MOVIE REVIEW
Movie: A Family Christmas Gift
Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Original Air Date: December 22, 2019
CAST:
Holly Robinson Peete ... Amber
Dion Johnstone ... Allen
Patti LaBelle ... Dora
Nicole Oliver ... Leah
Alvin Sanders ... Reverend Williams
Melody Nosipho Neimann ... Katie
Ramon Terrell ... Kenny
Kurt Evans ... Bill
Kerensa Cooper ... Josie
Patricia Cullen ... Bonnie
John Murphy ... Garrett
Teagan Vincze ... Maggie
Nelson Giles ... Jimmy
PLOT:
Storyline via Hallmark: When magazine editor Amber spends Christmas with her aunt, Dora DuChamp the famous singer, she’s bossy to the driver. Later, Amber learns he’s Alan, Dora’s friend, the music teacher. Off to a frosty start, they aren’t happy when Dora volunteers them to organize a fundraiser but they learn to work together when Alan’s music program loses funding. When the auditorium pipes burst all seems lost, until Dora agrees to sing at the church that’ll hold the event. Falling in love, Alan and Amber now must face what to do when Amber is offered a promotion that’ll launch her career.
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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Allister Foster
In Studio Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Pooya Nabei
A woman named Amber (Holly Robinson Peete). She spends the holidays with her Aunt Dora (Patti Labelle) and assists in planning a Christmas concert fundraiser. The event brings Amber and Dora closer together. Plus, it also leads to a possible new romance with a man named Alan (Dion Johnstone).
ReplyDeleteThis movie was just okay, for me. I loved Patti LaBelle, but other than her, I felt this movie was a bit lackluster. I wasn't crazy about the male lead actor, he seemed like he would be better in an onstage Shakespeare production instead of a Hallmark movie, I just didn't buy into his character or the romance. And I really like Holly but I just don't feel like they cast her correctly in this movie; it felt like they were trying to squeeze her into the role of a twenty-or-thirty-something. She and I are both middle-aged, and she's beautiful and such a great representative for how us boomers can look good and juggle work and family and church and kids in college and aging parents, etc. I would love to see her play a vibrant woman her own age who finds love.
ReplyDelete~~Jane