I quite enjoyed Your Christmas or Mine. It was cheesy but it was charming and had some good laughs. This second film however is utterly annoying and frustrating.
I appreciate it is a farce and confusion and misunderstanding are the lifeblood of a film like this, but did they have to make every character so insufferably annoying?
Cora Kirk's Hayley goes from being an endearing and likeable character in the first film to incredibly off putting in this film. Asa Butterfield's James feels weak and boring. The chemistry between them is somehow better in the first film despite the fact they barely shared any screen time.
As well as the two leads, every other character is incredibly annoying and will constantly have you rolling your eyes. Does nobody think that communicating would perhaps be a good idea? Again I appreciate that films like this rely on a certain lack of communication for the plot to work, but this needs to be much more cleverly worked. So as not to create an utterly frustrating film.
Despite all this, there are a couple of half decent laughs and if you surrender to the annoying plot there's some good Christmassy vibes to soak up. Ultimately though this is a very weak follow up to a pretty decent first film.
I appreciate it is a farce and confusion and misunderstanding are the lifeblood of a film like this, but did they have to make every character so insufferably annoying?
Cora Kirk's Hayley goes from being an endearing and likeable character in the first film to incredibly off putting in this film. Asa Butterfield's James feels weak and boring. The chemistry between them is somehow better in the first film despite the fact they barely shared any screen time.
As well as the two leads, every other character is incredibly annoying and will constantly have you rolling your eyes. Does nobody think that communicating would perhaps be a good idea? Again I appreciate that films like this rely on a certain lack of communication for the plot to work, but this needs to be much more cleverly worked. So as not to create an utterly frustrating film.
Despite all this, there are a couple of half decent laughs and if you surrender to the annoying plot there's some good Christmassy vibes to soak up. Ultimately though this is a very weak follow up to a pretty decent first film.