All I Want for Christmas
Netflix synopsis: When all her son, Jesse, wants for Christmas is a new father, Sarah half-heartedly agrees to go out with several different men.
*Gideon commentary is in red.
*Sam commentary is in black.
The rundown: Gail O'Grady is Sara Armstrong, a single mother trying to make it in the big city. She lives in a rather spacious NYC apartment with her kid Jesse, the most precocious creature that ever lived. Sara runs a soup kitchen/community center she built in honor of her deceased husband. Unfortunately, evil land developers want to build condos. We really should thank these American heroes for providing the driving conflict in countless films. Anyway, Sara doesn't like the idea of her life's work going to shambles, so she starts to hustle up enough cash to match the land developers' offer. Meanwhile, Jesse is bonding with the dude on the cover, who is basically his dad already.
Jesse enters the "All I Want for Christmas" contest some toy company is throwing and asks for a husband for his mother. They take the bait and set Sara up on several dates. Sara gets them to pay for the remainder of the money needed to secure her community center building and begins a relationship with Roger, the song of the toy company's CEO. Jesse and Guy Who Has Been There All Along (GWHBTAA) don't like this, but fear not! Sara comes to her senses, dumps Roger and accepts a marriage proposal from GWHBTAA. And on Christmas Eve of all nights!
He said: The brevity of this review reflects the opinions of the reviewers. AIWFC is a standard Hallmark film. It's shot decently for a television movie. The acting's okay. The plot is rather goofy and fluffy, but that's par for the course of festive romcoms. Jesse's hatred of Roger makes no sense, the toy company's sweepstakes is unrealistic, and the romantic hero is bland as cardboard pudding. It's just one of those movies that you can predict every moment by looking at the DVD cover. In the interest of full disclosure: I fell asleep at the beginning of the third act.
Feminism: Eh
Shoehorned Christmas Cheer: Surprisingly limited. It's another one of those films where the festive title is just a ploy to trick Hallmark into running this in November.
Sequel: Jesse enters a sweepstakes to win his mom a divorce lawyer.
Manly sighs: More like "manly snores."
Evil land developers: So evil.
Candy Canes: 1
She said: Pleasant but predictable. I wouldn't watch it again.
Sappiness: Intense
Gore: There aren't even any injuries!
Cute animals: None
Loud kids that are supposed to be cute but are really annoying: Yes
Desperation of protagonist: Too much - she accepts two marriage proposals in less than a month.
Candy canes: 1
Final Score: 1 Candy Canes
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