Movie #1285 "The Christmas Card" - Kind of a flimsy story here -- believable, but not much here --- soldier kind of lost and becomes enamored with this girl who sent a christmas card so when he gets out of service, he goes to the town to seek her out. She, of course, has a boyfriend already, but that doesn't stop her and the parents and friends in the town from pushing the two of them together (the soldier and the girl not the girl and her bf) Once again, I believe it, and I believe it would take a long time to wear the girl down, but the two lovebirds are sticks --- cold fish who don't relate to each other or to each other...thank god for the older experienced actors in the film to pull it out of the doldrums and put some intrigue into it. But not before we have a strange high point --- all of a sudden in the middle of a church scene, the bf jumps up and leaves the church . Nothing is said, and girlfriend is apologizing in the next scene? Did she make him sit on a tack? or what? Missed it. I know it's good to put in the script oftentimes, "That which cannot be said" but ThAT moment was just silly. Even for Hallmark! Anyway, the ending was good, though, so I give it 3 stars out of 5.
"THE CHRISTMAS CARD" 2006 1 hour and 24 minutes NR 3 stars out of 5.
Edward Asner received an Emmy nod for his role in this holiday story about a soldier stationed in Afghanistan who gets a Christmas card addressed to "Any Soldier" and decides to track down the sender. When Sgt. Cody Cullen (John Newton) returns home, he traces the sender, Faith Spelman (Alice Evans), to her small town, where he ends up saving her father (Asner) and falling for the warm-hearted young woman. The only problem? She's engaged.
Cast: John Newton, Ed Asner, Peter Jason
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