Honestly, I wanted to love this SO much. London is my favorite city in the entire world, Christmas in London is out of this world, & I'm a South Asian woman so I was thrilled to see Reshma Shetty as the lead. I even waited for my parents so we could watch it together. Sadly, we were all so beyond bored, we just watched it to finish it.
The thing that threw me off the most, however, was Will Kemp's HORRIBLE American/"NY" accent. Being a New Yorker, and also LOVING the British accent, it was so bad, I couldn't pay attention to anything else, it was so cringey. You could visibly see him struggling with the "r." Why they needed him to be American is beyond me, his natural accent would've worked just perfectly in this setting.
The story was pretty decent, loved the characters that played Callum & his husband, as well as Anjali's parents.
I doubt I'd ever watch it again because there are much better "Christmas in London" movies out there..with an accent much more pleasurable to the ear.
The thing that threw me off the most, however, was Will Kemp's HORRIBLE American/"NY" accent. Being a New Yorker, and also LOVING the British accent, it was so bad, I couldn't pay attention to anything else, it was so cringey. You could visibly see him struggling with the "r." Why they needed him to be American is beyond me, his natural accent would've worked just perfectly in this setting.
The story was pretty decent, loved the characters that played Callum & his husband, as well as Anjali's parents.
I doubt I'd ever watch it again because there are much better "Christmas in London" movies out there..with an accent much more pleasurable to the ear.