Christmas Cupid (2010)

Simply Perfect

Sadly Over-hyped

Great Film overall

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

No spoilers here unless you're unfamiliar with A Christmas Carol, as this thing, um TV movie, is an attempted retelling. What we have here are actors who are either unskilled or wholly uninspired(and if so, no one can blame them). They mostly sleepwalk through a soul-less, shallow, Christmas Carol in which Scrooge learns to become slightly less selfish, morally bankrupt, and generally horrible to the mostly equally horrible people in her life. Instead of feeding the poor and starving, our Scrooge here redeems herself by feeding celebrities via gift certificates to a restaurant . Really. The best part of the movie is when Jacob Marley/Cupid makes her grand final exit. I was laughing, though the scene was intended to be grand and touching. Redeeming qualities? Well, hmm. OK, the cast are pretty much all eye candy. The lighting and camera work were fine for a TV movie. And I give it points for making me laugh for feeling like the bad boyfriend dodged a bullet while the good guy got stuck with a lifetime of misery. All in all, no Christmas spirit to be found here, and not much of a cupid. I think they called it Christmas Cupid because Christmas Stupid was too honest.

BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY REVIEW ONE FILM. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THAT PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 Christmas MOVIES. I HAVE NO AGENDA. I AM FARE ABOUT THESE FILMS.When I sit down to watch a "Christmas Theme" I avoid reading what the film is about. I am glad I did for this. The first 15 minutes were very funny and I liked the lead character. What I had no clue of was the fact that this film was yet another variation of "A Christmas Carol".What throw for a huge loop was when won of the characters dies. In this film Christina Milian stars as high powered Hollywood publicist, Sloane, who finds herself haunted by the ghost of her recently departed infamous client Caitlin, played by Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars). With just days away from Christmas, Caitlin takes Sloane on a journey to meet the ghosts of her ex-boyfriends from the past, present and future to try and guide her to true love.Not my favorite "Christmas Theme" film but Christina Milian makes the most cringe worthy scenes watchable. Avoid small children from watching this. There is a few adult words throw around. Most kids under 12 will most likely not watch anyway. The film is worth watching but only once

I read some of the 1-2 star reviews. All I can say is that they must be good time haters. This movie is just an update of the Christmas Carol by Dickens. It is just a feel good movie that has been upgraded to the current times with the Scrooge character changed to a woman. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Of course Christina Milan doesn't hurt as I think she is very nice. The acting is decent and in keeping with the theme, what do you want for a feel good Christmas story? I think that if you don't really like a movie like this that your Christmas spirit is pretty low. Of course there are a lot of bah humbuggers out there to try to ruin the season.

OK guys, let's face it. It's December, snow is falling and although we're stressed out, we want to relax and get into a Christmas mood. So we lean back and switch on "Christmas Cupid" in hope for a bit silly, but watchable movie.I'm sorry I have to stop you right here. This movie is bad from the beginning to the end. The acting is dreadful, not in one million years do I buy the businesswoman on "the fast track". The storyline is somewhat incoherent, yet unforgivably predictable. Yes, we have all watched romantic comedies with a predictable ending, but this one has got to be one of the worst. Even calling it a "comedy" does it too much honour. The take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was nicely thought, but horribly executed. Not to mention, that there was no cupid in the movie whatsoever.This is not a movie I'd recommend for you to watch during Christmas time (or anytime, actually). Better go with some old classics, that'll really get you ready for the holidays!