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Christmas Bedtime Stories (2022)
All was fine for a Hallmark romantic movie, until the end then...
It wasn't even a swing and a miss, it seemed like a stick in the eye.
Maybe my frame of reference is wrong as I am not in the military and don't know anyone who has experienced anything like this, but I could relate to this movie up until the very end, when I felt it did a huge disservice to anyone who has lost someone in the military.
The acting was fine and the characters were relatable. The emotions that Erin Cahill's character goes through, from loss to acceptance to looking for 'signs' was all understandable. Steve Lund was good as a supporting suitor. Alice Comer was cute as the daughter.
As I wrote, all was fine, until the end of the movie, where it felt condescending and patronizing to the emotions that people who experience this tragedy go through. It was to the point that I ( and my family) felt bad for anyone else watching.
Small Spoiler -- even if the husband did make it home, the ending scenario was the most unrealistic conclusion to the story to the point you might think it was a dream, right up until it's real and you don't even feel happy for the family. How do you actually make a family reunion less relatable?
Love in Wolf Creek (2022)
Premise wasn't bad, but script and acting was stressful
I enjoy these simple, feel good romantic movies, but this was hard to watch. The premise wasn't bad, but I guess they thought they had to up the drama with a more evil, cardboard bad guy. And they thought they could put a hat and beard on anyone and call them a good guy rancher. After that everything was so contrived and over acted.
I wish I could find some good things to say beyond the premise. I could have been a real save the animals and fall in love movie, but it became too intense. And there really isn't any chemistry between the love interests.
I'm not sure what is happening with these movies, but the quality is dropping.