The Sweetest Christmas
For the love of gingerbread
Hallstar Lacey Chabert stars as Kiley, a failed pastry chef who enters the American Gingerbread Championship with what is truly the most mediocre entry ever, and the “Godmother of Gingerbread”’s entry wasn’t much better.
Gretchen Weiner might have appreciated the effort, but that’s not saying much.
I love that there is always some kind of misunderstanding to kick things off. In this case, while waiting for a marriage proposal (from her boss), she gets a job promotion from him instead. This movie predates the explosion of the Me Too movement, but holy moly is that a problematic scenario.
Hap-Hap-Happiest Scene:
Shopping in the restaurant supply store.
Wait! Why do I recognize that person?
Lacey Chabert doesn’t even need Party of 5 anymore. She can eat out on Hallmark and Mean Girls in perpetuity.
SCORE: 4/10
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When struggling pastry chef Kylie Watson (Chabert) learns she’s made it to the finals of the American Gingerbread Competition, she thinks her competitive spirit has finally paid off and hopes the publicity will help her jumpstart her new café. There’s just one problem — the oven she’s supposed to use breaks down right before the contest. Determined to enter, she reaches out to Nick Mazannti (Coco), her old boyfriend from culinary school who gave up his dream of being a pastry chef to take over his family’s pizzeria. Nick allows her to use his industrial pizza oven at night to craft her ambitious gingerbread confections. As the two reminisce about the dreams of their youth, their romance is rekindled. But just as Kylie is on the cusp of taking the grand prize — and embracing true love — things get complicated when her ex-boyfriend takes drastic steps to win her back. Kylie realizes she must embrace the Christmas Spirit or risk losing both the contest and her new love. Starring Lacey Chabert, Lea Coco and Jonathan Adams.
