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But if Lacey Chabert's in it and it's Hallmark I'll usually give it a solid look. Lacey has become the Queen of Hallmark Christmas movies, she's quietly attractive, distinctive, and with a little edge to her. I really liked her last few Hallmark Christmas entries, this one seemed a little forced or something. Lacey is a marketing wiz who won't stand up for herself, at the company Christmas party she gets courage from Santa, and then gets thrown into a challenging marketing pitch with company CEO Greene. I know Greene is also a Hallmark staple (who I hadn't seen before), he was okay but something about this just didn't feel right (as opposed to, say, Once Upon a Holiday where things seemed to effortlessly flow). So I would recommend it to the Hallmark hard core but not necessarily others.

I'm always amazed at reviews of Hallmark movies that complain about predictability or flat endings! What else do they expect? That's Hallmark for ya. I like thinking there are actually people who have wonderful Christmas traditions and family gatherings. I would love to spend Christmas in a town where I could get lost in happiness!

In this movie I was more amused that once again the women playing Paul Greene's mother is his age! Ok, she's 7 years older and his Aunt is 6 years older. This has happened before with Paul. Are they trying to make him seem younger?!

Anyway, typical Hallmark and I liked it.

Sara Thomas (Lacey Chabert) is an awesome team player at marketing firm that is basically a pushover that allows others to take advantage of her good nature. At the company's Christmas party her marketing director promotes her project as his own. Santa offers to grant a Christmas list that would will only last for 48 hours. Sara wished for courage to stand up for herself. This wish takes Sara on a journey with her firm's CEO Peter Williams (Paul Greene) that includes a road trip, confronting an unreasonable client, strained family relations, and so much more.

The chemistry between Sara and Paul is believable and you find yourself cheering for them. Chabert is my favorite HM leading lady, and Williams is also a favorite.

This turned out to be one of the more enjoyable Christmas movies that I got around to watching during the Christmas season of 2017.

Why?

Well, because of the storyline that had elements of a classic Christmas tale laced up with some lighthearted comedy and romance. But also because they had some very nicely talented actors and actresses on the cast list. And the chemistry between Lacey Chabert and Paul Greene was so good.

Sure, like all Christmas movies, then "A Wish For Christmas" was blessed with an overly predictable and generic storyline and plot. But hey, don't they all? I suppose that is part of the Christmas movie charm for some reason.

While this does not have the making of a Christmas classic, it is definitely a Christmas movie worthy of being watched at least once for the holidays with your loved ones.

Lacey Chabert has made a niche for herself in the popular Hallmark movies of Christmas. Generally her movies have been above the norm and quite good. Unfortunately this one was not.

A Hallmark Christmas romantic comedy has a narrow range of possibilities and outcomes so four factors make it work or not.

One, is it romantic. Sorry, but not here. The male leads character was a jerk who makes his employees work on Christmas and refusing to see his family on the Holidays even though he was in town. The better romance would have been between him and Lacey's co-worker. Her role should have been expanded as it would have made the movie at least more comedic.

Two, it is funny. No, this one was not generally funny nor really tried to be.

Three, is it supported by good side characters and subplots that make the story enjoyable. This is more true here but still it was below par.

Four, does it have meaning to the Christmas season. While this is kind of true here, it still could have been set in March by finding a leprechaun as easily as it was set in the Christmas season.

All in all, while to be fair there are some good moments, specifically Lacey telling off her supervisor at the Christmas party, and nice elements generally it fails to really be romantic or funny which is not a good combination for a romantic comedy.

I great chistmas movie that is a classic / easy going and not a big plot but i love the simplicity of the movie / i can see myselv watching this several times

A Wish for Christmas is the perfect movie for the meek and mild this holiday season. Hallmark's Lacey Chabert stars as a classic pushover: she brings coffee for everyone in the office, does her colleague's work, and lets her boss steal her ideas. When she makes a Christmas wish for courage, her request is granted.

Along the way in her newfound life, Lacey takes charge of her career and starts to fall in love with her boss's boss, Paul Greene. Paul has his own demons to face, and the upbeat and slightly pushy Lacey helps him return home to face them with his family. In typical Hallmark fashion, this movie is more corny than realistic. I mean, if you'd really spent your whole life being a pushover, could you tell people off and they'd accept it? But it's Christmas, so we make allowances for cheesy plot lines, tidy endings, and embarrassingly terrible Christmas caroling. Give this one a watch when it makes a repeat appearance on television; it's not the best but it's entertaining.

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It seem like Hallmark has 3 actresses they cast in all their films. "Lacey Chabert" "Candace Cameron-Bure" and "Alicia Witt". I am just waiting one day to see them all in one film together or it least have their Hallmark Movies take place in the same town. Well anyway this is my review of a solid Hallmark film that is one of the better ones I have seen this year.

In this film Lacey plays Sara a sweet young hard working career woman who people take advantage of. Her friend makes her do her work (And pick up coffee for her staff) and her boss just stole her idea and presented it as his own. Now at an office Christmas Sara is given a wish by a secret Santa. Her wish is for that she wants to not be afraid of speaking up for herself. Well guess what her wish comes true and she gets instantly reported after the big boss hears Sara giving her boss the riot act.

The story takes a predictable turn but you will still enjoy the romance. The film works and is highly enjoyable. Please watch it. It is one of the better films made so for that I have seen this year.

This is a fairly nice Christmas offering from the folks at Hallmark, and has the usual warm fuzzy plot line. But it would have been greatly improved if the producers had hired a child actor who didn't speak baby talk to play Amy. Hearing the little tot saying words like "Cwismas" and "Sarwa" was just plain annoying.

She is so boring seems to have no personality except when she is bossy and commanding her and Paul greene not a good fit not sure who her costar should be she ruins all the scenes.hallmark needs less bossy women she is not good fit for hallmark her or Jill Wagner Danica McKellar too bossy also Kristy Swanson Candace Cameron Bure is awful actress

Lacey Chabert stars with the always-good Paul Greene in a fun Christmas movie about a woman (Chabert's Sara) who is a bit of a wallflower, and happy to be in the background at her work, even when her big Christmas idea is shamelessly stolen by a colleague.

Frustrated by that turn of events, Sara makes a wish to Santa, asking for the ability to speak her mind. She gets it for 48 hours, and that's where the fun begins. And, of course, there is the expected romance, with Paul Greene's Peter.

No one is going to label A Wish for Christmas as a Hallmark classic, but Lacey Chabert is great in pretty much everything she stars in for Hallmark, and same goes for Paul Greene. I enjoyed it.

6.2 stars.

At first glance, 'A Wish for Christmas' has an impressive start to what seemed to be a potentially wonderful Christmas story. A woman (Chabert) lacks confidence. She is a total pushover. Her boss and owner of the company (Greene) is an untouchable figure to all the employees. A random guy in a Santa outfit grants her one wish. She wishes for confidence and the many attributes that come with it. The rest of the story is about her new found confidence and all it entails and how she is able to be assertive in life and especially business dealings. The caveat is that her new confidence has a time limit. Does she believe in the wish? We are never certain.

I won't bore you with the rest of the details, the movie takes a nosedive (in my opinion). Greene and Chabert could have had good chemistry, but something just wasn't right.

Now for the juicy stuff. There are so many errors with the writing, casting, and directing I'm just gonna jump right in. First: on the flight for a business trip, why are they flying coach? The plane is half empty and he's a rich business owner. Second: We are introduced to a woman whom you'd expect is his sister, nope it's his aunt, but the actress is only 2 years older than Greene. Ok, maybe his aunt was very young when he was born. I suppose that makes sense, but that's not the case, because the actress who plays his mother is only 7 years older than he. And finally, on the age issue, Chabert is 8 years younger than Greene. Already it's a stretch for any romance to feel authentic and these age discrepancies are unacceptable. There's more. The assistant at the other company is in two places at once. Sure, she could have flown later, but there was no indication she was, and how did she get to the lodge if there were no rental cars left? You'll see what I mean, just pay attention to the details. The story is disjointed and doesn't flow, there is no clear theme: is it about confidence, or forgiveness? A years long grudge between father and son, where does that fit into the message? He goes home again later to make up with his dad, then what? We jump forward to a better set of circumstances, how did we get here? There are gaping holes in the last 10 minutes that can only be explained by editing the movie to fit into the allotted time slot. What a mess.

Lacey Chabert is a very good actress, but her film is mediocre and very boring.

While the concept is not a unique one, it did interest me and if done right the story had potential to be entertaining in a romantic comedy sort of way. Paul Greene is more often than not worth watching and always shines when he is given likeable, sympathetic characters, while Lacey Chabert is one of my favourite Hallmark regulars. 'A Wish for Christmas' was also watched as part of my Christmas Hallmark film quest that has been ongoing since 2019, so three reasons for seeing it.

2016 did see some good Hallmark Christmas films, like 'Journey Back to Christmas', 'Love You Like Christmas', 'Finding Father Christmas' and 'A Christmas to Remember'. It did also see some mediocre or less ones, such as 'My Christmas Dream', 'A December Bride', 'My Christmas Love' and 'A Rose for Christmas'. 'A Wish for Christmas' is one of the mediocre or less films unfortunately, one of the worst of the batch despite having Chabert and Greene in it. The former comes off well, the latter does not.

'A Wish for Christmas' does have a few good things. Chabert is immensely charming and very easy to like throughout, with no signs of overplaying, overdone mannerisms or phoning in, and the supporting cast give committed performances as well.

Did think that it was slickly made and some of the soundtrack is pleasantly festive.

However, there are so many things wrong and the worst of them are so bad that it is easy to forget the good points. Count me in as another person that absolutely despised Greene's character, an absolute self-absorbed jerk with no respect for anybody but himself with no sense of character growth or change. Greene looked stiff and strained throughout, his usual subtle charm and easy going-ness absent. Actually got the sense that he hated playing the character and realised too late that it was way out of his comfort zone. He and Chabert have absolutely no chemistry at any stage, the disconnect seen so blatantly in the early parts are maintained throughout so the central relationship never grows. Which is what makes the final decision at the end so abrupt and impossible to swallow, as well as that it is so hard to believe how Chabert' character or even anybody could find any appeal in Greene's.

Very few of the characters are interesting or easy to get behind in development, the exception being Chabert's. The script is clunky and has a lot of cheese (more cheese than in a cheeseburger) and schmaltz (like having too many sugars in a cup of tea). Also found some of Greene's character's dialogue on the distasteful side. The story lacks energy, needed a lighter touch than what was given and is completely lacking in charm and heart. The character decisions could have been less vague and forced.

Summing up, weak. 3/10.

Christmas? What is the Christmas message here? It's OK to be humiliated and then humiliated again, and plus - grateful to be humiliated.

This movie is disgrace for female first and then for men as well. I cant believe someone approved this to be on TV (or anywhere).

Would anyone want to show this to their family?