Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater
Never is a strong word…
Maybe, “never kids a man who makes such a lazy attempt at a tacky Christmas sweater” is more appropriate.
Maggie (Ashley Williams) makes a MUCH better effort, rocking a Christmas-light patterned dressed accessorized with a necklace of flashing lights. As someone who owns and wears multiple such necklaces, and wears them!, I applaud this effort.
Honestly, through the first act of this movie Lucas (Niall Matter) is the WORST. Ok fine, she nailed him with a Christmas tree and then he had to spend the holidays in her guest house, but still. Perhaps a little kindness to the recently-divorced mom who is spending her first Christmas apart from her daughter wouldn’t be out of line.
It would have been enough to have them work together to plan a party, but then there was a whole mini-sub plot about getting the active military parents of local kids to “video call” their kids, but which was actually just pre-recorded videos, so I’m not sure what was so hard to manage about that logistically, but I guess it’s hard to fill 90 minutes of film sometimes…
Wait! Why do I recognize that person?
Niall Matter is an almost-Hallstar. And when I started looking into him, I found out he’s from Edmonton (shoutout to my hometown), so now I feel a little bad about criticizing his movie. Roger Ebert I am not…
Ashley Williams is another Hallstar in the making, though you might recognize her from her 15-episode arc in How I Met Your Mother back in the day.
SCORE: 4/10
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Single mom Maggie is facing Christmas alone until Lucas crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected houseguest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond. Stars Ashley Williams and Niall Matter.
Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (hallmarkchannel.com)
