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Moonlight & Mistletoe

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3 star:		(1)
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ABC Family usually puts out some pretty good Christmas movies and this one is no exception. I call it "cheestastic" because it is predictable but the story is fun nonetheless. My biggest problem with the movie was the actors. I am a fan of Candace Cameron-Bure from her days on Full House, but she almost doesn't look like the same person in this movie. She appears to have had quite a bit of plastic surgery, as you will notice because her face never moves. There is a part where she is clearly supposed to scowl/give a dirty look to the villain of the movie and when she turns to do this, her eyes give a cold stare but the rest of her face doesn't follow. I found her lack of emotional responses to be quite amusing, which I think detracted from the story.

The story is very cute, following a bit along the lines of a Charlie Brown Christmas. CCB's father runs a "resort" if you will in a small town in Vermont (look for the sign on the wall in Santa's Workshop) called "Santaville" that runs 365 days a year. When CCB is younger, business is booming as people still enjoy the magic of Christmas and kids are still asking for things like ponies and dollhouses instead of X-box 360s and Guitar Hero. However, as Charlie Brown says, Christmas becomes too commerical and the business in Santaville dries up. CCB's father, played by Tom Arnold (who lacks the usual no-nonsense abrasiveness I loved about him in True Lies) has been neglecting his bills due to lack of income waiting for a Christmas miracle. CCB returns to the town very reluctantly after her father is injured in a sleighing accident. She has become the cynical Scrooge figure one might expect after having her entire childhood swirled around 24/7/365 Christmas. There is the usual romantic faire and the predictable evil villian who swoops in to try to take Santaville from the family but it has the Christmas happy ending everyone cherishes (and I would have been royally angry if it didn't).

I can't say this is a Christmas film I will be watching every year, but I am not sorry I added it to my library. It is an enjoyable movie suitable for families with a refreshing course on the true meaning of Christmas. Money well spent.

This is a great family film-heard one bad word,,but other than that it is wonderful and it will become a must see film each year.It has alot of good morals in it about family and love.You should see this with your family.We thought the acting was great and we will hope for more films like it.

This movie took me two times watching to really develop a speical feeling for it. It was cute, the first time, but I passed on trying to order it right then. Later went I watched it a second time, Either I picked on what I missed the first viewing...but I was glad I got to see it again--and my opinion changed. It joined my Christmas collection.

This is a wonderful holiday movie. Shot on location in Vermont, it takes me back home (Born and raised Vermonter). Love the premise...love the characters. You will laugh, maybe even cry a little.

In any case, I definetly recommend Moonlight & Mistletoe to anyone looking for a feel-good holiday movie.

This is hardly the best Christmas movie I've ever seen. There were some horribly awkward parts that will always bug me (the two kids who played the younger versions of CC-B's & CW's characters were painfully bad actors). And yeah, the nutcrackers were a hard sell, but over all it had what most people look for in a Christmas movie, and that is Christmas. It had a quiet charm that I found endearing and over all I enjoyed it.

Most people dont like you to tell abouts the movie
so i'm not going to tell about this movie but it's
a great movie to watch.

My wife and I previously watched this movie on the Hallmark Channel and decided that we needed a DVD to watch it whenever we so desired.

This was the first DVD we have had the time to watch of the 6 that we purechased. It is a great DVD to enjoy, the one we purchased has a couple of flaws in the DVD near the beginning. It is not a perfect DVD.

This is a sweet family movie. It has romance, and family issues. It's so nice to know that there are still movies made without all the cursing and nudity.

I have this DVD as part of my Christmas DVD collection. What a great movie to show Santa does live in our world and the need to believe in the impossible.

It's becoming one of my holiday favorites. It's only been around for a couple of years. It shows how a father and daughter can repair their relationship when it's about something they both love.