Christmas on Duty | Blogmas Day 1

It's Blogmas day 1 - officially (finally) December!

After a snowstorm threatens to ruin Christmas, rival Marines Blair (Janel Parrish) and Josh (Parker Young) must team up to deliver Christmas presents.

This one was fine - though I do wish I had started Blogmas with something else!

It's always fun having an 'enemies to lovers' story, but this only works if the enemies part is really developed, so the audience actually believes that these two hate each other, and that wasn't true here.

The story doesn't really get interesting until we see the respective characters with their families, where we see them truly open up and we can get to know them. As important as it is to see them together, I think more of them with other people would have been a huge benefit.

The story itself is interesting, but it does take a while to get going. 

It pushes the military theme a lot more heavily than Christmas. Yes that gives it an air of originality, but no one is watching this movie because of the characters' professions, we're watching it for the romance and most importantly, Christmas.

Speaking of the romance, the chemistry was in and out for me. There were moments where it worked and moments where it didn't. And even when it works, I never thought that this couple would go the distance outside of the film.

And while the main actors play their characters well, a lot of the supporting and background characters let the side down when it comes to their acting.

So overall, this was fine, but not one that I'd recommend, especially if you really want to get into the Christmas spirit.

Title - 3/10

Originality - 6/10

Christmas Spirit - 4/10

Christmas Music - 4/10

It's 24 days until Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for Blogmas Day 2!