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Hallmark Movie Review: Christmas Island

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This one completely sucked me in! There’s something special about a family coming together and a Grinch finding the Christmas spirit. Here’s a quick recap and my two cents 😉

Quick Recap

Kate is hired as a private pilot to take the famous Sharp family to Switzerland. Unfortunately a bad storm prevents them from completing the trip and they become stranded in Nova Scotia’s Christmas Island.

My Two Cents

I unexpectedly enjoyed this movie! It’s not new or different. But I’m always a sucker for small town romances where a twist of fate (in this case a snow storm) causes broken families to come back together and repair their relationships. There’s something so heartwarming about these types of movies.

I’m almost always a big fan of enemies to lovers plots. It was fun to see Kate and Oliver throw eye daggers at each other in the early part of the movie. Then Kate used Oliver to help her “do Christmas” with the kids. And through doing Christmas, they formed their relationship. It fit with their personalities much better than love at first sight!

Of course none of this could have happened without the freak snowstorm, Jim, Jim’s family, and Christmas Island’s charm. It was fun watching the candy making, Santa letter sending, and all the other little activities the family did that brought them together. I loved that it all happened without technology. When we put down the electronics, it’s a lot easier to see what’s right in front of us.

This will be a movie I can re-watch multiple times. It won’t reach The Most Wonderful Time of the Year status, but it’s pretty good! It even had me tearing up at the end for all the right reasons. Give this one a try!

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Hallmark Movie Review: The Royal Nanny

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a funny and cute romcom! It isn’t often that Hallmark combines suspense with romance, so this was a nice change from the usual. Here’s a quick recap and my two cents 😉 

Quick Recap

There is a perceived threat to the royal family. In order to protect them, the Security Service is placing Claire and Wallace in undercover positions. Claire becomes Elle and Robert’s Nanny where she must handle the kids and their Uncle’s pranks while trying to figure who might be trying to hurt the royal family.

My Two Cents

I have a feeling this movie will grow on me like many of my favorites. Each time I watch it, I think I’ll like it a little more. I was worried it would attempt to compete with Crown for Christmas. I was excited when I realized it was quite different!

Typically I let movie inaccuracies go. But the ear pieces with the old school phone cords going down the back of the agents necks really bothered me. I doubt they would use ear pieces like that when they could use bluetooth devices. Similarly, Claire touching her ear when she was talking was annoying. I wouldn’t do that if I was trying to be covert.

Aside from those two things, I really enjoyed so much of this movie! Claire’s umbrella training and the spaghetti bucket prank were two of my favorites, but there were so many more wonderful romcom moments. Plus the pranks were something I would have done as a child to a nanny or babysitter.

Let’s not forget the reindeer toss game! I had to look it up to see if it was really a thing. Guess what!! It is!! Here’s a link in case you want to buy it for someone special 😉

Overall, this was a fun movie. I enjoyed the umbrella parts way more than I should have and now I really want one of those umbrellas and become my own version of Scary Poppins. LOL. Okay, maybe it’s time for bed. Have a good day/night everyone!

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