Boyfriends of Christmas Past

It's interesting that a lot of the bad reviews are comparing this movie to Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which it is loosely based on, when truthfully it should be compared to the Matthew McConaughey movie 'Ghosts of girlfriends past', of which it is very alike. Whilst this isn't quite as good, it's more than acceptable.

This story is a mix of two movies, Christmas Carol and Ghost of Girlfriends Past. The problem with this movie is the lead actors had no chemistry whatsoever. Throughout the entire movie, you see no transition from her end, while his character transitions. The storyline was good, but the actors were wrong. You need actors with on-screen chemistry. Plus, I don't understand how the story can be so long, yet the ending culminates in under 2 minutes.

The lead actress Catherine Kim is too old for the part and is a fairly modest actor to make up for it. Not a good combo. Great acting could've saved the obvious age difference between the two leads especially up against the vibrant leading man.

The leading man, Raymond Ablack, was unhelpful by being a first rate actor and made the disconnect between the two even more distinct.

The story was benign and writing was fair but uninspired. This all kept it from being a "watch again" for me. Do more with Mr. Ablack, tho, please. He has real star quality and acting chops. Agree with others that he needs a shave, tho.

All in all, blah.

It's an okay movie but the whole Christmas past thing is over played. Also Lauren... Is not it. Her acting is terrible. Nate is great. I actually met him on set for Degrassi auditions haha small world. They should've cast another female though. Sorry Lauren. The ending was pretty obvious. Within the first few minutes I knew what would happen.

Well, this 2021 Christmas movie was actually a nice take on the classic tale of the ghosts of Christmas past. When I sat down to watch "Boyfriends of Christmas Past" from writer Lisa Parsons and director Don McBrearty, I wasn't sure what I was in for. I only saw the movie's cover, and opted to sit down and watch it.

The storyline was good and enjoyable, and as I mentioned above, it was a nice take on a classic Christmas story, updated to today's society and what not. So yeah, I was definitely genuinely entertained from watching this movie. And it is a movie that I can and will warmly recommend.

The story is about Lauren (played by Catherine Haena Kim) whom is visited by past boyfriends in the days up to Christmas, as she is struggling to realize and see something that is right before her very nose.

"Boyfriends of Christmas Past" was nicely constructed and had a good narrative. And that made for a very wholesome movie. And there certainly was a nice Christmas-feel to the entire movie.

The movie has a good cast ensemble, with the likes of Catherine Haena Kim, Raymond Ablack and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee on the cast list.

My rating of "Boyfriends of Christmas Past" lands on a six out of ten stars. This one is definitely worth the time and effort.