Bria Lou Reviews

  It's Blogmas day 23! As mentioned in yesterday's post, today's review is the sequel to 'A California Christmas', which I reviewed yesterday. I didn't love the first film, but I was hopeful for the second. A year after the events of the first film, Callie (Lauren Swicard) and Joseph (Josh Swicard) as are happy as they could be. But when obligations pull Joseph back to the city, and Callie with him, they discover that city life could destroy their relationship. Like the first, this film was also a bit 'meh'. I enjoyed seeing the minor characters from the first film that were given a bit more of a storyline this time around. Manny (David Del Rio) and Brandy's (Raquel Dominguez) storyline was adorable. However, this film highlights why Christmas romances are unrealistic - the characters don't know each other, and in this case, weren't that compatible. I also liked both of the characters a lot less this time around. When you see the cracks in th...

  It's Blogmas day 22! This is a Netflix movie, and I mainly picked it because I saw that there was a sequel coming out this year, and I thought it would be cool to review both of the movies one after the other. So tomorrow, I'll be reviewing the sequel. A wealthy man (Josh Swicard) poses as a ranch hand to convince a farmer (Lauren Swicard) to sell her family's land. The film has an interesting premise - however, it basically tells you exactly what's going to happen in the first 10 minutes - particularly what the act 3 conflict will be. There were a few too many storylines. For only a small amount of characters, there is way too much happening. The characters are all likeable enough that the film is somewhat entertaining even if you don't love the premise, or you find it too predictable (because it is very predictable). After a while I found myself watching just to see the characters finally get together. Not only did I care about the two main characters while watc...