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It seems like the writers for this movie took a whole bunch of previous scripts and pulled out all the themes and put them into this one. Some of them are: save-the-family-inn, I'm-up-for-promotion-in-far-away=city, family-feud-keeps-us-apart, and traditional-town-Christmas-celebration, and small-town-values-beats-big-corporation. What was slightly unusual about this movie was combining the family feud with save-the-inns so that it was two inns to save instead of one.

The romance between Ryan and Julia takes a distant back seat to the family competition and business threat. As a result, it was a struggle for the leads to demonstrate chemistry together. Their relationship was more like peacemakers than romantic partners. I think the actors felt this and it showed a little in their performances. I say this with some disappointment because I am a huge fan of Rachel Boston.

I think the ending was pretty obvious and as usual for Hallmark, it tied up to many lose ends too neatly.

We've all seen this a few dozen times under different titles. Sometimes whether we like a Hallmark movie depends more on whether we like the people in the cast than any plot (or lack of plot). This must've caught me in the right mood, cuz I liked it. Wes Brown plays Wes Brown in every movie, so no surprise there, and Rachel Boston brought a bit less sugar than usual, which helped a lot. Supporting cast was mostly good (I did get tired of the mayor making speeches), and in the end, Everybody's happy. If only real life could be a Hallmark movie just once. I gave it a 7.

Just one of nice Halmark films about rivalries and final alliance against common enemy, all in the frame of love story. Not a version of Romeo and Juliet but a good option for Barta Heiner as the grandmother. So, just nice. And vechicle for a decent, in few scenes charming story.

6/10 - average family feud Hallmark channel feature makes for a worthwhile hour and a half

I went into this expecting very little. I thought Rachel Boston would overact and play another overly cutesy quirky character and Wes Brown would underact and be wooden and awkward. I was pleasantly surprised because I actually really loved their chemistry and their characters. They seemed natural together and they balanced each other and played off each other very well. Wes Brown was fun and confident and just seemed comfortable in the role. Sexy even, which although he is a very good looking man, I just didn't find him attractive before this movie. He has never fully won me over in the past. I've found him a bit dull and he has looked a bit uncomfortable in past films, like he didn't want to be there. Which is why I was surprised at how great and appealing he was in this movie. He needs more characters like this where he can show a confident, playful and witty side that comes off much more natural. Rachel Boston played a mature woman finally and came off as appealing, coy and flirty instead of her usual immature-and-trying-hard-to-seem-young-and-adorable choice of acting. Don't get me wrong, I have watched her movies for many years and have liked most of them, but after so long playing the same personality in character after character, it becomes less cute and at some point you've got to grow. This movie gave her a chance to shine and I really enjoyed her in this and look forward to future movies. In case my review didn't express it well, I loved this movie so much that I will watch it again before winter is over.

I like the leads together Rachel and Wes smile and act all lovey dovey. A lawyer and an MBA from rival inn keeping families join forces to outbid a big resort threatening their family inns. The solution to their troubles uses both their skills. If not for these likeable stars there might not that much to recommend this movie.

I've watched many Hallmark movies. Sure they all have the same formula but some do better with that formula than others. This is one of those. I'm not sure what one of the reviewers was talking about stating that Rachel Boston and Wes Brown didn't have chemistry. I thought they had great chemistry. Loved the plot line of the feuding families. I loved this one because it made me laugh. So many of the Hallmark ones this season are so serious. I needed to laugh and this one did it for me. I wish they'd do a part 2 to this one.

Of all the some almost 20 Christmas movies I have sat through up to now on the 9th of December, I have to admit that "Check Inn to Christmas" definitely ranks among the best and most enjoyable.

Sure, when I sat down to watch this 2019 Hallmark Christmas movie titled "Check Inn to Christmas" from writer Anna White and director Sam Irvin, I must admit that I was figuring that I would be in for another archetypical Hallmark sappy romantic Christmas movie. But still, I opted to watch it, as I hadn't already seen it.

And, as I stated earlier, "Check Inn to Christmas" is definitely a great movie. I found the storyline to be rather enjoyable and heartfelt, and it definitely transcended the usual sappy romantic Christmas cheese that tends to make up the Hallmark movies. There was just something about the story of two families coming together and overcoming a long family feud for the good of the community that was so well-written and very entertaining.

I wasn't familiar with the majority of the cast that performed in "Check Inn to Christmas", I will say that much. But lead actress Rachel Boston and lead actor Wes Brown definitely carried the movie quite well together. And it was nice to have the likes of Richard Karn and Tim Reid in the movie as well.

If you enjoy Christmas movies and want something that offers more than the usual girl meets boy and become forced to work together and end up falling in love sap, then "Check Inn to Christmas" is well-worth the time and effort. I have to admit that I was more than genuinely entertained by this movie.

My rating of "Check Inn to Christmas" lands on a most deserving seven out of ten stars. Sure, this is not a Christmas classic for me, nor is it a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time. But believe me when I say that if you get the chance to watch "Check Inn to Christmas", do it.

Check Inn to Christmas was a cute title for a movie! Right?! The movie just felt overdone, same old movie just different title. Rachel Boston is adorable in almost everything she is in! I just did not feel the connection or chemistry with Wes Brown, a little forced. It kind of felt a little boring to me! It did not draw me in at all, nothing really to hold my interest.

This has got to be my favorite this year. So funny and Rachel and Wes are fantastic together. We have a winner with them together. I really hope for a sequel to this one. If you want to laugh, feel good, and see a great movie. This is the one for you. Enjoy!!

I didn't have high hopes for yet another going home to save the family inn movie. But this one surprised me. Pleasantly.

The two leads,Rachel Boston and Wes Brown, are both Christmas rom-com veterans. In this outing they played warm and genuine people. One had been home for a while while the other is a lawyer in New York, returning home reluctantly.

Predictable holiday rom-com trope number whatever: there's a promotion on the table back in New York.

Predictable holiday rom-com trope whatever+1: there's a feud between their two families.

This is a hundred-year-old non-violent scrap renewed with each generation. Its current form is the two dads competing over whose inn is better decorated, whose family can win the bigger-and-better snowball toss, the Xmas trivia contest, and so on in an absolute whirlwind of perfect Christmas town competitions. Pretty town, at least the 2 shots we see of it (repeatedly)

One significant anti-trope: the two leads are never in serious conflict. The movie completely avoids the trope where they compete, get bitter, stab each other in the back and have to make up for it somehow. The conflict in this movie is all outside their obvious attraction to one another.

Another significant anti-trope: the other woman competing for the same promotion... but to say more would be a spoiler.

The movie works as a good fun story where both parties to the romance are respectful and respect worthy, and you believe the attraction is real. It works, that is, if you can ignore some magickal financial thinking and a complete lack of building-permit concern in future planning.

Was not expecting all that much from 'Check Inn to Christmas'. Have always made a big effort to look past the very corny titles that Hallmark's films (not just Christmas but overall) have, but the idea of the story just didn't excite me. It did sound quite mundane and very more of the same, Hallmark Christmas films have always been predictable (excessively so at worst) and 'Check Inn to Christmas' certainly sounded like the same story except for a little more variety in the setting.

'Check Inn to Christmas' didn't really do it for me. There were some mediocre Hallmark Christmas from 2019, but this is one of the offerings from that year that was worse than mediocre. Actually found it very weak, with a few sporadic good things but too many poorly done things as well. Genuinely did want to like the film, hoping that it would be some welcome levity after such a dreadful year, but it just didn't gel on the whole and this is being said with regret.

Best thing about 'Check Inn to Christmas' is most of the acting. Wes Brown is a charming leading man and Rachel Boston despite overdoing it with the smile at times isn't too sugary and doesn't exaggerate any negative traits. Most of the supporting are above average considering what they had to work with. Tim Reid is particularly appealing and has an honest presence about them.

Some of the scenery is quite nice, though mostly the film disappointed visually. As are a few moments in the soundtrack, emphasis on a few.

However, there are a number of poor aspects in 'Check Inn to Christmas'. While liking the cast on the whole, Richard Karn is overused and overdoes it to the point of being annoying. While Brown and Boston are fine individually, together they don't quite connect with each other and a large part of the problem is that the relationship itself is too underdeveloped and plays too second fiddle to the repetitive and juvenile antics with the competition. Did admire that there is more drama than can be found in the usual Hallmark film with the family conflict, but it is drama that is too soapy and lacks excitement and tension.

Most of the time 'Check Inn to Christmas' disappointingly doesn't look too good. It is agreed too over-decorated on the whole and is gaudily shot and sloppily edited. Like most Hallmark films, most of the music is intrusive and doesn't fit. The dialogue has more cheese than the cheesiest of cheeseburgers and even fruit sherberts don't have this amount of cloying sugar. The premise has been done to death countless times every year and has been tired for years, nothing new is done with it here. Just pure Hallmark formula, complete with an over-obvious and far too neat ending.

In conclusion, weak. 3/10

Pretty weak for a Rachel Boston movie, but rarely do I rate any Hallmark movie less than 5. The story line was so thin, the whole cast, but especially the two leads, seemed to be more consumed with explaining the movie and pushing it ahead, rather than actually talking like real people do. Not much in the way of chemistry among anyone; look for just about any other movie she or he have been in and it's a good bet it will be better than this.

Check Inn To Christmas (2019)-

Another film with a Romeo and Juliet "thing" going on, but it's not over the top fortunately.

Rival Inns that have always competed with each other, find that they may have to suck it up and work together as a corporation tries to move in on their territory. The story that follows makes it easier for the "Star Cross'd Lovers" to fall for each other and both of the leads are very pleasant, so that you can get behind them.

Wes Brown like Brendan Penny is effortless in his performance as well as dashingly handsome and I do like Rachel Boston, but she is a bit too nice.

A lot of the other characters are a bit over the top, but not to the detriment of the film.

It's full of the festive things that you'd expect and has the happy ending that you knew would happen.

6.5ish?/10.

Lots of Christmas scenes and activities centred around a rivalry between two inn owning families. Was a pretty straight forward story, and you can guess the ending before half way through the movie. Enjoyed all of the characters and the main leads had chemistry.

It's a good movie considering hallmark standards and the actors were good and the story was decent

This a good movie to watch if you are looking for something warm-hearted but predictable. It's pretty much what you would expect from the genre.

There were a few gaping plot holes, especially towards the end but I chose to ignore them and not think about it too much. It's typical of this type of movie anyway.

I felt the family feud dimension made it a bit different from the usual Christmas TV movie plot.

Rachel Boston, though intense, always has a dazzling smile which gives the movie a real feel good factor. There's a lot of emphasis on family and amity which are perfect themes for a Christmas movie.

Decent feel good movie.

I watched a lot of christmas movies these days and this one is one of the better ones. Characters are great, script is ok, decorations are great....and the love story, even thougg espected, is nice. I wish they choose better female actress...seems to me like male characters are always better looking then female ..

How did that happen? He's front and center a lot in this film.

For a story that's supposed to concern rivel/feuding innkeepers, there is virtually no tension whatsoever in this story. The one scene that's "sort of" an argument is trite and forced.

Most of the plot involves the typical "big company takes over small town" cliche. This is expressed mildly in a few scenes with vaguely worried expressions ... one of which occurs just before a commercial break -- soap opera style.

This isn't as insipid as some of the Hallmark movies have been this season, but at the 90 minutes mark my wife was ready to stop watching -- only continuing because there was only 30 minutes left.

Cannot stand Richard Karn he is as bad as Tom Arnold in other Hallmark movies. Why do they use MBA so much need average lay people not elitist college graduates. Hallmark hire a professional hair stylist ditch the ugly wigs. The grown up kids look older than the parents. Love Rachel Boston not much on Wes Brown he is like Jesse Metcalfe Niall Matter no personality

6.5 stars.

If there is one Hallmark movie that is absolutely average, right down the middle...

This has every Christmas ingredient of every movie in this genre. The acting is ok, story is fine, ambience is average, writing is mid-line, the theme is decent.

Question: How would you describe a Hallmark Christmas movie in four words? Answer: Check Inn to Christmas. What is the one location, that is central to more than any other film? The Inn. What is the most over-done profession? Inn-keeper.

That is all you need to hear about this movie. It has not one, but two inns. It's got all the contests, traditions, and usual sorts of personalities too. This is the original cookie cutter.

It's not bad, it's not good, it's painfully average.

Just like every other hallmark movie you can predict the ending a mile away