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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere will be holiday pictures that are more high-tech than this one, more sensational, with bigger stars and higher budgets and indeed greater artistry. But there may not be many with such good cheer.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIt's a comedy that knows that no matter one's ethnicity, human foibles, follies and hopes are universal.
- 70VarietyKen EisnerVarietyKen EisnerCombo of gorgeously shot Western settings (mostly in snowbound Idaho), memorably mismatched characters, and light-touch social commentary.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA sweet-natured holiday comedy that derives no small amount of specialness and energy from the fact that the movie offers a glimpse of contemporary American Indian life.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesReminiscent of the TV series "Northern Exposure," this 2001 indie comedy by writer-director Kate Montgomery smoothly transplants 30s-style screwball comedy to an Apache-run ski resort.
- 60Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandThe kind of film in which you pretty much know that everything is going to turn out all right in the end. That doesn't mean, however, that one won't enjoy watching this warm and fuzzy exercise in escapism in the process.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyMore of a Lifetime holiday special than a theatrical feature, writer-director Kate Montgomery's tale of love and mistaken identity at a Native American ski resort is too sticky-sweet to be memorable.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAn old-fashioned and family-friendly comedy.
- 50Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThis Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.
- 38Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktChicago TribuneAllison BenediktI won't pretend there aren't moments of sweetness here--there are, aplenty. But the promise of true emotion goes bust with bad acting, cheap writing and false sentiment.