Review of Jingle Bell Princess

I had hopes that the GAC network, after hiring away many Hallmark performers, would product movies with some new qualities, some life, and fewer overused plot elements. This movie shows how the management and producers have completely wasted an opportunity. On the positive side, the acting talent and overrall production quality are good. But... wow, are there way too many plausibility gaps, way too much use of traditional and overused Hallmark Romance elements and absolutely no spark. Some of the misses with reality elements include (a) their flying back from Maine to eastern Europe on midday Christmas to get to a dinner in Europe... really? - this is physically impossible. (b) the private jet they use is not remotely large enough to have a private cabin which is the main excuse for this plotline to happen, (c) the airport they use totally would not happen except for an extreme emergency - they would use a larger airport like Bangor, (d) there is no way in heck that both cell and landline service would be down for multiple days... which is another theoretical reason for this storyline to happen. (e) oh, and the thing with the semi-magical dog and his bells which can be heard over great distances -- a cute fantasy element but totally dropped as the movie progressed. And... in case I missed it, this movie is dull. Good talent given a bad set of plot points and poor directing. Shame on this pretend-Hallmark producton.