I loved the movie before the end. It had me tearing up in parts. I absolutely ADORED the Tucker family and loved the jump-into-action help the Montgomery family provided them. Instead of making it an awkward encounter with strangers, the writers made them interact like decent, human beings trying to get to know one another. The writers made the Montgomery's and the Tucker's become close-bonding friends. I was rooting for the two families to exchange information and plan to be bestfriends forever.
And then there's the end:
There was no exchange of info. Zip. There was also this part where the Montgomery's donated some of their gifts by replacing the name tags on the gifts, only then to make it a rule to not open the gifts in front of the Tucker's? Then instead of the Montgomery's riding the Tucker's inside their cars, the Tucker's are walking off into the wilderness with no additional help or support? That is when the Montgomery's realize that they made a huge mistake, grabbed their snow gear and went looking for them (without a car again).
Last but not least, instead of two families making sure they never lose contact with each other, they discover the family got killed in their van accident during the storm, and were angels sent to help the Montgomery's through prayer. NOT the ending I was looking for AT ALL. This entire film was based on reality and non-fiction, only to turn into some mystic and magical world at the very last 10 minutes of the movie. It only they could edit already published films 😒
And then there's the end:
There was no exchange of info. Zip. There was also this part where the Montgomery's donated some of their gifts by replacing the name tags on the gifts, only then to make it a rule to not open the gifts in front of the Tucker's? Then instead of the Montgomery's riding the Tucker's inside their cars, the Tucker's are walking off into the wilderness with no additional help or support? That is when the Montgomery's realize that they made a huge mistake, grabbed their snow gear and went looking for them (without a car again).
Last but not least, instead of two families making sure they never lose contact with each other, they discover the family got killed in their van accident during the storm, and were angels sent to help the Montgomery's through prayer. NOT the ending I was looking for AT ALL. This entire film was based on reality and non-fiction, only to turn into some mystic and magical world at the very last 10 minutes of the movie. It only they could edit already published films 😒