Review of Annie Claus Is Coming to Town

The "evil" male character (Ryan Bittle) is truly ugly and really distracting, because his "nearly hunk looks" spill over into "nasty convict looks". Despite being cast as a smouldering anti-hero, he has a face like a bag of wrenches... very very off-putting. Also Vivica Fox, a real actor, is in this and grossly underused, for some reaon Maria Thayer works damned hard throughout and seems determined to carry this film on pure willpower, despite the zero budget. Less annoying than many Christmas TV movies - but has no pace whatsoever and so it folds in on itself by the 2nd Act