Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
cammietime This is another Hallmark Christmas movie that they hit out of the park. Nowhere to be found are convenient freak snowstorms, the real Santa pretending to be a fake Santa granting magical wishes, or the all too common notorious wooden male love interest who has zero context. All in all the can of cheese was used sparingly in this movie.This movie is carried by the female lead Kimberly Sustad. She is refreshingly not perfect and does the 'cute girl next door' thing extremely well. This is a change from most Hallmark Christmas movies where the female lead looks and acts like a TV weather lady or infomercial spokeswoman. The male love interest in this movie happily has context - a firehouse team to ask him questions that round out his character. Yes, the firemen seem a little forced but that is OK. What I liked best about this movie is that compared to all other Hallmark Christmas movies this one actually did a fantastic job of truly and accurately portraying what people are like who love each other and live together. It was like this was real world and not some Hallmark la la land. It was like you could know the two leads in your real life.The cat thing was not really necessary but it was nice to see animals that are not horses incorporated into a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Andrew Harris In this day and age it is nice to have an hour or so of escapism. The casting was spot on. Brandon and Kimberley's acting was believable.I've seen Kimberly in a few things. And she is a beautiful and talented actress able to display emotions convincingly,and professionally.and at times comical.So there might have been a few inconsistencies,it's only a film and it is what it is.The rest of the cast were very well chosen and played there individual roles brilliantly.The sub plots were in keeping with the film.The two cats were wonderful and very well trained a credit to their handlers.Hallmark make wonderful films,who cares if they don't make sense.An hour or so in there company temporarily makes you forget all the terrible things going on in the world at the moment.Keep up the good work.
lenxz1 This is a typical Hallmark Christmas romance movie, but more captivating than most. Of course, you know how everything will turn out, but the process depends upon how attractive and appealing the main characters are. Both leads in this film, Brandon Routh as fireman Zachary Stone and Kimberly Sustad as veterinary student Marilee White, are A-one. They are both instantly likable (in Miss Sustad's case exceedingly lovable) and romance lovers will immediately be rooting for them and intrigued by how they will get together.OK, this may be enough, but then throw in the animal characters, and those who are pet owners or who love animals will find the two cats adorable. And the pets are not there just for their attraction, but they play essential roles in the plot. So what we have is indeed a warm and fuzzy (pun intentional) love story that is just fun to sit back and enjoy without expecting anything more than that--it is enough.My wife and I enjoyed the movie so much that we purchased a copy of the short novel by Sheila Roberts that it is based upon. The plot of the book has some major differences, but the adaptation for the screenplay was very well done and was true to the overall effect of the novel.I would love to see Kimberly Sustad featured in more Hallmark movies. She is such a talented and endearing actress, with a different kind of beauty all her own--a unique look that is far more interesting than that of the cookie-cutter Miss America types.
boblipton He's a hunky fireman -- Brandon Routh, who recently played Superman -- who's going to be the cover on the calendar, with a girlfriend who's a model. Kimberly Sustad's holding down a full-time job in a pet store and studying to be a veterinarian -- she keeps falling asleep in class, only to give the complete answers in her sleep. It's obvious to even the most casual viewer what's going to happen.However, that's rarely a problem in a romantic comedy. It's always apparent from the beginning that the two leads are going to wind up together. What can be interesting is the way they get there. Here the connection is a ginger tabby that he rescues. Thereafter circumstances keep throwing them together, as do their friends, with all the subtlety of jackhammers -- the leads never notice.The movie is chock full of extraneous characters who show up for a scene or two to motivate the action and then vanish -- presumably they are fitted in better in the book this is based on. The Christmas aspect of the movie is incidental.However the leads perform their roles with a great deal of anxious charm, and the cat they got for the ginger tabby is a charming clown. More than good enough.
