Christmas Getaway (2017)

So much average

Fantastic!

Don't Believe the Hype

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 400 ( C H R I S T M A S ) MOVIES AND SPECIALS.PLEASE BEWARE OF SOME REVIEWERS THAT ONLY HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I REVIEW MOVIES & SPECIALS AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN! I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GEMS IN MY QUEST TO SEE AS MANY " C H R I S T M A S " MOVIES AS I CAN. Someone keeps reporting my reviews. I guess they are jealous because I do tell the truth. I want to point out that I never make snide remarks about actors weight or real life sexual orientation. If there acting is terrible or limited "I talk about that". If a story is bad "I will mention that" So why am I being "picked on"? IMDB will not even tell me what someone found offensive. Well on to the reviewIn this film After a surprising breakup with her boyfriend, a travel writer decides to go on the picturesque Christmas vacation planned for the two of them, alone. Now she is hoping to spend the holiday relaxing, a travel writer takes a traditional Christmas vacation for the first time. Through a mix up on the rental site, she finds herself double-booked for the holidays with a widower, his young daughter and mom. What begins as an inconvenience blossoms into much more. What is nice about this film is that they do not have a "Scrooge" type character. The little mini-love triangle doesn't really have some for you the viewer to hate but in reality "Care About". She is in fact putting herself out there. So I felt sorry for her. I was glad they made her a nice lady that pushes the man into the arms into a love rival. Now this isn't the greatest Hallmark Movie of 2017 but it is very good.

So a little honesty here, my least favorite part of Hallmark Christmas movies is the preachy attitude. That is what separates this movie from the rest. Instead the focus is on the characters who happen to be enjoying Christmas traditions together. The chemistry between the 2 appealing character leads, Emory and Scott is wonderful, and Scott's daughter and mother are also on mark. You just believe and like them, and the amusing dialogue is a step above the usual Hallmark movie. It's just a fun romantic comedy, and I hope Hallmark makes more of these movies in the future.

For those looking for the song it is by Darlene Love called Christmas (Baby please come home) You can find it on You Tube, ITunes and probably elsewhere as well.

Moving away from the usual congrats and compliments, I'm going the details.If memory serves, both Regan and Van Winkle were on The Last Ship. And individually - Van Winkle was on Bound & Babysitting with Tammin Sursok, and Regan was on Magic Stocking with Victor Webster. Both of 'em performed great chemistry with their co-stars, so the moment the cast was out, had a feeling these two would have great on-screen chemistry... And I was right.This movie's fantastic, plenty of misty-eyed moments between the protagonists, and all of them looked natural and acting-unlike. Nice work with the Risgryngrot bit - at first it looks like Emory put too much effort into trying to find the almond, and as Element Fate would have it - no luck. Then in the end, after realising and confessing her true feelings to Scott and learned that he felt the same, strong way. When she tried again, Fate smiled on her true love - even if it's only a few days they were together.I guess the only regret in this movie is that there's no "One Year Later" part where we see Emory and Scott truly get married... Still, this movie's awesome. Even as a TV movie it's very homey. I love it.