Your time is precious, don't waste it on this title, unless you want your Christmas spirit sucked out of you.
The tagline suggests that what is important is presence, but this movie lacks any kind of presence.
The acting isn't great, but that is to be expected for a low budget indie film, the acting could be forgiven if the other elements of a good film were present, but they were not.
The first sense to be attacked is your hearing, the audio quality is poor and sets the tone for the rest of the movie.
Next it's the dialogue, poorly written and executed. Some forced banter mixed with wildly unneeded lines were cringe worthy and more often than not you will find yourself screaming "Get on with the plot!!!!"...
...But that's the thing, there is nothing here to grab you and not let go. No satisfying progression, no character arch, no fun or Christmas cheer. Instead of grabbing me it's clawing at my ankles like an annoying chihuahua.
The whole amateurishness of this production is at the forefront and I would expect this kind of quality of film and script if I handed a camera to some students and said "Make me a Christmas movie by the end of the day"
It baffles me that anyone working on this film thought it was good enough for public viewing. It's offensive that they think our standards are so low.
Somehow I suspect the reviewers giving top marks worked on the film, or are friends of, especially the one that says "I've seen this 7 times!"... It's akin to self-harm. I would rather watch Battlefield Earth.
Please do yourself a favour, and watch something that deserves to be watched where the creators have actually put in the effort
The tagline suggests that what is important is presence, but this movie lacks any kind of presence.
The acting isn't great, but that is to be expected for a low budget indie film, the acting could be forgiven if the other elements of a good film were present, but they were not.
The first sense to be attacked is your hearing, the audio quality is poor and sets the tone for the rest of the movie.
Next it's the dialogue, poorly written and executed. Some forced banter mixed with wildly unneeded lines were cringe worthy and more often than not you will find yourself screaming "Get on with the plot!!!!"...
...But that's the thing, there is nothing here to grab you and not let go. No satisfying progression, no character arch, no fun or Christmas cheer. Instead of grabbing me it's clawing at my ankles like an annoying chihuahua.
The whole amateurishness of this production is at the forefront and I would expect this kind of quality of film and script if I handed a camera to some students and said "Make me a Christmas movie by the end of the day"
It baffles me that anyone working on this film thought it was good enough for public viewing. It's offensive that they think our standards are so low.
Somehow I suspect the reviewers giving top marks worked on the film, or are friends of, especially the one that says "I've seen this 7 times!"... It's akin to self-harm. I would rather watch Battlefield Earth.
Please do yourself a favour, and watch something that deserves to be watched where the creators have actually put in the effort