"A Cookie Cutter Christmas" is another Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie. In this version, two ex best friend schoolteachers compete against each other for the affection of a cute widower dad. He has a plucky little girl who knows her daddy is ready to move on. The two women face off in a baking contest because the plot can't let this premise get too risque. There's very little of the warm feeling these films usually have here; no one is a person to root for. Even the dad is just a generic Hot Guy.
It's a shame really. The main actress, Erin Krakow, has an aura of sexuality about her. She's sweet but you get the feeling she can be devious from the way her eyes flutter and her dress that cuts low. The Hot Guy dad and her have some physical chemistry during the baking lesson scene. The frenemy character is actually devious. In this heartwarming holiday movie she sabotages a budding relationship between the daddy and the main character. This moment is one of the darkest you can seen in a Hallmark film. Credence to the idea the writer was under a deadline and put a spin on an existing idea.
The film portrays these schoolteachers as living in large ornate houses and driving luxury vehicles. There's escapism and then there is lunacy. You also get no feeling that the movie was filmed anytime around Christmas. the sun is very bright.
The writer for this film wrote several scripts in 2014. How this one became a Hallmark movie of all things is just strange. This premises would have been better suited for Lifetime or a direct to video comedy like The Layover. Instead the women make up in the most contrived manner in the last five minutes. A shame. Erin Krakow and Alan Thicke who cameos aren't terrible and deserve better.
It's a shame really. The main actress, Erin Krakow, has an aura of sexuality about her. She's sweet but you get the feeling she can be devious from the way her eyes flutter and her dress that cuts low. The Hot Guy dad and her have some physical chemistry during the baking lesson scene. The frenemy character is actually devious. In this heartwarming holiday movie she sabotages a budding relationship between the daddy and the main character. This moment is one of the darkest you can seen in a Hallmark film. Credence to the idea the writer was under a deadline and put a spin on an existing idea.
The film portrays these schoolteachers as living in large ornate houses and driving luxury vehicles. There's escapism and then there is lunacy. You also get no feeling that the movie was filmed anytime around Christmas. the sun is very bright.
The writer for this film wrote several scripts in 2014. How this one became a Hallmark movie of all things is just strange. This premises would have been better suited for Lifetime or a direct to video comedy like The Layover. Instead the women make up in the most contrived manner in the last five minutes. A shame. Erin Krakow and Alan Thicke who cameos aren't terrible and deserve better.