This genre is always told from the woman's perspective; we start with her. IMHO, if you can't relate to that lead...there's little to hang your hat on.
Tia Mowry's Jen was so prickly from the start I never really got in her corner.
What do we learn about Jen in the first 20 minutes? She's self-important about her average job, cancels a lot with her friend, dislikes Christmas, and seems indifferent to her late aunt's death. Not to mention all the fugly blouses and nearly bust-high belts (?!).
When love interest Brian (a wasted Rob Mayes) described her as 'rude, snarky and kinda mean', I gave him an Amen.
Their lack of chemistry made me roll my eyes every time a character cited it.
One last gripe: why set this in Alaska? Any midwestern town could've contrasted with SF...without the false presence of winter daylight and total absence of Native Alaskans.
Tia Mowry's Jen was so prickly from the start I never really got in her corner.
What do we learn about Jen in the first 20 minutes? She's self-important about her average job, cancels a lot with her friend, dislikes Christmas, and seems indifferent to her late aunt's death. Not to mention all the fugly blouses and nearly bust-high belts (?!).
When love interest Brian (a wasted Rob Mayes) described her as 'rude, snarky and kinda mean', I gave him an Amen.
Their lack of chemistry made me roll my eyes every time a character cited it.
One last gripe: why set this in Alaska? Any midwestern town could've contrasted with SF...without the false presence of winter daylight and total absence of Native Alaskans.