She finds herself cast as the lead in an over-the-top Hallmark-style holiday movie.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

180

YOUR RATING

4User reviews

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Alternate versions
A second version entitled "Waking Up to Christmas" was released to some streaming services. This version toned down some of the meta-jokes poking fun at the "Christmas TV movie" concept. Some of the changes include: -The scenes with Dr. Holloway (Benjamin J Stevens) were re-cut to de-emphasize his overly-dramatic line-readings. -Emily's line "A Christmas movie complete with editing mistakes" while reacting to Carly's magic hot chocolate is removed -The song Emily sings to Carly is altered to change the final line from "how expensive it is to license music" to "I just don't belong here"

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Featured review

3/10

Bad parody and comedy

This is Reel One Entertainment Christmas 2023 season TV movie, and unfortunately it's a failure like so many their on 2022 season. It's sad because technically is fine - it was shot in the winter and not summer or autumn like so many Hallmark Christmas TV movies, stock footage is minimal, and music score is fine except musical parts which I highly dislike.

The cast is so-so. Marlie Collins overplayed in the most of the movie, it was just sad and bad because she is a capable actress. I watched her in the four previous movies, and I actually wrote that she deserve to be promoted to the lead. Her partner Brad Harder was miscasted, they had zero chemistry and he was low energy whole movie. I mostly liked Lauren Jackson, and I hope in the future she's going to land the lead role at ROE.

Writing and directing killed movie for me, and when you check director and writers it's obviously why. There is no romance in the movie, and I'll try to submit removal of it as even ROE on their own site didn't tag it as one. Furthermore, the storyline posted in ROE is actually correct one, and here on IMDb is a bit of misleading. The movie is actually a parody and comedy about Hallmark Christmas TV movies.

It wouldn't be a big problem except Act I is outright horrendous, no romance, unrelatable leads, you simply don't care about anything and anybody in the movie. It was so bad that I actually rooted for Gwen hoping at least for once that "bad" person is going to win at the end.

Just watch 2:48 min long trailer (for some reasons not posted here) as it's the ROE one and for some unknown reason(s) it shows whole movie compressed, and save your valuable free time.