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In the end, there wasn’t enough time in an 86-minute TV-movie, or a big enough budget, to make any of these storylines really work.

And this movie refuses to do that…To its detriment. The Bollywood dance number is…fine I guess, since it’s initiated by the Indian characters, but sometimes the key to working with a tv-movie budget is not to overshoot your limitations-to work within that modest reality. This movie really goes for it in several scenes, which I admire, but those reaches also rarely pay off. (I get it, kids 12+ are much easier to work with, legally, while filming, but, wowsa, some of this stuff should have been rewritten to better suit their actual ages.) It would be cuter if they weren’t almost teenagers, thus far, far too old to be pulling these sorts of shenanigans. Oh and, Chavira’s kids want a dog and, when they find one immediately at the resort, they dress it as a reindeer and try to convince their dad Santa brought him. Her desire to experience an American Christmas, while her grandma is focused solely on convincing her not to come to the States for college, would have been a much better story if it hadn’t involved the world’s lamest “rebellious” romance. The worst storyline is almost certainly the Indian teen, played by Moonie Fishburn, who immediately falls for (with no discernible reason) a geeky Eric Grooms, much to the chagrin of her overprotective grandmother. And Gross, trying to be his awkward wingman, has a good bit of charm. All four of these experienced sitcom vets worked gamely with the thin material they were given, but none have enough to do. Though McGinley, in particular, makes the most of his slightly louche, but mostly just sad-that-life-has-passed-him-by, character.

He’s a widower who drives an electric car and hilariously claims he’s “almost at the big 4-0.” Emm-k, Ricardo Chavira-think you’re off by a full decade there.Īlso checking in, Christmas sweater-wearing sisters, Markie Post and Gigi Rice, who immediately enchants Olympian-turned-ski-bum Ted McGinley (Rice’s real-life husband) and shy hotel owner Michael Gross. Hart’s hotel manager finds herself face-to-face with her college sweetheart and his two kids, as they check into to spend Christmas at her family ski resort. The screenwriters have compared this to Love, Actually, and Hart keeps calling it Love Boat-like, and I think the latter is a far more accurate assessment of this film’s scope. A hotel at Christmas with a varying cast of characters checking in for the holidays. But even though the same screenwriting couple that did Nutty, wrote Christmas Reservations, it lacked the sweetness and silliness I was hoping for.

I adore Holiday in Handcuffs and last year’s A Very Nutty Christmas was a welcome, wacky delight, plus most every other holiday movie she’s made ( Santa Con, A Very Merry Toy Store), has been solid. Melissa Joan Hart really is my Christmas movie queen.

Where to Watch?: Lifetime will re-air it in this, and future seasons It’s also available to purchase on iTunes or to watch, for a limited time, on (cable login, required).

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