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Operation Christmas Drop (2020)
Wonderful Story based a Real, Long-standing Military Operation
While of course there is romance, that is not the true plot of this feel-good, honest-to-goodness, and enjoyable Christmas movie that the whole family can enjoy. Based on the real-life Operation Christmas Drop that our US Military has been carrying out for decades, Netflix gives light to a wonderful, humanitarian project and the men and women of the Armed Forces that make it so- as well as the people it touches and the real people who help along the way.
I would highly recommend that anyone who enjoys a real happy ending to watch. It still has the typical Hallmark-style clichés: dead mother, distant family, single workaholic woman, etc, but it brings them together nicely in a tropical holiday event.
Thanks, Netflix, for a story worthy of the spirit of Christmas.
Christmas in the Heartland (2018)
Has its Moments, But...
I am a Hallmark-style, Christmas movie geek. Of course, you know from early on that something WILL go wrong, you just don't know when. It's the parent trap meets ugly stepmother meets poor little rich girl gone awry. And the whole dead mother concept is so over used.
Lord, they make the poor folk out to be a little too hickish and stereotypical. In addition, you can just figure out who is related to whom and the whole "Cousin Brother" thing was ridiculous.
There were sweet moments and a good message about why money isn't a guarantee of happiness- often the opposite. But the formulaic plot with a ridiculous fight scene ruined it. And everyone standing on the porch singing in the end... what was that?
It's cute, but it's not something I would watch again or recommend to family or friends. If you have nothing else to watch, maybe. Otherwise, go watch a movie you liked again. It will be time better spent.