This movie has some powerful elements in the story. I also think the story is a little more complex than the usual Hallmark Christmas movie.
Jessica Lowndes plays Marie. Marie has some heavy scars from a past relationship that ended Christmas Eve. She is having trouble healing. We find out more about it when Clark comes into the story. The book he is writing deepens Marie's conflict because his story is the story of their relationship together. And yet it seemed strange to me that she did not react more negatively at first when this came about.
Before Clark reappeared, Marie had been on a journey to healing through a new relationship with her neighbor Nate. The movie takes us through Marie's struggles and her attempts to heal.
The ornaments are part of the story. Marie sees them as magical and I think the movie tries to use them as symbols for different aspects of her journey.
In addition to everything else going on in the story, we have children in a hospital at Christmas. Marie and Nate take a special interest in them which gives us some heartwarming moments.
Jessica Lowndes is not my favorite actress so I'm not sure I'm objective, but because I felt her emotions so strongly, I think she must have done a good job. Brendan Penny does a good job opposite her.
Speaking totally subjectively, despite feeling the emotions, something just wasn't right for me. Perhaps it was how the different elements were arranged, or perhaps there was just too much jammed into the story for the time allowed. I feel like I would have liked to experience the story in a book instead of a movie.
Jessica Lowndes plays Marie. Marie has some heavy scars from a past relationship that ended Christmas Eve. She is having trouble healing. We find out more about it when Clark comes into the story. The book he is writing deepens Marie's conflict because his story is the story of their relationship together. And yet it seemed strange to me that she did not react more negatively at first when this came about.
Before Clark reappeared, Marie had been on a journey to healing through a new relationship with her neighbor Nate. The movie takes us through Marie's struggles and her attempts to heal.
The ornaments are part of the story. Marie sees them as magical and I think the movie tries to use them as symbols for different aspects of her journey.
In addition to everything else going on in the story, we have children in a hospital at Christmas. Marie and Nate take a special interest in them which gives us some heartwarming moments.
Jessica Lowndes is not my favorite actress so I'm not sure I'm objective, but because I felt her emotions so strongly, I think she must have done a good job. Brendan Penny does a good job opposite her.
Speaking totally subjectively, despite feeling the emotions, something just wasn't right for me. Perhaps it was how the different elements were arranged, or perhaps there was just too much jammed into the story for the time allowed. I feel like I would have liked to experience the story in a book instead of a movie.