Watching a Christmas movie, one is prepared to accept a good dose of fantasy, call it magic. That sleeping on a pillow hiding a kismet cookie, baked according to an ancient family recipe, would make you dream of your destined 'love of your life', though farfetched, could be seen as sweet. That an entire town almost obsessively depends on this notion, it becomes a bit silly. The pivot moment of the story is when young Sarah dreams of Travis and runs to his house to tell him and finds him in the very act of getting married, which leaves her brokenhearted and mortified, to the point of not wanting to live in her town. How could she be unaware that her neighbor, best friend, and love crush was getting married? This is so absurd that it makes the rest of the story quite hard to digest.
Such premises aside, the rest of the film, Sarah's return to her hometown , family and friends, and her reunion with Travis and his daughter, follows predictable gentle lines, with the sweet moments and kind feelings one expects in a Christmas movie. Sarah Ramos and Carlo Marks have good chemistry and the girl, Rubi Topper, delivers a charming performance, as in her last year debut, in "A Christmas miracle for Daisy". The movie provides enough values of family, friendship, and kindness to render it suitable for family viewing at Christmas time.
Such premises aside, the rest of the film, Sarah's return to her hometown , family and friends, and her reunion with Travis and his daughter, follows predictable gentle lines, with the sweet moments and kind feelings one expects in a Christmas movie. Sarah Ramos and Carlo Marks have good chemistry and the girl, Rubi Topper, delivers a charming performance, as in her last year debut, in "A Christmas miracle for Daisy". The movie provides enough values of family, friendship, and kindness to render it suitable for family viewing at Christmas time.