Christmas on the Menu | Blogmas Day 11

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It's Blogmas Day 11!

Chef Josie (Kim Shaw) goes back to her hometown to help out with her mother's B&B, just as a food critic (Clayton James) arrives to review their food.

This was a last-minute addition, and I mainly picked it because it seemed different to a lot of the other movies I've picked, including having no mention of Christmas!

Unfortunately different doesn't always mean better!

The best thing about the film was the relationship between the mother and daughter. Shaw and Cynthia Gibb had great chemistry and created a very believable relationship that I wanted to see more of.

But in contrast with this, Josie and the love interest (James) didn't have much chemistry at all. He didn't have much of a personality outside of her and it showed in their interactions. They were quite bland on the whole.

I actually preferred the character's chemistry with her ex - at least they had an established friendship and could have fun with each other. It was a shame he didn't get much to do.

And as I said that there was no mention of Christmas in the description, that's because Christmas was not an important part of the plot at all. It could have taken place at any other time of year and not much would have changed. 

Though there were some really nice decorations in the background shots, so it gets points for that!

So overall this one had a somewhat unique plot but other than that there wasn't much to like about it. I do wish Josie's ex Nolan (Jesse Kove) got some love though!


Title - 3/10

Originality - 5/10

Christmas Spirit - 3/10

Christmas Music - 3/10


It's 14 days until Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for Blogmas day 12!



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