I'm wondering how many actually watched this movie all the way through because I don't know how people are stuck on the lead character Emily played by Switched at Birth's Katie LeClerc not being nice and polite to every single person when the sister is a flat out villain here. No, Katie is not super nice to everyone and while her cause is sound, it takes a bit to warm up to her completely. But she's fighting for her farm, her and her mom's house, and her animals that are like her friends (she has cute convos with her cows). Is she supposed to be nice to people who are basically there for a hostile takeover of her life? She's very friendly to the townspeople, the people she's short with are her sister and investors she didn't invite to buy her farm.
Because the sister Dorothy (Jennifer Ellis) who never visits from the city suddenly shows up because she's co-owner of the farm and pulled the financials, but she's not there to help or to even let her sister know she's aware of the farm's struggles. No, she's cut a deal to sell the farm, that will get her a nice fat check, and leave her sister and mother with no place to live since selling the farm means selling the only home she's ever had. The sister doesn't care and isn't affected at all by this, she just wants to sell her father's farm because she doesn't have a love of it at all, and she's been eyeing a vacation home on the Cape. Seriously. Not just that, she tells her mom and sister that they will sell to a dairy farm so their dad's land will at least remain how he always wanted it, but later gets residential development deals for more and starts cutting a deal with that company and says nothing to Emily. Only reason Emily found out was that the residential development's rival made her a direct counteroffer and informed her of the switch in plans.
Charlie (Ryan Cooper) helping her at all is a stretch just because he's literally negotiating the buyout, but very much in keeping with the Hallmark/Lifetime Christmas movie type storyline, which are rarely super realistic. But it all works, and he's the best, most charming character in this movie. Hope to see him again.
This was much better than I thought it would be. The first few minutes had me turning this off more than once before I actually watched. I'm glad I did. One of the better offerings in 2019 in general, but certainly from Lifetime. But be aware, this is kind of light on the Christmas theme, it's there and woven in for sure, but it's on the low end of feeling like a holiday movie. The chemistry between the characters is good. Ryan Cooper's Charlie is instantly likable, his background makes the entire reason he might help Emily much more believable and Katie is very believable as a the woman trying to save her home and the farm her father built.
But that sister needed to be shown the door for real at the end. Unfortunately, the end isn't as satisfying as it should be since the sister gets her buyout of her farm ownership even though she didn't get the bigger development deal check and will be buying her Cape Cod vacation home with the money.
Because the sister Dorothy (Jennifer Ellis) who never visits from the city suddenly shows up because she's co-owner of the farm and pulled the financials, but she's not there to help or to even let her sister know she's aware of the farm's struggles. No, she's cut a deal to sell the farm, that will get her a nice fat check, and leave her sister and mother with no place to live since selling the farm means selling the only home she's ever had. The sister doesn't care and isn't affected at all by this, she just wants to sell her father's farm because she doesn't have a love of it at all, and she's been eyeing a vacation home on the Cape. Seriously. Not just that, she tells her mom and sister that they will sell to a dairy farm so their dad's land will at least remain how he always wanted it, but later gets residential development deals for more and starts cutting a deal with that company and says nothing to Emily. Only reason Emily found out was that the residential development's rival made her a direct counteroffer and informed her of the switch in plans.
Charlie (Ryan Cooper) helping her at all is a stretch just because he's literally negotiating the buyout, but very much in keeping with the Hallmark/Lifetime Christmas movie type storyline, which are rarely super realistic. But it all works, and he's the best, most charming character in this movie. Hope to see him again.
This was much better than I thought it would be. The first few minutes had me turning this off more than once before I actually watched. I'm glad I did. One of the better offerings in 2019 in general, but certainly from Lifetime. But be aware, this is kind of light on the Christmas theme, it's there and woven in for sure, but it's on the low end of feeling like a holiday movie. The chemistry between the characters is good. Ryan Cooper's Charlie is instantly likable, his background makes the entire reason he might help Emily much more believable and Katie is very believable as a the woman trying to save her home and the farm her father built.
But that sister needed to be shown the door for real at the end. Unfortunately, the end isn't as satisfying as it should be since the sister gets her buyout of her farm ownership even though she didn't get the bigger development deal check and will be buying her Cape Cod vacation home with the money.