The scene I'm talking about is when the main character Shelby played by Tamera Mowry-Housley is trying to get a table reservation at a fancy restaurant so her daughter and the Christmas prince can have teatime there. Evan tries talking to the stuck-up restaurant host and is rejected by him. So, Shelby says let me handle him and within minutes he is crying and opening up to her and she gets the reservation. What I don't like about this is the phycological manipulation of the host. She walks down the stairs with the host and gives Evan a look like yes, I screwed this guy over. In the car She explains it all to Evan that she just asked the host some questions and made the host feel like she was really listening to him, so he opened up to her. She contradicts herself in the same sentence. She says it's not about getting a reservation but listing to and understanding a person. This is not true. They both went to this restaurant with an objective to get a reservation not to make this guy's day better or to get to know him. I know what the writer was trying to say. Evan needs to listen to people and care about what they say but this was a horrible example. Later in the movie Evan does this to Shelby, but he does it the right way with no other sneaky objective when he asks about her husband that passed away from some sickness. That was just fine. I just wish the scene with the host went differently and was more loving instead of sneaky.
Review of Inventing the Christmas Prince
Inventing the Christmas Prince
(2022 TV Movie)
Nice Christmas movie but one scene ruins it.
20 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers