The Christmas Train Parade

Yup, of course I had never heard about this 2023 movie titled "Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade" prior to sitting down and watching it here in 2024, as part of my sappy Christmas movie marathon here in December.

But from the movie's cover alone, I figured that this would be a run-of-the-mill sappy Christmas movie. But then again, maybe writer Nathan Usher would surprise me and entertain me here.

"Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade" failed to stand out in a vast amount of similar movies, as it just simply was too bland and mundane. So writer Nathan Usher didn't really manage to deliver something unique here, and the movie will just slowly fade into oblivion. Truth be told, I drifted off to slumberland twice along the way of the 88 minutes that the movie ran for.

There wasn't a single familiar actress or actor on the cast list for me. And while the script and narrative sort of was a swing and a miss, then the acting performances were still fair.

Hardly a Christmas classic in any form or manner. And it is not even a movie that will ever land a second playing on my screen, as it was somewhat of a struggle to sit through it the first time around.

I suppose that the diehard sappy Christmas movie fanbase might be enjoying this movie a lot more than I did as a casual viewer.

My rating of director Dylan Pearce's 2023 movie "Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade" lands on three out of ten stars.