Lawyer Sarah Thomas (Lacey Chabert) has been continuing her late mother's work saving her Brooklyn neighbors from evictions. She gets a complimentary invitation to a winter resort run by manager Ben (Stephen Huszar). She's surprised that her office didn't make the reservation. There's a mystery gift giver and there are other recipients.
I like the idea of the mystery gift giver. Once Sarah realizes that, I want her to go full Nancy Drew on the mystery. It's a mystery. It's Christmas. It's romance. It's Hallmark combining all the big hits. I like this concept but I want it to be better. I want it to be more than a Hallmark movie or the best Hallmark movie ever. It should be only about Sarah and Ben joining forces, going around investigating the recipients, alleviating what pains them, and falling in love. At last, it is what it is. There is nothing to hate except maybe the lost opportunity. There is a super sweet reveal. It's a soft gooey Christmas cookie.
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
2020
Romance
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
2020
Romance
7.2 Synopsis
Ben, a Wall Streeter, purchased the Snowfall Inn in Bevington NY in a quest to regain some happiness in life following a breakup, the inn, where he and his family stayed every Christmas since he was a child, the last place he felt truly happy. It's the Christmas season, the first time the inn has had substantial business since he took over, which if it doesn't continue means this move would have failed. It comes to light shortly after their arrival that many guests over the holidays received their prepaid stay at the inn not from who they initially believed but seemingly from the same unknown person for an equally unknown reason, they having no known connection to each other. Recently widowed Jasper, a musician, thought it was a gift from his wife for what was supposed to be their final Christmas together. Recently divorced third grade teacher Karen thought that she had won the vacation in a sweepstakes, timely as this is her first Christmas without her husband whose family with who she would have normally spent the holidays. Los Angeles-based Owen believed the vacation was a gift from his brother who would have known that he was looking for something special to do with his teenage daughter Cassidy in wanting to connect with her in he having joint custody with Cassidy's mother, his now ex-wife. But the most inquisitive of the recipients is Seattle-based lawyer Sarah, who believed the vacation was a gift from her company in knowing that she needed some time for herself as she took family leave to deal with her recently deceased lawyer mother's estate in Brooklyn, which included completing her few unfinished cases. As Sarah goes on a quest to discover who sent the gifts with Ben's help, all the recipients may believe the gifts were fate - especially Sarah and Ben who start to fall for each other in both their times of need - regardless of the original intention of the gift giver. —Huggo
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mystery Christmas romance Hallmark, all of the above
Santa's Little Helpers just couldn't help themselves. Ho Ho Ho
A mystery that isn't so easily discovered or explained until the happy ending that takes place at the Snowfall Inn. Five (5) guests all get a free Christmas vacation under somewhat false pretenses at a cozy place called the Snowfall Inn, A young lawyer named Sarah Thomas (Lacey Chabert) who takes it upon herself to wrap up some still opened cases that were the responsibility of her late mom, is one of the five (5) invited guests and she just can't help herself to try and figure out who is their mysterious benefactor who paid for their rooms.
A special treat for Mrs. Shullivan and I was one of the five (5) invited guests is the fantastic R&B singer and actor Leon. He has such a distinct and memorable voice that the movie is well worth watching just to hear him sing even one Christmas song.
It wouldn't be a Hallmark Christmas film if there was not a romance blossoming and so the producers wanted a guarantee so of course they signed the Queen of hallmark Christmas movies and that would be Lacey Chabert who has appeared in dozens of these similar movies over the past decade or so. Her love interest in this latest romance is the smooth talking and handsome actor Stephen Huszar who plays the Snowfall Inn's owner named Ben.
The five (5) guests backgrounds are gradually explained as to how they each received their free invitation to the Snowfall Inn and Ben agrees to assist the pretty young lawyer Sarah in deciphering who their Secret Santa is/was.
It's a nice little story with some heartwarming scenes and the mellow voice of R&B singer Leon is a huge bonus. I give it a 7 out of 10 IMDB rating.
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
6/10 - despite some misleading advertising and falling into a few too many clichés, this Christmas flick was good background entertainment