Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
A doctor, played by Candace Cameron Brue, moves to Alaska and wouldn’t you know it she falls in love with both small town life and with one of the local sons.
Again this is nothing new, you have seen this same movie reskinned time and time again especially if like me you enjoy watching bad Hallmark Christmas films. This goes beyond being simply formulaic and feels like instead there is a check list of things that need to be ticked off one by one, something mimicking whole moments from other films.
However, where this film shone for me was in the fact that the male lead’s father, played by Brian Doyle-Murray, was actually Father Christmas. Most of these films stick to a samey formula that always boils down to the same conclusion, however, I liked that this film got a little zany and went for something quite different.
The performances aren’t very good, with Brue being especially bad. Although, what do you expect from a Hallmark film.
Overall, I like that they went there with it, but otherwise it was a very by the numbers sort of project.
Pros.
The leap into fantasy
It is unintentionally funny
The pacing
Cons.
Brue doesn’t give a good performance and her character is hard to like
It is very samey and formulaic
The ending feels rushed
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