So many of these Christmas films follow the same tired formula. This is simply relocating the standard Hallmark/Reel One outside the US but hardly changing the structure and making no allowances for cultural differences.
Is this due to the strike in Hollywood?
Open the drawer and take out Script 101. "Strong but irritating/rude" female lead. Dopey male lead. Car breakdown, Misunderstanding. Standard denouement. Then all miraculously sorted out in time for love and marriage in less than a week...
Everyone works to save the Inn/Reindeer Farm/Ranch/Bakery/Whatever.
As for baking "cookies" in an English kitchen ...
Is this due to the strike in Hollywood?
Open the drawer and take out Script 101. "Strong but irritating/rude" female lead. Dopey male lead. Car breakdown, Misunderstanding. Standard denouement. Then all miraculously sorted out in time for love and marriage in less than a week...
Everyone works to save the Inn/Reindeer Farm/Ranch/Bakery/Whatever.
As for baking "cookies" in an English kitchen ...