Movie #1628 "Christmas Wonderland" was a bit strange from the start because the two leads are so reluctant to talk to each other --- it's so funny to watch them so uncomfortable they are with each other --- didn't see the chemistry -- would love to follow them into married life just to see how uncomfortable they are on a daily basis. We follow a couple of stories and really the couple was my least favorite --- I like the teen boy who is trying to get a date, his little sister who has to sing a lead song in a play and can't remember the words, their parents who are having trouble getting back to them, the snotty lady boss of the lead girl --- we'd follow those stories and then when we went back to these two people who are shopping for and decorating this ugly barn to make it into a beautiful christmas pageant, I would think: "oh yeah, it's them again --- now what are they doing?" He was supposed to be teaching, coaching , and she was supposed to be running her sister's household/dealing with the kids AND working on line for her fastidious, pushy boss, and they both have time for so many other things (like decorating ornaments, dancing goofily when the little girl is trying to remember the lines in her song, going to rehearsals, painting a big painting and a mural ) silly, silly, silly. I give it 3 out of 5. The secondary stories help it get a 3 for me.
"CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND" 2018
"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery's big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, who is in over his head after he must find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance. Heidi offers to help him and together they discover a beautiful place for the dance, perfectly capturing the Christmas spirit, called Wonderland Farms. The more time Heidi spends in Pleasant Valley decorating for the Christmas SnowBall, the more she finds herself inspired to start painting again. With Christmas fast approaching, Heidi soon becomes torn between the life she built in the city and the life she is surprisingly charmed by back in Pleasant Valley, embracing her true passion."
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