I saw this movie on a GAC July Christmas showing. It started slow, but I wanted to give it a chance. I have seen Erica Deutschman before and enjoyed watching her, and I thought Cindy Sampson as Addie was really cute so I had hope.
The interaction between Addie and Sam was fun, and I thought Cindy played well the nervous gushing her character had around Sam, which made it pretty believable. In fact the scene where Addie and Sam are baking cookies and Sam decorates the one for Addie is one of my favorite scenes. Their chemistry really shows through at that point. It's when Pete shows up that the movie goes off the rails.
I felt for Addie when she seems genuinely upset about feeling like she put Pete and his fiance in a no win situation, and the speech she gave at Donner event was really touching.
It was scenes like those that BARELY pushed me to give this a 5. Less Pete and more Sam and Addie would have made this movie much more fun to watch. I will search out other work from Cindy Sampson because in a better vehicle, I think she would shine through much brighter.
The interaction between Addie and Sam was fun, and I thought Cindy played well the nervous gushing her character had around Sam, which made it pretty believable. In fact the scene where Addie and Sam are baking cookies and Sam decorates the one for Addie is one of my favorite scenes. Their chemistry really shows through at that point. It's when Pete shows up that the movie goes off the rails.
I felt for Addie when she seems genuinely upset about feeling like she put Pete and his fiance in a no win situation, and the speech she gave at Donner event was really touching.
It was scenes like those that BARELY pushed me to give this a 5. Less Pete and more Sam and Addie would have made this movie much more fun to watch. I will search out other work from Cindy Sampson because in a better vehicle, I think she would shine through much brighter.