Movie #1601 ........................."Return to Christmas Creek"

Movie #1601 "Return to Christmas Creek" was not as good as some of the other Hallmark xmas films because the conflict seemed manufactured.  It dealt with feuding brothers and I just never believed it. The girl and guy leads were once best friends growing up, but then she left and hasn't kept up with him.  He is now working with her uncle, whom she comes back to visit --- and of course, he's still available.  That's kind of hoakey, too.  I like the main Uncle (Steven Weber from "Wings") but otherwise, the secondary stories were quite boring, and the main one seemed manufactured, so I wouldn't give it above a 3 out of 5 stars.  And this is a don't bother.

"RETURN TO CHRISTMAS CREEK"

• . As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes (Anderson), a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend Mike (Huszar) and her estranged uncle Harry (Weber), whose mysterious rift with Amelia's father divided her family during the holiday season when she was a child. As she engages in local holiday festivities - and begins falling for Mike - Amelia finds herself feeling the Christmas spirit and looking forward to Harry's Christmas Eve tradition of delivering toys to needy children in his small, private airplane. Meanwhile, Harry begins repairing his damaged relationship with his ex-girlfriend Pamela (Kari Matchett). But as she helps prep Harry's airplane for the toy delivery, a shocked Amelia learns her parents have unexpectedly shown up in town for the holiday and is crushed when her father and Harry resume their longstanding feud. On Christmas Eve, disappointed by her family's continued fighting, Amelia prepares to return to Chicago and leave behind Christmas Creek and her budding romance with Mike along with it. But just as she's about to leave, she feels a burst of inspiration that just might turn things around and help her finally restore family peace and embrace romance as love prepares to take flight for Christmas.
  
  
  
  

  Director:

   Don McBrearty

  Writers:

   Kirsten Hansen (story by), Kirsten Hansen (teleplay by) | 2 more credits »

  Stars:

   Byron Abalos, Tori Anderson, Alison Brooks