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It was sweet and heartwarming. Yes, there were cohesive issues. But, If you just want the holiday feels and you have 90 mins to spare, this is definitely not a waste of time.

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 200 HOLIDAY FILMS. I HAVE NO AGENDA.

A good Samaritan is killed before Christmas and is granted the chance to return to Earth to help a needy soul. The needy soul we find out is her ex-boyfriend who she broke up with on Christmas Eve a year prior to her own passing.

The film quickly establishes its rules and you buy into it however the ending makes zero sense. This harms the movie and it ending makes the whole movie a failure. Had it stayed true to its rules then the film would have been one of the better television films of the past few years.

This is a hard movie to rate now. I am not a big fan of...let's refer to them as, "holiday romance movies"; preferring the Christmas Classics that became classics because of their Christmas magic. But this one looked like it was worth watching because of the fantasy aspects of the storyline. I was enjoying it (yes, it's not Oscar material...big deal), then BAM !!!!! who the hell came up wih that ending? I have to agree with one of the other reviewers, that the writer is the one who needs to be thrown under the bus. What a last minute disappointment, spoiled the whole movie.

A typical straight to Netflix movie but I did quite enjoy this movie over the Christmas build up. The plot was different and the lead characters were likable. The angel in heaven who helps Sarah is a great character and I liked the entry to heaven concept with the iPad.The main male character was likable and his moments with Sarah added some humour. The young boy is great to watch on screen too. The ending was a bit confusing though in that it isn't quite logical to the whole story line but who cares!

A good movie to watch during the day in the lead up to Christmas with a cuppa and a few biscuits

Without spoilers, the last four minutes of the movie UNDOES the message and the good of what was done for Sarah to "GET her wings". It's the Hollywood equivalent of Entitlement-- don't like the ending, the way things turned out, CHANGE EVERYTHING WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE OR NOT! A completely illogical ending! Had she got her wings and moved on-- or hey, even introduce the notion of God "giving second chances via reincarnation", but this ending KILLED the movie entirely. Way to go... NOT.

The writing in this movie was not perfect to say the least but the good parts of it is worth watching. I love that the characters grow and get better, I love how it has faith. This movie had good acting and good direction, only judgment that the writing could've been more real to life but it was fun and that's what movies are for, for us to enjoy ourselves, so I recommend this movie. It's a solid seven because it created love emotions and installed faith in me and it helped me in my own personal life. Please remember to have an open mind when watching this movie, it's more real to life than you may think.

Many to say but it is far to be a reasonable film. First, it is very, very, very cheesy. Second - it is a huge mess of cliches, bad used, political correct and very childish. Not the last, it can not convince, be poetic, be romance or be eulogy of love.

But three good points are nice tools for not consider see it as waste of time >

• the church
• the clothes - between Romanian and Bavarian folk costume - of Sarah
• the smile of Lindsey Gort.

Sometimes I think reviewers ignore the genre of film they are reviewing: this is a TV-Christmas movie, with thwarted romance, second chances ... all the plot items you expect when tuning in Hallmark or ION in December. Two things set this apart: the characters are likeable, or course, but there is no "bad" boyfriend or girlfriend here. Secondly, the ending, which I will no spoil, was completely unforeseen and done very well. By the way, the heaven gate-keeper was also done really well. Look, everyone knows they are making a cheesy film, and it takes work to play these characters "straight." So I applaud the actors and director. Bottom line: I liked it.

Consider that work colleague telling you an involved and elongated joke - halfway along you know you can neither care nor be amused at the conclusion. Imagine a child's story they wrote for you. It starts well, with some colorful personalies, but as they're a child, eventually the story has dragons, dead-ends, side jokes and mentions of snacks and cartoon characters because they lost concentration... and they're a child after all. This film has a one-idea script and a cast working hard to sustain the energy levels. But eventually, the juvenile writer who was told to "wrap the story up" and the juvenile that commissioned the script, came to the inevitable confused and desperate ending, to a confused and desperate little film.

You have a attractive 20-22 year old Melano woman with a 10-12 year old son who talks and analyzes like a graduate student in Psychology. The woman has a nice car and a nice house in a nice neighborhood, and emphasize how important it is for her and her son to have a stable father / husband. No background on how she came about to be in her situation.

--the ending is very predictable, but we can let this slide since its a christmas movie.

--There was nothing in the acting that stood out, much of the support cast were below average in acting in my opinion, the primary actors were ok, not great. The black boy character was absolutely ridiculous, given his age, with his man dialogue.

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Had this not been a comedy and instead, a well-written drama, it would have been much better. I DID however, laugh out loud at the character Daphne, who played an angel at the registry when Sara first goes up to Heaven. Not only was that part made for her, but she was excellent in it. Too bad the other actors failed. Jordan (characters name) wasn't very good, not did I care at all. I stopped the movie and went to look for something else to watch. Kudos to the actress who played Daphne. It's worth it to watch that segment just for her and her alone.

Four excellent performances: Sarah (Lindsey Gort), Jordan (Derek Theler), Daphne Angel (Kathleen Rose Perkins) and the boy Mason (Caleel Harris). It was a fun movie and I wouldn't mind watching it again. The story got a bit convoluted/strange when Sarah came back and only the girl friend could see her. I liked the ending (happy surprise) whereas some of the reviews already posted complained. I especially loved the part of Daphne the Angel (some good lines and laughs). Also loved the boy who reminded me of the young Gus on Psych. My wife did dose near the end on the part where only the girl friend could see Sarah. Definitely a lull there but an uplift at the end.

OMG ! Lot of reviews here is shocked by 'bad' ending. Well, what I saw from the beginning was bad. After longer white light she appears ... where ? In some 21-st Century equipped (with tablets and like) 'lobby' + bureaucratic staff . At begin of it I thought that it is some kind of spoof . Was not it. Well, could they just use some more advanced computers, displays ? Like what we saw some 20 years ago in some movies - holographic screen for instance ? Nope, and I'm sure that low budget was important factor in it. But imagination level was that too.

Then, what we saw from ghost, pardon angel was more like some superpower skills - making snow just like that - oh yeah, that will help people to realize important things in life, relationships ... I could give it 1 star just because all it above, but that would not be how some angel would do it. There were couple good ideas, scenes, and love is most important ... Ehm, here mean not love for the money (what is in this years ...) but love for the people, including future ones.

Enjoyable, nothing too serious and with a pitch perfect central performance from Lindsey Gort. (While I can understand why some reviewers disliked the ending, I don't think it even comes close to ruining the film: just ignore it if you don't like it.)

I'm not sure if US realtors are meant to be the spawn of satan, but Sarah, played by Lindsey Gort, seemed like a rather decent and generous person. So I didn't understand why she was made to jump through so many hoops in order to get on the list of those permitted to enter heaven.

Still, I enjoyed this film and especially the performances of Lindsey Gort and Derek Theler.

This movie was fun from the very beginning, and though there was some fear it would fall apart along the way, luckily it didn't ever lose steam. It keeps pushing right along with lots of great humour and a bit of romance too. You gotta love a movie that not only steals a scene from another movie, leaving the viewers saying out loud, that that scene is a rip off, when lo' and behold one of the characters actually admits they are scene stealing from the said movie! So fun! So refreshing.

The lead actor looking a bit like Patrick Swayze and a Ghost being central to the story line just added a bit more fun to the already wonderful story. There is so much unpredictable stuff in this film it all adds up to a wonderful sitting.

It joyfully steals from plenty of movies that came before but with it all being tongue in cheek, it's all so worth it. Yes, I loved this movie. Merry Christmas Sarah!

I loved this movie! The witty humor was so cute and funny. I loved the part where she says "Hey wait a minute, how come he gets to go in? The lady says "don't you know, all dogs go to heaven". Lol!! The only thing I didn't like was the girl her old boyfriend likes. I couldn't understand why Sarah wanted them to be together when she still had feelings for him.

I loved this movie! The humor cracked me up! I love when Sarah says wait why does he get to go in? The lady says don't you know, all dogs go to heaven. Lol!! The only thing I didn't like was the girl she was trying to get hooked up with her old boyfriend. She seemed fake and not really into the guy.

Honestly this movie helped me self reflect and realized why none of my past relationships worked. Or just in general how I overthink everything and forget to let go and live in love. Thank you whoever created this movie.

First, we all can agree that the Hallmark / ION Christmas films are pretty much the same theme, although wrapped around different stories: a cute guy and a pretty girl overcome obstacles and find true love.

This film has one variance: there are two cute girls who need love, and one, unfortunately, is dead. I kept wondering how odd it is that the cute girl can't find a guy at the end, but then she, like Clarence, brings two others together to "get her wings."

There is a nice, emotional twist at the end. I will ignore that to get to the point here, which is that this is slower and less energetic than most of these cheesy Christmas films (all of which I watch each year and all of which I am glad I watch). The acting is not up to the level of most of the others (with some exceptions, especially Perkins, Liburd and Gort, each of whom overcome some really cheesy lines).

If you just want a time-consuming Christmas film, then this one fits the bill. IF you are looking for one of the better films in this series, I suggest "Christmas in Vermont" or "Christmas Kiss."

This movie was absolutely amazing!! I loved every minute. It's a must see for those folks who enjoy angel movies, or the miracle types. Gets an A-Plus from me. Watch and see!