6.9 stars.
The idiom "fish out of water" applies here, simply because she has been cast into a subpar film. She is the Fish that is trying to survive a perfectly average and totally mundane script. This film starts a few degrees off course, which was actually refreshing with the slightly different sorts of music and transitions and plotlines. The direction seemed to be even a bit on the original side for a while, but then it just merges into a normal run-of-the-mill Hallmark-esque film, meeting the usual standards of Christmas contests and treats and characters that are all impossible to distinguish one from another. Oh well, but Miss Fish is always a bonus, so this movie gets an extra half a star for her appearing in it; otherwise this would be a 6.4.
The idiom "fish out of water" applies here, simply because she has been cast into a subpar film. She is the Fish that is trying to survive a perfectly average and totally mundane script. This film starts a few degrees off course, which was actually refreshing with the slightly different sorts of music and transitions and plotlines. The direction seemed to be even a bit on the original side for a while, but then it just merges into a normal run-of-the-mill Hallmark-esque film, meeting the usual standards of Christmas contests and treats and characters that are all impossible to distinguish one from another. Oh well, but Miss Fish is always a bonus, so this movie gets an extra half a star for her appearing in it; otherwise this would be a 6.4.