Hometown Holiday

The acting is bad by almost everyone except possibly Sarah Troyer. Mishael Morgan, as the original girlfriend, Amber, is especially bad - so cliche. Bradley Hamilton is pretty timid for a big city lawyer and just doesn't match up well with Troyer.

The story has many silly situations that just don't make sense even if they are supposed to be humorous. Other situations that aren't about humor are clumsy also. Grown adults are acting too much like high schoolers even for this type of movie. There is a bit too much musical montage. The movie covers more than just the Christmas season, but that's OK. On the plus side, the premise isn't completely based on overused tropes.

The ending, though just as ridiculous as anything, is kind of cute and unique.



P.S. I noticed a lot of reviews with either very high or very low ratings and most had very short, generic text - almost all have reviews of no other movies.

But, cringing acting. The chemistry was NOT there (Ryan & Krista) and Krista is "too giddy" and tries too hard. Ryan needs more confidence and to RELAX. Everyone needs to seriously get into their roles and act like the part. Wes (EYE-CANDY), Maggie and Darryl were my favorites in the movie. I didn't really notice Ashley... Amber, LOL, she's terrible. This movie needs a redo!

How old is Bradley Hamilton (Ryan) ? 15 ? Even on his IMDB there is no age for him, - so that's a bit suspect. Acting? like its his first job, wooden, so a broom handle would have as much romance in it as he did.

As for the rest of the film, I needed subtitles. The young cast need lessons on how to project themselves succinctly, because they sure didn't learn at drama school. All the dialogue was quietly garbled so it was indistinguishable. Its all very well the crew listening through headphones on set, but do any of them actually watch it on a tv ? probably not.

Terrible. Nothing made sense. Sarah is mad her boyfriend cheated on her yet pursues a man who's in a relationship, lol. So many things wrong with this movie. Don't waste your time, script is awful.

I'll keep it brief. Not a convincing performance in the whole film. Poor chemistry between the leads, although their acting was ok. Some support performances were amateurish and clumsy. The script needed a rewrite & then maybe there's a half decent film in there.