The Twelve Trees of Christmas (2013)

Simply A Masterpiece

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

For me, this movie was just what it was supposed to be, sweet, sentimental and very heartwarming. I especially loved the set with the deep rich warm colors. I love Lindy, I think she's a very good actress, she's believable and down to earth in this role. I think she just lights up on screen..she has "smiling eyes"! I thought the chemistry between the two leads was perfect and the supporting cast was just as good. If you're in the mood for a sweet, cheery Christmas movie, then this is for you. Hallmark puts out so many Christmas movies over the holiday season and in my opinion, so many of them miss the mark...but Twelve Trees definitely delivered lots of Christmas cheer- thanks for this one!!

In a New York City community, during the Christmas season, pretty red-haired librarian Lindy Booth (as Cheri Jamison) receives some devastating news. The library where she works will be demolished to make room for a condominium, with two full bathrooms per unit. Behind this dastardly plan is materialistic, but attractive Robin Dunne (as Tony Shaughnessy). By the way, they are both unmarried. In order to save the library from run, Ms. Booth decides to have a Christmas tree decorating contest. The script attempts to explain how this is going to help reverse the demolition and gives some vague guidelines for the contest, but none of it makes much sense... The most standard contest rules are broken, and nobody seems to notice..."The Twelve Trees of Christmas" is dull and predictable, but several in the supporting cast get scenes worthy of a demonstration reel. Shauna MacDonald is most effective. For some reason, Melanie Brown (aka "Scary Spice" of The Spice Girls) assumes the villain role. The handsome Casper Van Dien wanders onto the set a couple of times. Best thing about this TV Movie is the work of director Michael DeCarlo and photographer Russ Goozee. They fill the screen with the colorful set decorations nicely and balance them with sleek floors and table tops.*** The Twelve Trees of Christmas (11/16/13) Michael DeCarlo ~ Lindy Booth, Robin Dunne, Shauna MacDonald, Melanie Brown

I really liked this movie, is soft, warming and gentle, it has a nice story behind it. As a season movie it is also original and fun. Something good for every age and it will amuse you during x-mas. The cast is good but not boring enough or crazy enough, each character seems balanced and was created nicely and all the actors who gave life to this character really deserve a hands down from the viewers. Not giving up much on the story it self this movie makes you think about all that is essential in life, all the joys, all the hopes, all the fun and also all the good stuff that we all have and that we should cherish all year long. This movie represents the things that we miss our days in society.

Librarian Lindy Booth wants to save her local library from being torn down by Robin Dunne. So she organizes a tree decorating contest with the neighborhood. How this would save the library is a little vague to me. Publicity for their cause I guess? The rest of the cast includes Casper Van Dien as a real estate developer, Scary Spice as a famous decorator who seems slightly medicated in all her scenes, and Steven Yaffee as the most Canadian-sounding person since Bob & Doug McKenzie. But the whole show really is the pixie-like Lindy Booth. Her bright personality and charm elevates an otherwise boring television movie. She even brings some life to the usually wooden Robin Dunne. Give it a shot if you're into sentimental TV Christmas movies. It's enjoyable enough thanks to Booth.