This was a bad movie but a pretty good Christmas movie. I laughed more than once (which, again, grading on a curve!) and the entire production had a sense of everyone involved being in on the joke and having fun with a goofy, lighthearted script. There was literally no connection between the two romantic leads, but they were affable enough on their own.

You should not, like, watch this, but if you are forced into watching it (say, by a fiancé who is a big fan of Christmas movies) you could do much much worse.

★★★

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