Engaging Father Christmas (2017 TV Movie)
5/10
Not a good sequel
13 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
My first complaint is the first thing we see after the flashbacks. "One Year Later." Come on now, are you guys in love or not? The way they left it in Finding Father Christmas, it does not make sense that they would be apart for the better part of that year. That goes double.

I didn't buy that she would spill the secret, at least not the name. And not once did anyone say to the reporter "You may have thought you heard that, but do you have any evidence?"

Erin Krakow may have one of the best "in-love" faces in Hallmark. And she and Niall Matter certainly played that well. Lucky guy got a lot of kisses and hugs. Krakow is also always great with kids. I had a hard time feeling the soft side of Wendie Malick. Even when she was being loving, it still sounded stiff. Peter, played by Jim Thorburn, was back and forth like a tennis match either welcoming or condemning Miranda, but that's the fault of the story.

The story wasn't deep enough. It tried to mingle huggy, feely romance with tense foreboding and the result to me was just blah.

I should have seen the climax coming, but it was still good.
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