Sir, merry Christmas, Sir.
Another Hallmark Christmas movie, yes Sir indeed.
I had the opportunity to sit down here in 2021 and watch the 2019 Hallmark Christmas movie titled "Holiday for Heroes". Sure, I hadn't even heard about it prior to watching it. But then again, prior to 2021 then my Christmas movie needs were fulfilled by just watching "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation". But this year I went all in, and dove into a Christmas movie frenzy, watching as many as I possibly can. And thus it came to be that I stumbled upon the 2019 "Holiday for Heroes".
I have to say that writers Todd Messegee, Lisa Nanni-Messegee and Andrea Gyertson Nasfell actually managed to put together a wholesome and entertaining storyline for this movie, and giving director Claire Niederpruem something solid to work with. How so? Well, sure with this being a Hallmark Christmas movie you have the traditional and archetypical Christmas cheese, but actually it was toned down and "Holiday for Heroes" turned out to be more than just your average Hallmark Christmas movie.
The aspect with the soldiers and the care-packages to those in the armed forces abroad was actually nice. Sure, I am not an American, so I am not well-traversed in the customs and such of the American army and their relatives, but I certainly found this to be a nice touch to the movie. It added more than just your stereotypical girl dislikes boy, but having to work together towards a common goal and falls in love, type of Christmas movie.
"Holiday for Heroes" does have a good cast, and lead actress Melissa Claire Egan and lead actor Marc Blucas actually carried the movie quite well, and they had good on-screen chemistry together.
If you want a Christmas movie with a bit more contents to it than your average sugar-coated romance, then give "Holiday for Heroes" a chance. For me, this is not going to become a Christmas classic, but it certainly was watchable.
I am rating "Holiday for Heroes" a six out of ten stars.
Another Hallmark Christmas movie, yes Sir indeed.
I had the opportunity to sit down here in 2021 and watch the 2019 Hallmark Christmas movie titled "Holiday for Heroes". Sure, I hadn't even heard about it prior to watching it. But then again, prior to 2021 then my Christmas movie needs were fulfilled by just watching "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation". But this year I went all in, and dove into a Christmas movie frenzy, watching as many as I possibly can. And thus it came to be that I stumbled upon the 2019 "Holiday for Heroes".
I have to say that writers Todd Messegee, Lisa Nanni-Messegee and Andrea Gyertson Nasfell actually managed to put together a wholesome and entertaining storyline for this movie, and giving director Claire Niederpruem something solid to work with. How so? Well, sure with this being a Hallmark Christmas movie you have the traditional and archetypical Christmas cheese, but actually it was toned down and "Holiday for Heroes" turned out to be more than just your average Hallmark Christmas movie.
The aspect with the soldiers and the care-packages to those in the armed forces abroad was actually nice. Sure, I am not an American, so I am not well-traversed in the customs and such of the American army and their relatives, but I certainly found this to be a nice touch to the movie. It added more than just your stereotypical girl dislikes boy, but having to work together towards a common goal and falls in love, type of Christmas movie.
"Holiday for Heroes" does have a good cast, and lead actress Melissa Claire Egan and lead actor Marc Blucas actually carried the movie quite well, and they had good on-screen chemistry together.
If you want a Christmas movie with a bit more contents to it than your average sugar-coated romance, then give "Holiday for Heroes" a chance. For me, this is not going to become a Christmas classic, but it certainly was watchable.
I am rating "Holiday for Heroes" a six out of ten stars.