Review of A Harvest Homecoming

There is not a town in the world - especially a small town - that decorates every single room in every single building and home with identicle garish leaf garlands. Even the GYM at the middle school? Get real. It was like the Stepford town - all the homes and buildings - inside and out - had the exact same decorations. Talk about distracting. But then, maybe the decor was meant to be distracting - so people weren't paying attention to the dialogue. The script was juvenile at best. "You like her", "No, I dont", "Yeah, you like her", No, I am leaving", "You like her"... Seriously? An hour and 45 minutes into the movie and two people STILL had to tell him he liked her. Absolutely no relationship development or character development. Just a bunch of people acting like 12-year olds teasing the young couple about how much they like each other - and they sisnt believe it. Every actor, including Donovan and Lowndes, were wooden and sounded like they were reading off a teleprompter as they were acting each scene. The parents were the most relaxed of ALL the actors, and the only ones who seemed comfortable acting together. This was hard to watch, because there was no chemistry with any of the actors except the actors that played the parents. The last scene of the movie was the only part of the movie that the lead actors weren't stuttering - and I think that's because they were kissing instead of talking for part of that scene. This was a one-time, awkward watch. Hoping the Christmas movies are better...