Singer LeAnn Rimes is the latest big name to pop up in a Hallmark Christmas film, and based on this I'd welcome her back for a return visit in the future.
It helps that this film has clearly been shaped around her, giving her the chance to sing and that her leading man (Tyler Hines) is able to make even some of the cheesiest lines in the piece seem natural with his dry delivery.
It is though very much a film that follows the Hallmark tried and tested formula, with only the subplot about the mother and her new husband feeling a bit more original.
Ironically for a film constructed around an actual singer the film's big song isn't that great, with Rimes sob/speaking/singing it to the point where actually I couldn't understand what was being sobbed/spoken/sung.
Overall though a decent film.
It helps that this film has clearly been shaped around her, giving her the chance to sing and that her leading man (Tyler Hines) is able to make even some of the cheesiest lines in the piece seem natural with his dry delivery.
It is though very much a film that follows the Hallmark tried and tested formula, with only the subplot about the mother and her new husband feeling a bit more original.
Ironically for a film constructed around an actual singer the film's big song isn't that great, with Rimes sob/speaking/singing it to the point where actually I couldn't understand what was being sobbed/spoken/sung.
Overall though a decent film.