The Christmas Edition

TV Movie
2020
TV-PG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Marie Osmond, Rob Mayes, and Carly Hughes in The Christmas Edition (2020)

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At Christmastime, up-and-coming journalist Jackie's life is at crossroads until she finds an unexpected opportunity to run a newspaper in small-town Alaska. She decides to try it and relocat... Read allAt Christmastime, up-and-coming journalist Jackie's life is at crossroads until she finds an unexpected opportunity to run a newspaper in small-town Alaska. She decides to try it and relocates to the picture-perfect town. Using a series of Christmas articles, she's able to quickl... Read allAt Christmastime, up-and-coming journalist Jackie's life is at crossroads until she finds an unexpected opportunity to run a newspaper in small-town Alaska. She decides to try it and relocates to the picture-perfect town. Using a series of Christmas articles, she's able to quickly return the newspaper to profitability and she soon falls in love--with her new home and ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

719

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Trivia
The signpost showing the direction to Garland, AK when Jackie first arrives is from the Christmas Under Wraps (2014) movie.

Goofs
When Jackie waits for Finn to meet her at the airport she's wearing a purple jacket; when she's inside his truck she's wearing a black jacket. After meeting the locals and going to the house she's renting, she's back to the purple jacket.

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Deja Vu, But Better

I couldn't help but notice writer Anna White recycled plenty of her previous Lifetime movie 'My Christmas Inn' for 'The Christmas Edition.'

Here is Rob Mayes (Finn), again in Alaska, as an artisan who inherits his father's biz, mixing it up, again, with a driven San Francisco career gal of color on the verge of a promotion, Carly Hughes' Jackie, who lands sideways in a Christmas-happy small town.

Happily, Hughes is a breath of fresh air, and, with the exception of Finn's clutch of fugly sweaters (hello, wardrobe!), this movie is definitely an upgrade.

For one, Jackie, Finn & Co. unite around a real and heartfelt issue-the death of newspapers, specifically community news, a rare commodity in these films.

Jackie and Finn have an easy chemistry. Finn is off-the-beaten-path for a male lead, played with a laid-back touch by Mayes. It works. Most of the supporting characters bring some originality. It makes things flow, like rain in a desert of a stale among these movies.

All in all, it had a more natural vibe: less cardboard, more variety of folk, a few more interesting happenings, rather than the typical 'event' feel. Some thoughtfulness all-around. Even Marie Osmond, as the presumed villainess, packed a little surprise in the end.

One rub, FWIW: if you're set on calling it Alaska, and your cast is diverse, how about including Native Alaskan actors?