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Home for Christmas Day (2017)
Not bad, but not all that good either
I looked forward to this movie because I like Catherine Bell in "Good Witch," but this is not one of her better ones.
The time line doesn't really make sense (spoilers ahead). The daughter skypes with the young soldier on the same day (or maybe the day before) she is supposed to sing for the Christmas program. Then, while she's on stage, somebody starts reading a list of soldiers who have gotten killed. Why would Tyler's death have been reported to that person in such a short time, especially since he was from another state?
Then it seems like Tyler was hurt, patched up, and sent back to the U.S. In something like a 24-hour period. Their long-distance relationship only lasted about a week before he was back.
It was obvious from the way the camera kept focusing on the door that Tyler would be back.
The Wrong Roommate (2016)
Okay for a Lifetime movie
Spoilers ahead:
Do people in L.A. leave their doors unlocked all the time? I lost count of how many times "Alan" or Mark walked into the house through an unlocked door without knocking, and then, of course, Ricki walked into the attic apartment without bothering to knock.
Ricki was too smart (and the actress who played her was obviously NOT 17) to be so stupid as to see Alan lurking outside and instead of telling her aunt, walking out whispering that she'd help him, only to be kidnapped.
I was a college professor at 32, and there's no way I'd have worn a mini-skirt that barely covered me to teach. Also, the time line of her education doesn't make sense. She says she "dropped out" of college, but then went back and finished in order to teach. A college instructor has to have a master's degree, so she must have already had her bachelor's degree. She wouldn't have been stuck in a dead-end job, as Mark condescendingly told her.