My husband and I have been on a cheesy Christmas binge just for kicks and giggles and they are all usually goofy, predictable, and badly acted. This one had a different premise, a little mysterious and spooky at times, and the acting was mostly decent. I could tell I was enjoying more than the others because I didn't get bored or uncomfortable by cringiness and start looking at my phone. It was actually quite good, but then the ending happened and ruined everything.
I get that the main character had never been in love and I want her to be happy, but this was just nonsensical. He had a fiancée and a baby that he had just found out about. She was the one that gave him the curse, or miracle, or whatever it was so that he could "learn" something. Okay, that part didn't make any sense, either, but it was because she had faith in him and loved him. And he loved her, too.
But then, rather than let him move on and be with her and the child he never knew, she somehow has the power to give him a choice to stay on earth and be with another woman that he just met. It's honestly insulting.
A far superior ending would have been for there to be some guy in the cleaning crew that came to the house at the end that looked exactly like Daniel to meet Miss main character (I just watched it and anger has driven her name from my mind) and say that he's always loved that house since it belonged to his great uncle or whatever and she smiles and the movie ends. If that had been the case, I might have given this 7 or 8 stars. Instead, I'm angrily giving it a 1 and shaking my fist and whoever's idea it was to ruin the movie with that nonsense.
Review of The Spirit of Christmas
The Spirit of Christmas
(2015 TV Movie)
Good until the last five minutes... then beyond stupid.
20 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers