Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow

Somehow you took the worst parts from the book and made them even worse for the movie. Congrats!

I didn't have high hopes going into the movie but I figured it would at least be on par with the book but they somehow managed to make it 100x worse.

Our family enjoys watching Christmas movies. This one passed the doze test (no one fell asleep) but I would not watch it again (my son-18 might). The story seems OK but the movie did not succeed in making it interesting or compelling. My wife said she didn't hate it, but it wasn't that good either. I guess we give it a Fair rating.

The leading role actress was very pleasant and likable. Her character was fairly well developed and defined. We had some really nice scenes of kids dressed as reindeer, a man giving away puppies, boys switching license plates. No real cohesion to the main story line. The story had some real suspense and surprise, but the film did not exploit it. They just didn't pull it off. It probably could have been a good movie.

This was way off the beaten path for Hallmark.

Definitely the funniest HMC movie I've seen. Ash (Megan Ory) and Dash (Andrew Walker) really had that spark, with more than a few un-Hallmarkesque escapades on the way.

Finally, a male lead who can pull off snark! And a female lead who does a sweet and convincing goofball, with no desperation for a man.

Imo, the whole FBI angle was deliberately campy, and a tip o' the cap to screwball comedies of the past.

There were some small moments (again, not the HMC way) that really tickled me. Like Dash's romantic two words at the bar and the Blade dog ownership test. Even my SO laughed!

Adorable set up for supposed strangers being thrown together for a long drive to Seattle. Cute film references to one of my all time favorite classic films, It happened one night...both the hitch hiking scene and the wall of Jericho. Adorable couple, with decent chemistry and one major misunderstanding. But it's Hallmark...we know what happens in the end!

7/10 - funny Debbie Macomber holiday movie with two good leads