The Christmas Thief

Great, fun, seasonal movie! I really enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind adding it to my collection. I would really like to read the book. Granted, it wasn't a murder mystery, it was still a mystery. A little bit predictable, too- but not the entire time.

The plot of 'The Christmas Thief' is a great one, however the POV narration is a bit annoying and inconsistent. This Made-For-TV movie is just as great as any other MFT film released for the holidays. I do wish this movie was given just a bit of a larger budget to work with. Reason being, some shots where set noise required voice over in post makes the sound inconsistent with the ambient volume of the movie. This movie very well could have ranked high among other B-rated movies had the budget been a little higher. The acting also felt kind of "Nick at Nite" with adolescent style acting and wide assortment of Non-Copyrighted holiday music that didn't follow a particular style or flow. Despite my many gripes about production, I very much enjoyed the movie and its twist on traditional holiday entertainment.

I think this is a lovely movie that can be watched with the whole family, and is just fun to watch. I wish the chemistry between Lana and Nick was a bit more obvious and they had more scenes to connect and maybe even a bit more of Lana and her nephew but as a whole, I really enjoyed it. Michelle is one of my favourite actresses and I enjoyed seeing her in this role.

I liked the movie, but I'm leaving a review for the beautiful song that was given no credit and took me nearly an hour to find (using the lyrics. ...Even a song identifying app couldn't find it.) The song that plays during the gazebo decorating scene is called "Christmas Lights", by Luna Keller.

When I heard it, It caught my attention to the point that I spent almost the entire rest of the movie trying to find it. This song is better than just about any modern Christmas song by some big name artists. Now that I DID manage to track it down, this song will be be going into my personal collection, and become a classic, to me, at least.

(I submitted this info to be added to the soundtrack credits, But in case that doesn't happen, I left this, too.)

I thought the acting was horrible and boring. Couldn't make it all the way through this mess. It started out bad and got worse from there. Watch at your won peril.