I've loved Sarah Drew since her Everwood days. She has a magic smile and can also break your heart.
The rest of the cast is fine. Now I have to pad out my review to make 150 characters.
Christmas Pen Pals
2018
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Christmas Pen Pals
2018
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Following an unexpected breakup weeks before Christmas, Hannah, tech wiz and creator of the dating app, Perfect One, heads home for the holidays, challenged to save her failing business by re-conceiving a new romantic dating model. Upon her return she runs into her high school boyfriend, Sam, who she has carefully avoided for years and reluctantly makes a deal with her dad to sign up for the town’s Christmas Cupid, an anonymous holiday pen pal service. As the season progresses, Hannah is smitten by each beautifully written letter she receives and starts to believe that her Christmas pen pal could be her soul mate.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
November 19, 2022 at 03:58 AM
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Lifetime has the better Christmas movies.
Love it
Sarah & Niall are special..have loved both in everything they've been in. Sarah much missed from Greys Anatomy. Magic chemistry.
Great Casting and Acting Counts for a lot.
Despite the female lead (Sarah Drew) being extremely unlikable and annoying at the beginning, this turned out to be one of the best of the Christmas entries in the Hallmark sweepstakes this year. Probably because it's not really a Hallmark, but on Lifetime. They use the same actors and writers and probably directors, but always seem to be just a cut above the Hallmark movies.
The plot had a lot of holes and had some questionable elements. Almost the whole town agrees to be matched up to a pen pal by one woman postmaster? What are her qualifications? How does she go about this? How does she handle last minute entries? How will Hannah and Sam work out the logistics of their coming marriage? How will she incorporate and sell people on the idea of writing letters before meeting face to face per her failing app/ social media company? Will Sam ever follow Hannah's advice and get WiFi for his coffee shop? These burning questions and probably more go unanswered.
This movie ended up high on my special Hallmark rating scale because of good acting and appealing actors and actresses. Especially the male lead and Hallmark veteran, Niall Matter. My, was he appealing and had great chemistry with Sarah Drew. Michael Gross of Tremors and Family Ties added his veteran acting chops. The cast of secondary characters was exceptional. A special shout out to Latonya Williams who lit up the screen with her smile.
By the end there were 6 match-ups that had some potential. Great job, Santy Claus... uh...Madam Post Master!