Tidings for the Season | Blogmas Day 15

 

It's Blogmas Day 15!

A newscaster's (B. J. Britt) life changes when he meets a single mother (Tamera Mowry-Housley) and her son (Elijah-Justus Lewis).

I didn't know much about this one before picking it, but the little I got from the description interested me enough to add it to the list.

I really liked this film.

For a start, it finally gave me a single-parent story where the kid is not only the best part of the film, but a really good actor. He made the film as original and entertaining as it was.

But I liked all the characters. They were fun, well-written and the actors worked well together.

It took a while for the chemistry to develop between the love interests, but because I was already invested in the story from early on, I didn't mind having to wait before I could really buy these two as a couple.

That being said, this allowed the chemistry to build slowly, which really made you believe that these two were falling in love. It was worth the wait to make things feel more authentic.

As much as I liked the story, this definitely felt like a movie that just happened to take place at Christmas, rather than a Christmas movie, which was a shame because it would have been great for it to be more Christmas-focused.

The drama about the characters' lives outside of the romance wasn't particularly interesting. As nice as it was for them to be fleshed out beyond this world, it would have worked better if less time was spent on it.

The conflict was predictable but it made sense and played out well.

Overall, this was an unexpectedly great story with a really sweet ending. I wish it had been more Christmassy but as far as Blogmas movies go this is definitely on the top end of the list!

Title - 5/10

Originality - 4/10

Christmas Spirit - 3/10

Christmas Movie - 3/10

It's 10 days until Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for Blogmas day 16!