Directed by:
Peter SullivanScreenplay:
Jennifer Notas ShapiroCinematography:
Theo AngellComposer:
Matthew JanszenCast:
Candace Cameron Bure, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jacque Gray, James Jamison, David O'Donnell, Robert Pine, Kendra Mylnechuk, Renny Grames, Sage Adler (more)Plots(1)
Dr. Lauren Brunell (Bure) has her whole life planned out. As a third year surgery resident, she is counting on being accepted into a prestigious hospital fellowship to follow in the footsteps of her supportive father, Henry (Pine). But when those plans quickly fall apart, and Lauren is put on the wait list, she must take the only other opening available: a head doctor position in the small, remote town of Garland, Alaska. Convincing herself it is only temporary, Lauren moves to Garland where she is immediately charmed by Andy (O'Donnell), a handsome local who soon starts to show her the importance of living in the moment and enjoying her unexpected adventure. As Lauren excels as Garland's trusted doctor, she warms up to the friendly town. But Andy's father, Frank (Doyle-Murray), is hiding something from her in his top-secret shipping warehouse. Just as Lauren decides to get to the bottom of her suspicions, she receives news that will force her to make a life-changing decision, while knowing for certain that the Christmas season will never be the same. (official distributor synopsis)
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Before Christmas (sometimes since August, sometime since November...) I've been skimming all the Christmas horror movies trying to find something among them that even remotely evokes the Christmas spirit. This movie isn't it, BUT it's not even as goofy as that plethora of others. In fact, the main character doesn't act like a ditz (and subsequently a reformed ditz), but simply like a person who, while at some point she doesn't have what she wants, doesn't bitch and just throws herself into the job she signed up for. So at first I didn't really like her, but as time went on I kind of got to know that she was such a great person. Plus Andy the repairman was also likeable and acted like a human being too, not Mr. Perfect or Angry. Because of that, there wasn't really any terrible twist, no terrible fight to fix. And I liked it. It was short and breezy, with a little of that American Christmas charm. And then, of course, the fake snow and aurora borealis sucked and all... but what can you expect from a TV Christmas production... 55%.
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