![]() I mean, is this during the Depression? Can he not afford to buy her his own card? Sure, I know Hallmark’s card prices are insane (seriously, I just bought a plain birthday card for $5…I’m old and remember when they cost a $1), but a guy who crosses out stuff on a card and gives it to you, does not seem romantic, just super cheap. The brother re-using the card to woo the model/Army mail clerk is…Odd. These include a music teacher, her brother, the aunt who raised her, her BFF and a washed up pop star. While all the cards, mostly, set off their own storylines, I really wish we’d been able to follow them more, without quite so much focus on the main couple’s bland romance. ![]() When her boyfriend dumps her just before Christmas, Torrey DeVitto decides to take the Hallmark-brand Christmas cards she bought-so lovingly shot here, you’d think they were the director’s actual children, but, hey, when you’ve got a product to flog, might as well really go for it-to send her now ex and instead pass them along to five people that mean the most to her. My gut, though, also says the reason it didn’t work as well as it might have, likely has to do with Hallmark’s script tinkering to adhere to its inexorable formula. Let me say up front that I am extremely appreciative of Hallmark trying something new with this movie which, even if it didn’t 100 percent work, really was a breath of fresh. ![]() ![]() Where to Watch?: Hallmark will replay it multiple times this season, and for every season in perpetuity. ![]()
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