A reliable person is not good for a spouse. OK, maybe not just a reliable person. You have to follow your heart. These are typically Hallmark ideas and they reign in this movie.
We start out with Joy trying to get a promotion to executive chef, but her boyfriend goes behind her back and gets her time off for Christmas while her competition remains behind. Meanwhile James is struggling to keep his syrup farm going. His brother wants him to sell. Riley makes a wish that someone will show up and save the farm, and Joy seems to be that person. All of a sudden she comes up with a bunch of ideas to save the farm. Many of them are the same as we see in many movies with a similar premise.
Joy's boyfriend belongs to an uppity family with the Mayor for a mom. Gabe seems more involved with helping her next campaign than rescuing Joy when she gets stranded.
I am not a fan of stories where someone is in a committed relationship but gets her head turned by someone she just met. And Joy knows Gabe plans to propose. She waffles between joining Gabe and helping James.
Once Joy is away from her obsession with her job in the city, she is a very upbeat person ready to have some fun. (Another Hallmark mantra.) She laughs a lot while at the farm.
The acting is decent. Riley is a cute teen, or preteen and bonds with Joy. I enjoyed the way Joy she bonds with James and Riley and the whole family.
The movie is slow before the climax especially when Joy seems to get ignored by Gabe's family. So it's no surprise what she does next.
The ending is predictable.
We start out with Joy trying to get a promotion to executive chef, but her boyfriend goes behind her back and gets her time off for Christmas while her competition remains behind. Meanwhile James is struggling to keep his syrup farm going. His brother wants him to sell. Riley makes a wish that someone will show up and save the farm, and Joy seems to be that person. All of a sudden she comes up with a bunch of ideas to save the farm. Many of them are the same as we see in many movies with a similar premise.
Joy's boyfriend belongs to an uppity family with the Mayor for a mom. Gabe seems more involved with helping her next campaign than rescuing Joy when she gets stranded.
I am not a fan of stories where someone is in a committed relationship but gets her head turned by someone she just met. And Joy knows Gabe plans to propose. She waffles between joining Gabe and helping James.
Once Joy is away from her obsession with her job in the city, she is a very upbeat person ready to have some fun. (Another Hallmark mantra.) She laughs a lot while at the farm.
The acting is decent. Riley is a cute teen, or preteen and bonds with Joy. I enjoyed the way Joy she bonds with James and Riley and the whole family.
The movie is slow before the climax especially when Joy seems to get ignored by Gabe's family. So it's no surprise what she does next.
The ending is predictable.