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A newlywed couple prepare to host their first family Christmas together, but things don't go according to plan.A newlywed couple prepare to host their first family Christmas together, but things don't go according to plan.A newlywed couple prepare to host their first family Christmas together, but things don't go according to plan.
Michael Vincent Dagostino
- Mr. Bandoni
- (as Michael Dagostino)
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- TriviaThe brief shot of the street, at around 30 mins, is actually footage of a town in New Jersey. It is Main Street in Phillipsburg, NJ, which has been used in several other movies.
- GoofsThe choir member in the front row on the left (from the viewer's perspective) changes between close up shots and shots from the crowd.
- SoundtracksJoy to the World
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This is a cute - but predictable - holiday movie from Hallmark about a couple keeping secrets during their first Christmas together.
I enjoyed the fast pace and supporting cast, but was annoying by one thing: they made the wife "a cute little idiot" in order for the story to work. At the beginning of the film, they showed us that she was a smart and competent woman with a good marriage, her own house, and a career of her own. However, the same character turns into a stupid little idiot over and over again, by leaving a suitcase behind, canceling a hotel reservation for no good reason, and burning a pan of lasagna (after specifically being told to take it out of the oven in 10 minutes).
By the end of the movie, I was completely annoyed by the "cute little idiot" messing things up, which isn't what the writers were going for. It would have been a far better movie if she hadn't been responsible for every mistake and the blame had been spread around among the other characters.
I enjoyed the fast pace and supporting cast, but was annoying by one thing: they made the wife "a cute little idiot" in order for the story to work. At the beginning of the film, they showed us that she was a smart and competent woman with a good marriage, her own house, and a career of her own. However, the same character turns into a stupid little idiot over and over again, by leaving a suitcase behind, canceling a hotel reservation for no good reason, and burning a pan of lasagna (after specifically being told to take it out of the oven in 10 minutes).
By the end of the movie, I was completely annoyed by the "cute little idiot" messing things up, which isn't what the writers were going for. It would have been a far better movie if she hadn't been responsible for every mistake and the blame had been spread around among the other characters.
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- Jul 16, 2016
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- An Unexpected Christmas
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