The "New York City" and "Barrington, Connecticut" locations are all Vancouver, Canada. The director is Canadian, as are the two hunky (in a rather stiff/lumberjacky way) male leads.
So the scene in which Aimee Teegarden teaches Montréal-born Andrew Walker to skate is an inside joke.
Aimee Teegarden (who I'd never heard of before) is sparkling. Some of the dialogue is snappy and funny.
Otherwise, it's a heartwarming Hallmark Christmas movie, full of improbably well-behaved white people. With more interiors and family cheer than usual, less Main Street exteriors and explicit romantic frisson, and even less than the usual quotient of Nonwhite Friends with No Back Story.
So be grateful for the Canadian film industry that cranks out these Xmas TV movies. And for Canada - Santa couldn't make it to the U. S. without it.
So the scene in which Aimee Teegarden teaches Montréal-born Andrew Walker to skate is an inside joke.
Aimee Teegarden (who I'd never heard of before) is sparkling. Some of the dialogue is snappy and funny.
Otherwise, it's a heartwarming Hallmark Christmas movie, full of improbably well-behaved white people. With more interiors and family cheer than usual, less Main Street exteriors and explicit romantic frisson, and even less than the usual quotient of Nonwhite Friends with No Back Story.
So be grateful for the Canadian film industry that cranks out these Xmas TV movies. And for Canada - Santa couldn't make it to the U. S. without it.