Reviews

This show has great characters, excellent dialogue, and gripping plot lines. Think of it as "The West Wing" meets "James Bond." It has the snappy dialogue of The West Wing, with the intrigue of a James Bond TV series, if you can imagine that.

Rufus Sewell is a gem. I could watch him read the telephone book. (Remember when we had those? No?) He and Keri Russell have great on-screen chemistry. Keri Russell shows real range here. I haven't see her in anything since Felicity, but now I think I'll start watching The Americans. (I might also watch start watching The Man in the High Castle... !)

I hope I don't have to wait a full year for season 2! Talk about a doozy of a cliffhanger. Hard not to spoil it, but I hate spoilers, so all I can say is - watch this show!

So. This movie was cute, and Polaha is genuinely charming, but I'm tired of Hallmark movies pretending they're set somewhere the director has obviously never been. They cut to a view of a full moon over a mountain range. Where do they imagine this was filmed? The Wisconsin Mountains? LOL. Wisconsin has hills and bluffs and lakes galore but, alas, no mountains.

Anyway, it's a standard fare Hallmark Christmas movie, with the usual cast of characters. Entertaining and mindless. Polaha is a bit more appealing than the usual male lead, imho.