Your Christmas or Mine? | Blogmas Day 21

 

I had been looking forward to this movie for such a long time! Not only am I a fan of Asa Butterfield, but the premise looked really original and fun, so I was excited to see how it would play out.

Students Hayley (Cora Kirk) and James (Asa Butterfield) surprise each other for Christmas by travelling to each other's homes for the holidays, leaving them trapped with each other's families for Christmas.

I loved this movie!

At this point in Blogmas I was starting to get Christmas Movie fatigue (which happens every year), and this film cured that in the first 5 minutes.

The actors and characters had a chemistry that was so believable, they didn't even need to spend the movie together to feel authentic. In fact, they had more chemistry apart than a lot of Christmas Couples have together!

Not only is the story unique, but it's also really interesting, and would be interesting without the Christmas backdrop.

The humour works really well - the funny moments are actually funny.

The 3rd act conflict is realistic and really makes you feel for the characters. Even though we know how it will end, there's a point where we think... will it?

The music choices were great and will definitely have you singing along.

Overall, this is a festive, fun, well-written Christmas movie with great characters. Definitely one worth watching!

Originality - 7/10

Christmas Spirit - 7/10

Christmas Music - 9/10

It's 4 days until Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for Blogmas day 22!