Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons | Blogmas Day 13

 

It's Blogmas Day 13!

When a wreath maker (Kristin Wollett) gets injured at the busiest time of year for her business, her neighbour (Casey Elliott) steps in to help out.

I picked this one because it had a really sweet premise. I'd been craving Christmas movies where the love interests actually spent time together and get the chance to build something realistic, and this definitely had that opportunity.

But while the film was fine, the chemistry didn't build in the way I wanted it to.

I did like the characters individually, though. For whatever reason they had slightly gender-bent vibes in terms of masculine vs feminine energy and I loved that, they didn't fall into the usual Christmas movie stereotypes.

I actually think the plot is great. As mentioned, it's an idea that allows the characters to really become familiar with each other, and the audience can really get to know them. 

Unfortunately, it was wasted because we don't find out much about the characters. The chemistry works, and you do want to see the characters together, but it wasn't as strong as it could have been, given how much time they spent together.

And in addition to that, the conversations that we get to see them have are bland and uninteresting. They're not the most entertaining couple to watch.

One of the main issues for me was that, wreath making isn't the most interesting thing to watch someone do. It's great that this isn't an overdone idea like a bakery, but they should have focused less on the actual business.

13 days into Blogmas and I'm definitely becoming tired of the misunderstanding trope, but at least in this one it didn't last for too long and was cleared up quite quickly.

Overall this film was cute, but ultimately it wasn't that interesting, so not one I'd particularly recommend.

Title - 5/10

Originality - 5/10

Christmas Spirit - 6/10

Christmas Music - 2/10

It's 12 days until Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for Blogmas day 14!